European Commission cuts funding support for Free Software projects

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/26315516

European Commission cuts funding support for Free Software projects - Divisions by zero

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The reasons for this shift in budget away from funding Free Software and the NGI initiative seems to be an allocation of more funds for AI, leaving internet infrastructure by the wayside.

Good old AI bubble strikes again.

As long as public money -> public code, this could potentially be a net positive for stopping predatory AI practices from Microsoft and buddies.