Interesting. #Mistral #AI (from France 🇪🇺) is blocking any attempt of generating pictures of protected works. This even includes small independent artists without money and time to defend themselves, and seems to be baked into all of their free models. Like… the way it should be.

Silicon Valley companies like #OpenAI or #Meta of course do not give a shit and just generate whatever you ask as long it's not a real person. …except for Grok, that'll just generate whatever.

For the last decade, the #EU has been funding #Mastodon #KDE #Phosh #Nextcloud #OnlyOffice #PixelFed, #Libreoffice, #CryptPad, #Kdenlive, #Lemmy and many other Open Source projects you know and love through its #NextGenerationInternet programme.

But now that programme is ending and they are thinking about its successor.

They want to hear from you on what it should look like: Share your feedback to make sure the Commission keep funding amazing Open Source projects!
[JM]

https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en