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Open source is a powerful tool to enhance economic empowerment. Freedom of access and use enables more users to access high quality software code and empowers greater innovation through access to tools. It is the backbone of the internet, but remains undervalued and misunderstood.
We're releasing a white paper with support from @OpenSourceOrg on treating open source as the critical infrastructure it is.
Read it: opensource.block.xyz/blog/op…
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"Agentic coders are amazing at writing code, not at having an immediate sense of what the real problem is."
Sass creator Hampton Lintorn-Catlin talks UUIDv7, his human-first approach to agentic dev, and more.
Welcome to the Developer Spotlight 🔥 opensource.block.xyz/blog/de…
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We integrated Afterpay's BNPL in @goose_oss over the open Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP).
Shopping from your AI agent is the future.
opensource.block.xyz/blog/ag…
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The best defense is a good offense.
Especially when it comes to securing AI systems.
With Operation Pale Fire, the security team tricked goose into running an infostealer on an employee's laptop. And what we learned was extremely valuable. 🧵
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The next decade of AI will be defined by choices we make today.
By launching AAIF, the industry is choosing openness.
The future is being written in the open. Read more:
block.xyz/inside/block-anthr…
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Get involved: ✅
Contribute to AAIF projects ✅
Propose new projects ✅
Attend events ✅
Join technical discussions
AAIF succeeds only if it represents the community, not just interests of the privileged few.
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That’s why 🪿goose is joining AAIF as a founding project!
It will transition to community governance under the AAIF while maintaining its open source license and commercial-friendly terms.
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The Internet, Linux, and the Web succeeded because they were OPEN. Agentic AI deserves the same opportunity.
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Without coordinated open development, we risk:
- Innovation constraints that slow breakthroughs
- Integration challenges that limit adoption
- Accessibility barriers for smaller organizations
- Research limitations that slow progress
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Why this matters: Agentic AI systems (AI that takes action, uses tools, and works autonomously) are reshaping how we build and work.
As this technology matures, we have an opportunity to shape its future: will it be open and interoperable, or fragmented and a walled garden?
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AAIF will provide neutral governance for open source agentic AI projects, fund conferences, build interoperability standards, and much more
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Big news: Block, @Anthropic, and @OpenAI are launching the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a new @LinuxFoundation directed fund for open source agentic AI.
Companies like Google, Microsoft, Bloomberg, and Amazon are already committed.
aaif.io/ 🧵
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