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Submission + - The document foundation descends into chaos as biggest contributor to is ejected

Submitted by paulatz
paulatz writes: After a controversial vote in January, the board of the Document Foundation (TDF) changed its statute to substantially widen its definition of "affiliation". The entire staff of Collabora has now been expel from membership and from the board itself, including the board members that opposed the initial change. Collabora is an UK-based firm and the single largest contributor to the LibreOffice codebase, they continued the development of a rebranded version of LibreOffice Online when it was dropped by TDF in 2022. However, in 2026, TDF has revived the development of their web-based suite while Collabora is bringing its web-based suite to the desktop with a completely redesigned GUI.

After the fork from OpenOffice in 2010, it looks like the most popular open-source office suite is headed into a new period of strife.

Submission + - Group Pushing Age Verification Requirements for AI Sneakily Backed By OpenAI (gizmodo.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: OpenAI hasn’t been shy about spending money lobbying for favorable laws and regulations. But when it comes to its involvement with child safety advocacy groups, the company has apparently decided it’s best to stay in the shadows—even if it means hiding from the people actually pushing for policy changes. According to a report from the San Francisco Standard, a number of people involved in the California-based Parents and Kids Safe AI Coalition were blindsided to learn their efforts were secretly being funded by OpenAI.

Per the Standard, the Parents and Kids Safe AI Coalition was a group formed to push the Parents and Kids Safe AI Act, a piece of California legislation proposed earlier this year that would require AI firms to implement age verification and additional safeguards for users under the age of 18. That bill was backed by OpenAI in partnership with Common Sense Media, which proposed the legislation as a compromise after the two groups had pushed dueling ballot initiatives last year.

But when the coalition started to reach out to child safety groups and other advocacy organizations to try to get them to lend support to the bill, OpenAI was apparently conveniently left off the messaging. The AI giant was also left out of the marketing on the coalition’s website, according to the Standard. That reportedly led to a number of groups and individuals lending their support to the Parents and Kids Safe AI Coalition without realizing that they were aligning themselves with OpenAI. As it turns out, OpenAI isn’t just one of the members of the coalition; it is the group’s biggest funder. In fact, the Standard characterized the Parents and Kids Safe AI Coalition as being “entirely funded” by OpenAI. While it’s not clear exactly how much the company has funneled to this particular group, a Wall Street Journal report from January said OpenAI pledged $10 million to push the Parents and Kids Safe AI Act.

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