Software as a public good

Open source software underpins all sectors of the economy, public services and even international organizations like the United Nations. How can all its beneficiaries work together to make the open source ecosystem more sustainable?

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The 10 best tools to green your software

Looking for ways to code in a more sustainable way? We’ve got you covered with our top list of tools to help lower your carbon footprint.

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How to build an open source metrics dashboard

How GitHub volunteers built an open source metrics dashboard for the World Health Organization and some best practices they picked up along the way.

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2024 is the biggest global election year in history. What’s at stake for developers?

GitHub is considering what is at stake for our users and platform, how we can take responsible action to support free and fair elections, and how developers contribute to resilient democratic processes.

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Lightweight Champ: NVIDIA Releases Small Language Model With State-of-the-Art Accuracy

Developers of generative AI typically face a tradeoff between model size and accuracy. But a new language model released by NVIDIA delivers the best of both, providing state-of-the-art accuracy in a compact form factor. Mistral-NeMo-Minitron 8B — a miniaturized version of the open Mistral NeMo 12B model released by Mistral AI and NVIDIA last month
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Automating open source: How Ersilia distributes AI models to advance global health equity

Discover how the Ersilia Open Source Initiative accelerates drug discovery by using GitHub Actions to disseminate AI/ML models.

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How GitHub harnesses AI to transform customer feedback into action

Learn how we’re experimenting with open source AI models to systematically incorporate customer feedback to supercharge our product roadmaps.

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How researchers are using GitHub Innovation Graph data to estimate the impact of ChatGPT

An interview with economic researchers who are applying causal inference techniques to analyze the effect of generative AI tools on software development activity.

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