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European Commission cuts funding support for Free Software projects (edri.org)
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[โ€“] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 308 points 2 months ago (18 children)

Also

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.

[โ€“] Brickardo@feddit.nl 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

As long as public money -> public code, this could potentially be a net positive for stopping predatory AI practices from Microsoft and buddies. Still, taking away funding from other projects could also be catastrophic for everything else.

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