Apache

Apache is a widely used open-source software license, version 2.0 of which is a popular legal framework for sharing source code and granting usage rights to developers and companies.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news because major tech companies like Meta, Cohere, and Tencent are releasing new AI models under this license, signaling a trend toward more permissive open-source AI development.

Latest on Apache

• Block’s new Apache 2.0 agent workspace Berd works across models and harnesses, stores conversation history locally
• Army’s Apache grounding prompted by deadly Texas crash will end this week, memo says
• Meta returns to open source with Muse Glimmer, an Apache 2.0 licensed 30B parameter AI model optimized for agents — available now
• Tencent's Apache-licensed Hy3 takes on GLM-5.2 at half the size — and wins everywhere except coding
• Cohere cracks lossless quantization and native citations with first full Apache 2.0 licensed open model Command A+
• Granite Embedding Multilingual R2: Open Apache 2.0 Multilingual Embeddings with 32K Context — Best Sub-100M Retrieval Quality

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