Wow.

Wow. #StateOfOpenCon. Two days. A thousand ideas. Here’s my best attempt to fit it into a 2-min read.

First off - massive credit to Amanda Brock and OpenUK for pulling together a global mix of developers, lawyers, policy makers, and open-source advocates at the cutting edge of AI and open innovation. Ten days since DeepSeek AI r1 landed, and the conversations around open AI have never been more relevant.

Three standout moments:

🔥 AI.GOV.UK - Words by Lord Nat Wei, Action by Dr. Laura Gilbert CBE Lord Wei declared “the final days of closed government”, AND the real work is happening now inside government. Dr. Laura Gilbert is making AI real -automating legislation, improving NHS outcomes, and embedding AI into gov systems. The UK isn’t just regulating AI - it’s using it to rebuild digital government. All in the open. Check out https://ai.gov.uk to see the projects shaping this future.

🔥 Lucie. ‘Le Crunch’ Lucie took the stage at State of Open with Michel-Marie MAUDET - first time speaking English in the UK - and laid down a challenge: open weights vs. truly open AI. If you can’t access the training data, is it really open? The Paris Open AI Summit is fighting for real openness, and Lucie is leading the charge. Ask Lucie who will win ‘Le Crunch’ in rugby: https://lucie.chat/

🔥 AI Native Development – The Future of How We Build Guy Podjarny (Tessl, ex-Snyk) introduced a shift that blew my mind: AI isn’t just a tool for developers - it’s redefining development itself. The move from code-centric to spec-driven engineering is coming. Instead of just writing code, we’ll define specs, and AI will generate, test, and maintain it. The way we build is changing.

Final thoughts: It’s not versus - it’s together. It’s not national - it’s global.

It’s community, collaboration, and people - Esperanto for the AI Era.

📸 The best part of Open Source? The people. So of course, here’s my selfie dump!

What’s your biggest takeaway? Let’s continue the open conversation …👇

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