ArtCraft CEO presents AI open-source manifesto, 17 tools released
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ArtCraft founder and CEO Brandon Thomas presented a manifesto for AI-based open source at the AI Engineer Code Summit in San Francisco, saying the company has released 17 open-source versions of popular software tools. These include PhotoCraft, a Photoshop alternative written in Rust, and PdfCraft, a PDF tool. According to Thomas's presentation, ArtCraft's effort extends beyond individual apps: the company now aims to rebuild everything as open source. The manifesto frames AI as the basis for that open-source approach, though the reports do not detail how the released tools use AI or what license terms apply.
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ArtCraft founder and CEO Brandon Thomas presented at the AI Engineer Code Summit in San Francisco a manifesto for AI-based open source, saying the company has released 17 open source versions of popular software tools, including a Photoshop alternative called PhotoCraft built in Rust and a PDF tool called PdfCraft.
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