The Next Generation Internet initiative has supported Free Software projects with funding and technical assistance since 2018. Despite its proven success, the European Commission made the decision to cut this funding in the current draft for the Horizon Europe 2025 Work Programme.
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.
Even sadder:
Very big brain moment aktschualluy. The AI will start maintaining all the dropped projects! Right?!
Oh, for fucks sake.
Lol, whyyyyyyyYYYYYYYY.
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