--- title: Zemlin at Open Source Summit EU: Even in the Age of AI,... description: Jim Zemlin from the Linux Foundation discussed the intersection of open source and AI at Open Source Summit Europe, highlighting how DeepSeek's open-source... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/zemlin-at-open-source-summit-eu-even-in-the-age-of-ai-the-software-s-future-is-still-open-source-0wozre6gq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Zemlin at Open Source Summit EU: Even in the Age of AI, the Software’s Future Is Still Open Source | daily.dev og:description: Jim Zemlin from the Linux Foundation discussed the intersection of open source and AI at Open Source Summit Europe, highlighting how DeepSeek's open-source... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/zemlin-at-open-source-summit-eu-even-in-the-age-of-ai-the-software-s-future-is-still-open-source-0wozre6gq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0WOzre6gQ.png og:image:alt: Zemlin at Open Source Summit EU: Even in the Age of AI, the Software’s Future Is Still Open Source og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Zemlin at Open Source Summit EU: Even in the Age of AI, the Software’s Future Is Still Open Source **[InfoQ](https://daily.dev/sources/infoq)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Jim Zemlin from the Linux Foundation discussed the intersection of open source and AI at Open Source Summit Europe, highlighting how DeepSeek's open-source model demonstrates competitive performance with proprietary alternatives. He emphasized the $9 trillion economic value of open source software and predicted a shift toward agentic AI in 2025. While addressing concerns about AI replacing developers, Zemlin argued that AI should be embraced as a productivity tool with proper oversight, security scanning, and transparency, creating 'hyper-productive' human coders rather than replacing them entirely. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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