ICYMI: open source investment in grid operations yields 2-5x higher net value than current operational costs. The LF Research and LF Energy report breaks down the benefit-cost framework for utility operators.
Read more:
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/benefit-cost-framework-for-energy-utilities?hsLang=en
#LFEnergy #OpenSource
The October Linux Foundation newsletter is here. AWS became a Platinum Member, BUILD Foundation and OpenGrid launched, OSERA is operating, and LF Research published nine reports.
Plus KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA and 40% off cybersecurity training.
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/linux-foundation-newsletter-october-2026
Some industrial systems run for 20 to 40 years and need security patches the whole time. CIP maintains its kernels for 10 years, with members sharing the engineering work.
Read the full report: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/civil-infrastructure-platform-at-10
LF Research: GenAI cuts open source coding time in half, but 25% of incoming pull requests are estimated to be low-quality AI slop. With maintainer workloads rising, open source projects need stronger AI governance, transparent attribution and clear contribution guidelines.
Learn more about the state of OSS in the GenAI era here: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/oss-development-gen-ai-era-2026
Generative AI is reshaping open source development, and the trade-offs are starting to show.
LF Research surveyed 234 OSS contributors and maintainers: 1 in 4 incoming PRs are now "AI slop," and only 1 in 3 projects have a formal AI policy.
Read the full report to learn more: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/oss-development-gen-ai-era-2026?hsLang=en
🎉 35 years of Linux!
From a hobby project to powering 4B Android devices, 200M+ servers & all 500 of the world’s top supercomputers. 🐧
In her latest blog, Hilary Carter, SVP of LF Research shares insights 35 years of Linux and the open source ecosystem
Hilary Carter shares some key findings from the 2026 State of OSPOs report: 57% have stayed in the same org home for 2-3 years, APAC is leading the next wave of growth, and OSPOs are focused on licensing, security, and data privacy risk in AI.
AI agent capability is no longer the gate. Organizational readiness is. Irving Wladawsky-Berger writes about LF Research's new report on enterprises transitioning to the agentic era, and why governance must shift from retrospective audits to real-time control.
Read more: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/how-should-enterprises-transition-to-the-agentic-era
Energy grids, water systems & transportation run for decades. The software behind them needs to keep up.
Hilary Carter shares 4 priorities from a new report marking 10 years of CIP: governance, security by design, shared regulatory frameworks, and hardware alignment.
How did a hobby project become the engine of global infrastructure?
A new LF Research report marks 35 years since Linux began in Helsinki. Today it runs 4B Android devices, 200M+ servers, and all top 500 supercomputers, with 80%+ of contributions now coming from corporate engineers.
Read more: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/35-years-of-linux?hsLang=en
How do physical systems stay secure across 20 to 40 year lifecycles?
A new report from LF Research and the Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) marks the project's 10 year anniversary by unpacking how open source collaboration solves critical longevity and regulatory challenges.
Read the report: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/civil-infrastructure-platform-at-10?hsLang=en
#OpenSource #LFResearch #CIP
Knowing where to start can be the hardest part of open source contribution. Hilary Carter reflects on her Nerdearla panel with AWS, Arm, Valkey, and MariaDB's Michael Widenius, and shares findings from the latest Linux Foundation guide by Ibrahim Haddad for new contributors.
71% of orgs want infrastructure that isn't tied to one vendor or cloud. Data from LF Research and OpenSearch Software Foundation highlights how AI adoption is reshaping search, security, and interoperability.
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/opensearch-data-infrastructure-2026
The Linux Foundation has appointed payments industry veteran Michael Hursta as Executive Director of the x402 Foundation, where he’ll lead 50+ organizations advancing x402, an open standard for internet-native payments across AI agents, applications and APIs.
Learn more: https://x402.org/
Want to contribute to open source but don't know where to start? This new guide by Dr. Ibrahim Haddad and LFX Mentorship walks through finding the right project, learning community norms, and making your first contribution.
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/getting-started-oss-development?hsLang=en
One day left. LF Research, Broadcom, and CNCF want to know how your org runs production compute and isolates AI-generated code.
A few minutes, closes Wednesday: https://www.research.net/r/6GGRNJK
Enterprise AI is moving from models to agents. The bottleneck now is trust, governance, and cost, not capability.
Read the report Enterprise Transitions to the Agentic Era to learn more about the control layer enterprises need and the shift from shadow AI to governed AI.
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/enterprise-transitions-to-agentic-2026
How is your development workflow holding back engineering performance? Developers lose 17+ hours a week to maintenance and bad code, roughly $300B in lost global GDP a year.
Dr. Ibrahim Haddad's new roadmap breaks down how to fix it, with practical frameworks and metrics.
Read the full report:
www.linuxfoundation.org/research/optimizing-developer-experience
What's the real ROI of open source for the energy grid? LF Research and LF Energy break down a benefit-cost framework showing net value 2 to 5x current operational costs.
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/benefit-cost-framework-for-energy-utilities?hsLang=en
AI is running inside core banking systems now. FINOS and LF Research surveyed execs, regulators, and security experts at the AI in Finance Leadership Summit in London. Findings: an 18-24 month patching window, AI agents draining compute budgets, and the case for shared compliance frameworks.
Read the full report:https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/ai-open-source-financial-services
