Large Language Models (LLMs) are being distributed across many devices and platforms. Having these models available on-device can help reduce the need for sending private data to cloud-hosted systems.
At the @w3c member meeting last month in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, Chunhui Mo (Huawei) explored what it would take to expose these LLMs to #WebApps through a Web #API and the advantages it could bring in terms of #privacy, #security and #performance.
The #Internet and #web prove vital in emergencies, enabling seamless collaboration and information sharing.
At the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, Dr. Naoshi Hirata, U. of Tokyo, presented "distributed disaster management data" using a case study for the Noto peninsula earthquake that struck Japan on January 1, 2024. #SVG
At the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, Leonard Rosenthol, Adobe, introduced the work of the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) that leverages W3C standards (#VerifiableCredentials, #WebAnnotations, etc.).
C2PA aims to develop technical specs for widespread content provenance and authenticity, allowing users to trace media origins.
Data sovereignty is considered as the ongoing effort of individuals and organizations to oversee the data they produce, store, disseminate, and exchange.
At the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵 , @p20n, W3C Data Strategist, evaluated several organizations and projects concerning data sovereignty and autonomy, exploring potential future collaboration opportunities.
In the evolving digital landscape, "Identity on the Web" is crucial for online interaction, #privacy and #security.
At the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, Heather Flanagan, co-chair of the newly created W3C Federated Identity #WorkingGroup discussed challenges in establishing a common understanding of #identity and explored this topic's technological, social, and #ethical dimensions in relation to the W3C’s mission.
🌎 🌖 Connecting beyond our world, into the universe!
The potential to create a communications network from Earth to the Moon, and even to Mars, is a dream which is closer to being made reality. Dr. Yosuke Kaneko, President of the Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG), spoke at the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵 with his thoughts about connecting humanity even beyond the limits of our world.
🎬 Watch the video: https://youtu.be/H2vDEZFbTw8
🗓️ 8-9 April 2024: the @w3c member-only Spring meeting is held in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵!
W3C members will convene to engage in discussions and strategic planning for the next three decades. On the year, we will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Web consortium.