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NHS plans to shutter open-source repositories amid AI security fears

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The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is reportedly planning to close almost all of its open-source repositories, a move that contradicts its previous commitments and government guidance. This decision stems from concerns about advanced AI security scanners, such as Mythos, potentially identifying vulnerabilities in public code. However, critics argue this is an overreaction, as most repositories contain data sets, internal tools, or research, and the code has already been scraped by AI models. AI

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IMPACT Potential chilling effect on open-source contributions to public services and a setback for government's open-source initiatives.

RANK_REASON The NHS is reversing its open-source policy due to AI security concerns, contradicting government guidance.

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    🚷 NHS Goes To War Against Open Source // edent "We are obviously looking at things like Mythos, which is more sophisticated at finding vulnerabilities. In the n

    🚷 NHS Goes To War Against Open Source // edent "We are obviously looking at things like Mythos, which is more sophisticated at finding vulnerabilities. In the next week or so, we will be changing our tack on coding the open and making our code public until we're on top of that ri…

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    NHS Goes To War Against Open Source https:// lobste.rs/s/qp0vi5 # ai # security https:// shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-g oes-to-war-against-open-source/

    NHS Goes To War Against Open Source https:// lobste.rs/s/qp0vi5 # ai # security https:// shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-g oes-to-war-against-open-source/

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  3. Lobsters — AI tag TIER_1 · shkspr.mobi via agoose77 ·

    NHS Goes To War Against Open Source

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  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    🐧 NHS Goes To War Against Open Source The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories 📰 Source: Tux Machines 🔗 Link: https://tuxmachine

    🐧 NHS Goes To War Against Open Source The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories 📰 Source: Tux Machines 🔗 Link: https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/02/NHS_Goes_To_War_Against_Open_Source.shtml # AI # ArtificialIntelligence

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