May 2026: a month marked by open AI, communities and open‑source in action
May promises to be intense at LINAGORA: conferences, research, critical AI and field deployments… we summarize everything you must not miss
📅 May 11 - CNRS Seminar: Critiquing AI
👉 Artificial intelligence through the lens of its controversies 🎙️ With Gaël Varoquaux (Inria, Probabl) and Michel‑Marie Maudet (LINAGORA)
🧠 An essential discussion: understanding the limits, biases and societal impacts of AI.
📅 May 12 - RPLL
👉 4:45 PM talk: Twake: boost your email with AI by Benoît Tellier
💡 Twake Mail (LINAGORA): summary, smart sorting, assisted replies, AI assistant to transform email
With participation from Julie Verrier
📅 May 13 → 17 – Vietnam
🌏 Strategic visit of our offices by Alexandre Zapolsky (President) and the Vice‑President of Software Development
🤝 Goal: strengthen our international open‑source ecosystem
📅 May 30 & 31 – JDLL (Free Software Days)
👉 Saturday 10:00 AM Apache James: open the hood of a killer IMAP implementation! 🎙️ Benoît Tellier https://pretalx.jdll.org/jdll2026/talk/review/DSLFBWFCX88QXTXVMCEGW7HMGATWQWWC
👉 Sunday 4:00 PM LinTO Studio: transcription, subtitling and summarisation by AI, 100 % open source 🎙️ Tom Darboux https://pretalx.jdll.org/jdll2026/talk/A3MPXZ/
Also present: Benjamin Bellamy and Julie Verrier
Shall we meet on site?
Come talk with our teams, researchers and developers about open AI and concrete alternatives to closed models. It’s a great opportunity to meet us!