Corrected: The new stance on open-source contributions runs counter to the generally accepted ethos of open-source, of not using closed source since it can be abandoned or wired for surveillance and can't be extended as a user or developer would like.
Intel will no longer be blindly contributing to the open-source software ecosystem, with recent comments from the company indicating that it will be using open-source as an "advantage to Intel." Intel was previously known for contributing substantial development efforts to open-source projects and releasing many of its AI acceleration tools and programs under open-source licences.