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We are a European think tank that develops new approaches to an open internet that maximize societal benefits of shared data, knowledge and culture.

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The EU , approved yesterday by the EU Council, falls short on concrete measures to address AI's environmental costs — write our Director of Research, Zuzanna Warso and KrisShrishak@eupolicy.social in their opinion piece for the Tech Policy Press 🔎 https://www.techpolicy.press/hope-the-ai-acts-approach-to-address-the-environmental-impact-of-ai/

openfuture, to opensource
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It's good to see the issue of #OpenSourceAI making waves in mainstream media 👀 Sarah Kessler mentions our work & quotes @tarkowski while describing "openwashing," in her regular feature for The New York Times 👉 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/business/what-is-openwashing-ai.html #ParadoxOfOpen #OpenSource

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🤖✍️ Article 53(1c) of the #AIAct requires providers of general-purpose AI models to put in place policies to comply with EU #copyright law and TDM opt-outs. Our new policy brief looks at practical strategies, technical standards, and services for implementing rightholders' opt-outs in a way that is effective, scalable, and meets the needs of both rightholders and AI model developers: https://openfuture.eu/publication/considerations-for-implementing-rightholder-opt-outs-by-ai-model-developers/

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The Think7 Italy Summit is happening this week, with the theme “The G7 and the World: Rebuilding Bridges”.

We have been invited to write a brief on “Democratic governance of AI systems and datasets”, which will be presented tomorrow by @tarkowski .

The brief has been a joint effort of three organizations: Open Future Foundation, Centro Politiche Europee and MicroSave Consulting (MSC), with contributions from Renata Avila, Lea Gimpel, and @savi.

#publicAI #AIcommons

https://think7.org/event/t7-italy-summit-the-g7-and-the-world-rebuilding-bridges/

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Open Future was a part of the conversations that led to the "Keys to a Healthier Digital Future" report by New America, Ford Foundation & Microsoft. Read about how technology can better serve society through #Interoperability and #TechGovernance👇https://www.newamerica.org/digital-impact-governance-initiative/briefs/keys-to-a-healthier-digital-future/

openfuture, to ai
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During our April AI and the Commons call, Pierre-Carl Langlais, aka @Dorialexander, discussed Common Corpus, the largest public domain data set released for training LLMs and fine-tuning #AI as Commons. Read more here 👉 https://openfuture.eu/blog/common-corpus-building-ai-as-commons/ #DigitalCommons #OpenScience

openfuture, to random
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For all the talk of #DigitalSovereignty it would be unfortunate if the EU proved incapable of running a couple of servers to host a decentralized service and provide an alternative to its X and YouTube social media accounts," says Zuzanna Warso in our latest opinion 👉 https://openfuture.eu/blog/is-the-eu-serious-about-digital-public-space/

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Deliberative governance of critical #OpenSourceSoftware packages & their communities as #DigitalCommons could help overcome potential exploitation of the maintainer model, say @jankrewer & Nick Gates in their @NGICommons piece 👉https://commons.ngi.eu/2024/04/24/responding-to-xz-utils-can-a-digital-commons-approach-reinforce-oss-security/ #OpenSource #PublicDigitalInfrastructure

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The openness of AI models cannot be reduced to just their licensing — says @mweinberg in his recent post, drawing from experience with open hardware. In this note, we explain why we agree with Mike's position 👉 https://openfuture.eu/note/mike-weinberg-on-open-licensing/ #AI #OpenLicense

openfuture, to ai
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What role do books play in training AI models, and how might digitized books be made widely accessible for the purposes of training #AI? Written in collaboration with @creativecommons and Proteus Strategies, our new report maps possible paths forward: https://openfuture.eu/publication/towards-a-books-data-commons-for-ai-training/ #DigitalCommons 🧵1/4

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The landscape of the arts and creative industries has changed because of #AI. The idea behind publishing this zine by our 2023 fellow, Nadia Nadesan, is to assist creatives in navigating these changes🗞️ Check it out 👉 https://openfuture.eu/publication/your-art-ai-zine/

openfuture, to ai
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If we care about openness [of AI systems], we should also care about the openness of the data,“— says our Director of Research, Zuzanna Warso, in an MIT Technology Review piece on the challenges of defining what makes an #AI model #opensource 👉
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/25/1090111/tech-industry-open-source-ai-definition-problem/

openfuture, to openinternet
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How to keep internet open? What should the EU’s role be in internet standard-setting? – read this recap of a conversation between Clément Perarnaud, Mallory Knodel, @olaf, and Geoff Huston 👉 https://openfuture.eu/blog/how-can-the-eus-approach-towards-internet-standards-be-improved/

openfuture, to random
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With a growing number of private and public actors endorsing the concept of digital public infrastructure, @jankrewer clarifies our approach and the role of “public” in our Public Digital Infrastructure work 👉https://openfuture.eu/blog/signs-of-progress-digital-public-infrastructure-is-gaining-traction/ #DigitalPublicSpace #DigitalCommons

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Our assembly is nearing a consensus on the necessity of public alternatives to commercial AI solutions 🗣️ What should they be, though? Could public AI help cultivate the #DigitalCommons? Sign up to share your thoughts 👉 https://openfuture.eu/blog/alignment-assembly-on-ai-and-the-commons/

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Ethical principles? AI registries? In her new blog post, Nadia Nadesan debunks a few popular participation practices in the context of #AIGovernance 🔎 https://openfuture.eu/blog/friction-in-ai-governance-performing-participation/ #participationwashing

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“Digital sovereignty limited to the application layer is not sovereignty” – Zuzanna Warso writes about the partnership between Microsoft and Mistral AI, fair competition, and #AIAct 👉 https://openfuture.eu/blog/its-infrastructure-stupid/ #PublicDigitalInfrastructure

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"There is an urgent need to reaffirm a view of the Internet as not just a Hobbesian cyberspace but a domain of cooperation and shared responsibility."

📷Read our latest blog post from
@jankrewer on Germany's international #digital #strategy.

https://openfuture.eu/blog/raising-the-bar-for-germanys-tech-diplomacy/

openfuture, to privacy
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This Salon piece discusses growing concerns about #privacy violations by big tech and points to individual efforts and legislative measures as a means of resistance. It also references our work on #PublicDigitalInfrastructure, including Clément Perarnaud's recent report: https://www.salon.com/2024/02/20/anti-privacy-giants-want-you-to-surrender-hope-dont-give-up-without-a-fight/

openfuture, to ai
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"AI reduces people's motivation to share works openly." - What do you think? Join our Alignment Assembly on #AI & the Commons to vote on statements like this one and add your own. Register here 👉 https://openfuture.eu/blog/alignment-assembly-on-ai-and-the-commons/ #DigitalCommons #genAI

openfuture, to ai
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What do open movement activists, creators, and organizations think about regulating #genAI? Our virtual Alignment Assembly on #AI and the Commons is live and will run until mid-March. You can learn more & subscribe to participate here 👉https://openfuture.eu/blog/alignment-assembly-on-ai-and-the-commons/ #DigitalCommons

openfuture, to random
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As input for the #digitalpolicy agenda for the 2nd part of Europe’s Digital Decade, we share seven suggestions for policy interventions in support of the #DigitalCommons. These policies create an opportunity for an internet governed not as a marketplace but as a #DigitalPublicSpace 🏛https://paradox.openfuture.eu/policies/ 🧵1/8

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A Copyright Infrastructure for the Digital Age: to ensure that the EU regulatory framework for the use of copyrighted works functions in practice, the EU needs to ensure that the required technological infrastructure exists and that it is provided as a public good: https://openfuture.eu/policies-for-the-digital-commons/copyright-infrastructure/ 🧵3/8 #copyright

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A Public Option for AI Development: aligning #AI advances with broader goals of social progress and sustainability requires public investment in this technology rather than leaving its fate in the hands of private companies: https://openfuture.eu/policies-for-the-digital-commons/a-public-option-for-ai-development/ 🧵4/8

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A European Public Digital Infrastructure Fund: there is a clear need for a fund that can operate at the EU level and on a sufficient scale to support a #PublicDigitalInfrastructure that can act as a viable alternative to existing services: https://openfuture.eu/policies-for-the-digital-commons/public-digital-infrastructure-fund/ 🧵5/8

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A Public, Interoperable Social Media Space: The EU ought to create the conditions for public and governmental institutions, non-profit organizations, and citizens' initiatives to invest in their autonomous communication infrastructure: https://openfuture.eu/policies-for-the-digital-commons/interoperable-social-media/ 🧵6/8 #interoperability

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