We're pleased to announce that the preliminary agenda for the first Open Technology Research Symposium is now live! We want to thank everyone who submitted. (more info ⬇️) Explore the agenda and register now: symposium.opentechresearch.org

📬 In our latest newsletter: AI is draining the knowledge commons, Wikimedia risks becoming a “dark commons,” and a new EU copyright reform begins with the challenge of providing a workable path for AI development while ensuring control and remuneration for rightsholders. mailchi.mp/openfuture/b...

More control for rightsholders or easier access for AI developers? Only shifting the obligation from training to deployment can deliver both. Analysis based on 432 responses to the EU Commission’s call for evidence regarding a new legislative initiative on copyright. openfuture.eu/blog/squarin...

🚀 Registrations are now open for the 2nd Digital Commons Policy Summit 2026! 📅 12 Nov 2026 | 📍 Brussels 🎫 commons.ngi.eu/event/digita... Register now and join us in Brussels! #DigitalCommons #Europe #TechSovereignty @openfuture.bsky.social @openforumeurope.org @martel-innovate.com @cnrs.fr

Generative AI is reshaping how knowledge is made, found, and trusted. A new white paper written with @wikimediach.bsky.social maps how the Wikimedia movement can keep its agency. Read it here: openfuture.eu/publication/...

Who pays for the commons? Generative AI was built on the open web, but little value has flowed back. @paul.eurosky.social’s latest at @botpopuli.bsky.social argues copyright can't fix this on its own — and makes the case for a levy on commercial AI deployment. Read it: botpopuli.net/who-pays-for...

Who Pays for the Commons?

Three and a half years after the emergence of generative AI as a new technology paradigm, there is broad agreement that AI companies have extracted enorm...

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I wrote a report last year for @openfuture.bsky.social on the issue of the lack of community governance over the roll-out of AI tools in academic publishing. Editorial boards have a great deal of power here, especially if the journal is society-owned. openfuture.eu/publication/...

Governing the scholarly AI Commons – Open Future

New report explores how academic communities can shape AI governance in research and publishing, from regulation to community-led approaches.

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New Phytologist@newphyt.bsky.social · 3w ago

We're sorry about this Hilary. We weren't given any notice of this being instated and have contacted Wiley to have the problem rectified. If you click the popover, it will open an additional window, which you can then dismiss. We appreciate this is a poor user experience.

Key themes that shape open knowledge and Wikimedia—the future of the commons, digital sovereignty, and the strain that large-scale AI crawling places on open platforms—are intertwined with our work. From July 21 to 25, we will lead 4 sessions at #Wikimania2026 dedicated to discussing these topics.

📢 COMMUNIA, together with 35 co-signing organisations, has published an open letter urging MEPs to protect the use of open standard licences for public sector information in the Digital Omnibus. ✉️Read the open letter and share it with your representative! communia-association.org/2026/07/06/o...

Open letter: Protect open standard licences for public sector information

Together with more than 30 civil society organisations from across Europe, we are calling on the European Parliament to protect the use of open standard licences for public sector information.

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📄 New: @ngicommons.bsky.social #webinar report on: Europe's Tech Sovereignty Package is now available. Download the report and discover key policy wins and next steps 👇: commons.ngi.eu/2026/07/03/e... #NGICommons #DigitalCommons #TechSovereignty @catemartel.bsky.social @openfuture.bsky.social

My latest for @openfuture.bsky.social discussing the Commission's move to @wsocial.eu. I like that they're paying more attention to #atproto, or open protocols more generally. But W-Social is a puzzling choice right now, especially when @mu.social / @eurosky.social is right there!

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The European Commission has joined W-Social and committed €1.4M to a protocol-based pilot. @aditya.myatproto.social argues that sovereign social media depends on open infrastructure and reduced dependencies, not just European ownership. openfuture.eu/blog/w-socia...

The European Commission has joined W-Social and committed €1.4M to a protocol-based pilot. @aditya.myatproto.social argues that sovereign social media depends on open infrastructure and reduced dependencies, not just European ownership. openfuture.eu/blog/w-socia...

W-Social: What does sovereignty mean for social media? – Open Future

The European Commission’s move to W-Social frames it as a European alternative to X, but its closed-source code and reliance on Bluesky’s infrastructure show that sovereign social media requires open ...

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Open Future is joining the @opentechresearch.org Symposium 2026 as a content partner. @alek.eurosky.social will be on the program committee. The call for proposals is open until 5 July 2026. Submissions on open technologies, policy, and governance are welcome. 🔗 symposium.opentechresearch.org

The EU wants digital sovereignty built on open source AI, but its own copyright rules stand in the way. A new study by @communia.bsky.social with Maria Drabczyk (Centrum Cyfrowe) & @alek.eurosky.social maps the legal friction and how to fix it. openfuture.eu/publication/...

Copyright challenges in open-source AI development in the European Union – Open Future

The EU wants to build digital sovereignty through open source AI, yet its own copyright rules stand in the way. A study of eight European initiatives maps the resulting legal friction and proposes sol...

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📬 In our latest newsletter we cover how the EU funds its AI ambitions, which gaps remain difficult to verify, why the cultural sector should help shape AI rather than merely adopt it, and the missed opportunity for the Digital Commons in the EU’s Tech Sovereignty Package. mailchi.mp/openfuture/u...

The Dutch GPT-NL project shows that refusing data permitted under EU law — in the name of "respecting copyright" — holds the model back. Sustaining Europe's AI ecosystem means rebuilding copyright as a right to be paid. Read more in @paul.eurosky.social's latest: openfuture.eu/blog/gpt-nl-...

GPT-NL respects copyright — cui bono? – Open Future

GPT-NL refuses training data that copyright law permits. The result is a model that cannot compete, highlighting why sustaining the information ecosystem requires the right to be paid rather than a ri...

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There is no consistent EU-wide method for tagging AI-related spending, which makes scrutiny of Europe's AI industrial strategy very difficult. Read more in the latest from Zuzanna Warso and Júlia Keserű: openfuture.eu/publication/...

From frameworks to factories – Open Future

The EU now considers AI as a strategic industrial sector—but can the investment claims behind the agenda be verified? This report maps how the EU funds AI and shows a fragmented landscape that makes…

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CommonsDB has a new dashboard that offers the first comprehensive view of more than three million registry declarations from @wikimediase.bsky.social and @europeana.bsky.social. Learn more about our registry for public domain and openly licensed works: www.commonsdb.org/blog/visuali...

Visualizing the registry: CommonsDB Explorer gets a dashboard

CommonsDB's new dashboard provides the first comprehensive view of data in the registry

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The EU has pledged €200 billion for AI. How much of that reflects actual commitments, and how much is political ambition? Our latest report, "From Frameworks to Factories", provides a baseline for analysis: openfuture.eu/publication/...

The EU's Tech Sovereignty Package puts substance behind open source: a maintenance instrument, 'open source first' procurement, and a new Foundation for strategic open source assets. What's missing? Find in @aditya.myatproto.social and @alek.eurosky.social analysis: openfuture.eu/blog/beyond-...

Beyond Open Source – Open Future

The EU's Tech Sovereignty Package puts open source at the center of Europe's sovereignty agenda. But by narrowing the strategy to code and leaving non-code Digital Commons and data out of scope, it…

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The EU's Tech Sovereignty Package sidesteps non-code Digital Commons and leaves the data question for frontier AI unanswered. Open source is a starting point, not a destination. Learn more in our latest analysis by @aditya.myatproto.social and @alek.eurosky.social openfuture.eu/blog/beyond-...

Beyond Open Source – Open Future

The EU's Tech Sovereignty Package puts open source at the center of Europe's sovereignty agenda. But by narrowing the strategy to code and leaving non-code Digital Commons and data out of scope, it ri...

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Open Future is joining the @opentechresearch.org Symposium 2026 as a content partner. @alek.eurosky.social will be on the Program Committee. The call for proposals is open until 5 July 2026. Submissions on open technologies, policy, and governance are welcome. 🔗 symposium.opentechresearch.org

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SHAPING THE OPEN TRANSITION

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📬 Our latest newsletter issue covers a blind spot in the EU's approach to copyright and AI reform, and the risk of a "dark commons" and new cultural loops that could keep knowledge infrastructure alive. Read more and subscribe: mailchi.mp/openfuture/u...

The EU's new copyright reform initiative conflates AI training and inference-time use. @paul.eurosky.social argues this analytical gap risks producing incoherent legislation before the impact assessment has even begun. legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/copyright-bl...

Can public AI save public media? @alek.eurosky.social will join the @publicspaces.net Conference2026 in Amsterdam tomorrow to explore what developing AI in the public interest requires in practice. 11:00, Studio – Public AI track. conference.publicspaces.net/en/session/w...

What is Public AI? - PublicSpaces Conference

Panel - Can public AI save public media?

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📢 Join us at our upcoming event where we will discuss the legal uncertainty faced by developers of public AI systems and knowledge institutions and outline the way forward! 📅 June 1, 2026 ⏰ 14:00–15:30 CEST 📍 TownHall Europe, Brussels Register Now! mailchi.mp/communia-ass...

Our Director of Strategy @alek.eurosky.social joins the opening session of the AI-BRIDGES Symposium (29 May, London & online) to discuss Open Knowledge communities and AI. Full program and registration: ai-bridges.org/2026/03/30/s...

Zuzanna Warso will be at #CPDP2026 in Brussels this week, joining the digital sovereignty panel (Wed 20 May) and moderating the discussion on the state of progressive tech policy (Fri 22 May). Full schedule at @cpdpconferences.bsky.social and www.cpdpconferences.org/schedule

See you at @re-publica.com in Berlin. There are two sessions where you can catch up with our most recent work. Full schedule: www.re-publica.com/en#block-rp2... #rp26

From AI and Quantum to EuroStack and Digital Commons: Which Way to Digital Sovereignty? Organised by Center for Quantum & Society, Quantum Delta NL with Joris van Hoboken (moderator), Plixavra Vogiatzoglou, Thomas Streinz, Zuzanna Warso, Alexandra Paul More: cpdp.be/123617 #CPDP2026 #CPDPPanels