🏃🏿‍♀️ Last days to apply for the first Open Technology Research (OTR) Symposium! 🟡 Deadline: 𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🔵 Dates: 26–27 October 2026 🔵 Location: Universitat de Barcelona 👉🏾 Submit your proposal and register here: buff.ly/uwr4mVD

🎙️🌱 So, how did they do it? We spoke to Renu Kumari and Udita Agarwal from #semanticClimate, the developers of 𝗖𝗔𝗕𝗼𝘁, the 'responsible' climate #AI chatbot that we’ll be launching next week. 👇🏾 The interview is also part of the #OKFN100 project: buff.ly/lOyBelq

🧠✨ How can we ensure that the emerging brain commons remains open, accountable and governed in the public interest? 🔜 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗪𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀 – save the date and register for our next summit: okfn.org/ttww-brain

🤖🌳 Meet CABot, the first #AILearningLabs prototype – making climate knowledge accessible to all. This responsible chatbot can answer questions based on pre-approved literature and datasets. 👇🏾 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 and join us on 7 July for the launch: okfn.org/cabot

🗞️ Our June Newsletter is out – including: • #AILearningLabs • Events announcement: #BrainCommons and #SkyCommons • New partnership with the Government of Uruguay • Open Technology Research • Living learning resources and more. 👉🏾 Enjoy the reading: blog.okfn.org/2026/06/25/m...

We organised a regional assembly in 🇫🇮 Oulu on open knowledge as critical infrastructure. Participants argued that knowledge systems should no longer be viewed as cultural accessories or optional public goods. 👉🏾 Read the full reflection by @avilarenata.bsky.social: buff.ly/AqUyVTm

💬 Is traceability enough when AI answers questions about #opendata? // New discussion at the OK Forum → discuss.okfn.org/t/is-traceab... We are prototyping an MCP bridge between open data portals and AI. We’d really welcome examples or related experiences on similar projects.

🦾🗃️ How to digitise a physical archive to work strategically with AI? This text summarises the last #AILearningLabs session: lessons by initiatives worldwide that digitised documents, photos, audio, etc., following different paths to preservation. 👉🏾 buff.ly/MVbDDcv

💙 Thank you very much for listening so carefully, @ukdsimpact.bsky.social

👉 ¿Cómo puede la IA hacer que el acceso a los datos públicos sea más fiable y trazable? Únete a nuestro webinario este jueves para conocer una solución piloto que vincula la IA conversacional con catálogos de datos en Brasil y Uruguay. 🔗 Registro: eclac.webex.com/weblink/regi...

💫 Openness is our foundation. We have redesigned our homepage okfn.org to make it easier to see what @okfn.bsky.social is up to. Tip: #AILearningLabs, MCP for Public Data, Knowledge as Critical Digital Infrastructure, Open Technology Research, and more! 🧶

🦾🗃️ How to digitise a physical archive to work strategically with AI? While we are working on the full documentation of last week's roundtable discussion, here is the link to the recording for those who have been asking for it. buff.ly/1IYhuU2 #AILearningLabs

Early lessons from @okfn.bsky.social’s most recent work on AI for public data. "Connecting an AI assistant to an open data portal was straightforward. The bigger challenge was helping it understand what the data actually means." 📄 -> buff.ly/sPlpTk4 💬 -> buff.ly/uu0DkDF

💡 Tips for sourcing 𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 Global South data for your responsible climate chatbot Here's one more living resource from the #AILearningLabs 🤔 What would you add? 💬 Join the conversation → discuss.okfn.org/c/ai-learnin... 🔖 Roundtable recap → blog.okfn.org/2026/05/20/r...

💡 Tips for sourcing 𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 Global South data for your responsible climate chatbot Here's one more living resource from the #AILearningLabs 🤔 What would you add? 💬 Join the conversation → discuss.okfn.org/c/ai-learnin... 🔖 Roundtable recap → blog.okfn.org/2026/05/20/r...

🏃🏿‍♀️ Starting in 2 hours –> How to prepare a documentation centre to work strategically with AI? Join OKFN + AVANCSO in our next #AILearningLabs session! 🗓️ Mon, June 8, 2026 🕛 15:00 – 16:30 UTC 📍 Online ✍️ Register now: buff.ly/E6Crbx7

🤔 Are you preparing your application for the OTR Symposium 2026 and want to have a chat with our team? We're hosting open info sessions on 9 June – timed for Asia Pacific (08:00 CEST), Europe & Africa (13:00 CEST), and the Americas (18:00 CEST). 👉🏾 buff.ly/q9ZVCRk @opentechresearch.org

🎥 Alejandro Flores: 'The gap between the Global North and South shapes what is preserved.' Next Monday, we will begin exploring ways to save documentation centres in the era of AI. Organised by OKFN & AVANCSO. 👉🏾 Register: buff.ly/E6Crbx7 #AILearningLabs

📣 New Uruguay/OKFN Partnership: Scaling reliable AI for open data across Latam In short: AI-generated responses on the public data catalogue will be traceable back to the underlying dataset. 👉🏾 Full announcement: buff.ly/EAe6hcI

👏🎂 Congratulations to @nextcloud.bsky.social on its 10th anniversary today! As an organisation that has been active for over two decades, we know just how much resilience it takes to champion an alternative technology stack. Here's to another 10 years! #TheTechWeWant #DigitalPublicGood

🗄️ ✨ Many documentation centres are barely surviving these days. Digitisation 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 be an answer. But where to start? How to take advantage of the inevitable AI? That's the #AILearningLabs discussion next week with AVANCSO. Join us! 👉🏾 buff.ly/E6Crbx7

📚 More and more people are discovering #opendata through our #SchoolOfData course. It covers everything from the fundamental principles to practical data cleaning using the #OpenDataEditor. The course is open and free for everyone, and it's fun! 👉🏾 buff.ly/bxEwZp6

✨ Join us for the 2nd #AILearningLabs. This time, we’ll be answering the following research question together: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙄? 👉🏾 Info & Registration: buff.ly/8Keafet

🗞️ Our May Newsletter is out – including: • #AILearningLabs first results • Reflections on neurotech • New partnership with the Government of Brazil • Open Technology Research Symposium • Many talks in key events and more. 👉🏾 Enjoy the reading: blog.okfn.org/2026/05/27/w...

Every #AILearningLabs session is a wealth of open knowledge. At last week’s roundtable, Prof. Adriana Baravalle presented this framework for assessing how ‘responsible’ the design of an AI application is, with a view to building a climate chatbot. 🧶

One thing never changes: the #OpenDataHandbook is still the most searched-for item on our website. Despite having been created a decade ago, this resource continues to shape new generations of #opendata practitioners. 🔖 Bookmark it: buff.ly/G1l5wO2

🌳 Did you miss the first #AILearningLabs roundtable? Read on to find out what we learned about climate change, education, misinformation and AI from the dozens of participants who joined us earlier this week. 👉🏾 blog.okfn.org/2026/05/20/r...

🙌🏾 Did you know that two initiatives by @okfn.bsky.social are officially recognised as digital public goods (DPGs)? This means these are tools that help advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. 👇🏾🧶

🎗️ We look forward to welcoming researchers studying openness, technology, and society to Barcelona in November. The Call for Proposals is now open: symposium.opentechresearch.org

Come join us in asking big questions about AI! 🎥 @solanasaurus.bsky.social Next Monday we are kicking off a collective exploration on how to create a responsible climate chatbot. Organised by @okfn.bsky.social #semanticClimate & Climate Academy. Register here: buff.ly/MUBOClj #AILearningLabs

Help us get it right! 🎥 Prof. Matthew Pye Next Monday we are kicking off a collective exploration on how to create a responsible climate chatbot. Organised by @okfn.bsky.social #semanticClimate & Climate Academy Register here: buff.ly/MUBOClj #AILearningLabs

Join us, won't you? 🎥 Prof. Gitanjali Yadav Next Monday we are kicking off a collective exploration on how to create a responsible climate AI chatbot. Organised by @okfn.bsky.social #semanticClimate & Climate Academy Register here: buff.ly/MUBOClj #AILearningLabs

“𝙒𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙄.” – Gitanjali Yadav (#semanticClimate) Welcoming OKFN's very first #AILearningLabs → buff.ly/Truu2aV

Thank you, Open Government Partnership (OGP), for raising awareness of the 'Towards a #SustainableDataCommons Ecosystem' report. Indeed, considering data as a commons democratises decisions about what kind of data is shared, who has access to it, and what it is used for. buff.ly/LXn1okj

🔎 "I need an #openscience expert in country X to collaborate on a project" 🌟 There’s one place where you can find them: 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. 👇🏾 Connect with future partners in openness now. buff.ly/t9kT7QR

⚠️ What testing 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 has taught us, and why these technologies require informed engagement now. Article by Burcu Kilic, @avilarenata.bsky.social and Solana Larsen. buff.ly/rvZVLum (Today was supposed to be the day of our neurotech booth at @rightscon.org)

🌳📈 For all those at the intersection of #AI and #climatedata – join us at the next #AILearningLabs conversation. We will explore approaches to building a responsible climate chatbot with experts and practitioners. 🗓️ May 18 🕛 12:00 UTC ✍️ Register: blog.okfn.org/ai-learning-...

💬 "Open internet is a space in which human rights are respected, and knowledge generates social good – not surveillance, spying or making money." Take a look back at Thais Ruiz de Alda @digitalfems.bsky.social's interview for the #OKFN100 Conversations project. 👇🏾

📣 Brazil and OKFN partner to enable citizens to ‘talk’ to national data In short: AI-generated responses on the public data portal will be traceable back to the underlying dataset. 👉🏾 Full announcement: buff.ly/ZS6CvXe

🔖✨ Towards a #SustainableDataCommons Ecosystem – a research partnership OKFN & ITforChange In this case study, Ana Méndez de Andés and Semra Sönmez explore how to shift the narrative from #opendata to community #governance of data. 👉🏾 Read it here: blog.okfn.org/wp-content/u...

Join us in 2 hours! There's still time to register for the DPGA's webinar on the phenomenon of "enshittification" of digital platforms, following a report by the Norwegian Consumer Council. 📅 Today! ⏰ 3:00pm CET 📝 Register Here: buff.ly/ztE7Alu

🗞️ Our April Newsletter is out – including: • @okfn.bsky.social's new #AILearningLabs • Our schedule at @rightscon.org • Knowledge Commons as Critical Digital Infrastructure • Insights from Open Technology Research and more. 👉🏾 Enjoy the reading: buff.ly/knObVoM

The Open Knowledge delegation is ready for @rightscon.org 2026 next week, where we hope to connect with our communities in person. This year, we'll even have a booth! 👉🏾 All session details here: buff.ly/HeKoS0J 👉🏾 Join the conversation: buff.ly/4egFz4G

Open Data Editor has been spotlighted as a Digital Public Good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance. Built by PJMF partner @okfn.bsky.social, it puts reliable data validation in the hands of non-technical users across six languages. Read the feature for more: https://tinyurl.com/yf8ubjud

🗣️ "What are AI learning resources you love—and why?" We are collecting recommendations for online courses etc that are especially suitable for social sector organisations. 👇🏾 Join the conversation at the #OpenKnowledgeForum. discuss.okfn.org/t/what-are-a...

🔜 Join us next week on the DPGA Webinar '𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀.' 📅 April 30 ⏰ 3:00pm CET (60 min) 📍 Zoom Webinar 📝 Register: buff.ly/4kCTBBe #TheTechWeWant

💭🧑🏾‍💻 How do social sector organisations gather 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 about #AI that is relevant for their field? ✨ Meet the #AILearningLabs. We are partnering with selected orgs to catalyse learning and produce public, multilingual AI literacy resources.

📚🌱 Estamos anunciando um projeto em parceria com a @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social para proteger o futuro do nosso conhecimento comum. Junte-se a nós: buff.ly/xOi2IlC

📚🌱 Anunciamos un proyecto conjunto con @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social para salvaguardar el futuro de nuestro conocimiento común. Únete a nosotras: buff.ly/Sd5YNUU

📚🌱 We are announcing a joint project with @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social to safeguard the future of our global knowledge commons. Join us: buff.ly/9VZbWHD