📬 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...

📢 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

Open licensing is changing. The NOODL license introduces tiered access and reciprocity. This Mozilla Data Collective post by @alek.eurosky.social analyzes how NOODL responds to the power asymmetries in AI development: community.mozilladatacollective.com/how-open-lic...

The European Competitiveness Fund proposal invokes sovereignty, but stops short of connecting them to the Digital Commons that would make commitments real. A piece by @aditya.myatproto.social on what EuroParl's draft report gets right, and what needs to go further. openfuture.eu/blog/from-di...

Who controls Europe's AI future? The most consequential choices are no longer made through legislation, but through investment deals that are largely out of public view. Zuzanna Warso analyzes this change in a new piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social: www.techpolicy.press/building-dig...

As part of our commitment to openness and transparency, we share our 2025 Annual Report. Topics we’ve worked on for years, such as public AI, digital commons, and sustainable information ecosystems, are now at the center of European policy. openfuture.eu/publication/...

📬 Our latest newsletter issue covers who is steering Europe's AI investment, a debate about conditional access to cultural heritage data, and an experiment in equitable open licensing. Read more and subscribe: mailchi.mp/openfuture/a...

The Wikimedia Futures Lab asked Wikimedians to design experiments responding to global trends. Taken together, they point to a shared theory of change for the Wikimedia Movement. Read more in this piece by @alek.eurosky.social on Diff: diff.wikimedia.org/2026/04/27/r... cc: @wikimediafoundation.org

Unconditional openness doesn't protect the commons when AI companies extract value from public collections at scale. It enables privatization. Analysis by @paul.eurosky.social responds to critiques of our proposed conditional access framework for cultural heritage data: openfuture.eu/blog/beyond-...

Our sixth and final brief in our Policy Building Blocks for Digital Commons series focuses on the DC-EDIC—the institutional anchor the EU needs to turn sovereignty ambitions into lasting public digital infrastructure. Read more: openfuture.eu/publication/...

"For users in the Global South, [the licence] applies permissive open terms. For users in high-income countries, it requires benefit or value sharing with the data community" I love experiments like this in ethical approaches to open licencing.

Open licensing promised democratization, but access alone doesn't guarantee equitable outcomes. That's the Paradox of Open. The NOODL license is one of the most concrete responses to it yet, examined in a new report by @alek.eurosky.social. Read more: openfuture.eu/publication/...

The EU’s digital funding prioritizes disruption and short-cycle projects, while critical open source infrastructure and Digital Commons go unsupported—not for lack of value, but for the right funding frameworks. Our new policy brief sets out what those should look like. openfuture.eu/publication/...

Digital public spaces need more than regulation; they need public infrastructure. Our new policy brief (authored by @aditya.myatproto.social and Zuzanna Warso) proposes public investment in interoperable, commons-based communication infrastructure. openfuture.eu/publication/...

New reporting by Jan Walraven sheds light on how the Flemish government is rolling out Microsoft Copilot across public administration: deployment moves faster than safeguards. Part of our joint project with @apache.be “Buying the Hype”. Read more in Dutch: apache.be/2026/04/07/m...

📬 Our March newsletter covers a couple of the building blocks of EU digital sovereignty, a levy proposal from a major AI company, and what a genuinely public social media ecosystem could look like. Read more and subscribe: mailchi.mp/openfuture/b...

🚀 Building trust in the digital commons with @europeana.bsky.social and @wikimediase.bsky.social, CommonsDB has reached 1 million verified rights declarations and counting: www.commonsdb.org/blog/commons...

Our latest brief, authored by @paul.eurosky.social and @aditya.myatproto.social, proposes dedicated public storage infrastructure, governed as a commons, as the missing layer in Europe's data sovereignty agenda. openfuture.eu/publication/...

🎉 CommonsDB just hit 1 million declarations. Thanks to @europeana.bsky.social and @wikimediase.bsky.social for making it happen. Next stop: 5 million by summer 2026. Read more: www.commonsdb.org/blog/commons...

The forthcoming revision of the Public Procurement Directives and the Cloud and AI Development Act presents a legislative window to shift public money away from proprietary technologies toward Digital Commons. This brief makes the case for using it. openfuture.eu/publication/...

Important brief to add guidelines/rules to the existing discussions about digital sovereignty/digital public infrastructure. We need to make sure that discussions on procurements do not lead to "Europe first" data exploitative business models or to create European tech-oligarchies.

Our latest policy brief, authored by @aditya.myatproto.social and Zuzanna Warso, argues that procurement can be more than a purchasing mechanism. Used strategically, it is one of the most powerful tools available for shaping markets and advancing digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/publication/...

Is social media the new public square? Then what is the role for public funding in keeping it resilient, safe, (maybe even fun)? 1/3👇

A European Citizens' Initiative calls for publicly funded social media. But copying the old centralized, surveillance-based model would repeat harms. Public money deserves a more ambitious target: Digital Public Space. @aditya.myatproto.social explains what that means. openfuture.eu/blog/public-...

Europe’s cloud dependency is a strategic risk. Our new brief, authored by Zuzanna Warso and @aditya.myatproto.social, outlines how to cut lock-in and use public procurement to back sovereign, interoperable cloud alternatives. Read more: openfuture.eu/publication/...

"The question of why DPI is ultimately the question of for whom DPI." Watch the recording of our webinar on digital public infrastructure with @bulletprooflama.bsky.social and @ramyachandra.bsky.social 📹️ openfuture.eu/event/webina...

It's a wrap 🌯 Yesterday, the EP adopted its resolution on the upcoming ERA Act, sending a clear message that Europe is ready for a true "fifth freedom". Now the ball is in the Commission's court to come up with an ambitious proposal that unlocks knowledge in Europe!

Who is digital public infrastructure built for? Watch our webinar on DPI in India, Brazil, and the EU, and why the answer matters more than the technology itself. openfuture.eu/event/webina...

The EP has adopted its own initiative report, accepting that AI training falls under TDM exceptions. Yet, voluntary licensing will not fix the power gap between AI developers and rightsholders. @paul.eurosky.social suggests a revenue-based levy on deployed AI openfuture.eu/blog/copyrig...

Tomorrow, the Netherlands celebrates #PubliekDomeinDag. We’ll be there: Doug McCarthy will present CommonsDB at 12:10, and @paul.eurosky.social will join a panel at 15:15 on public domain restrictions in the afternoon. publiekdomeindag.nl/programma-20...

Both the EU and India want greater sovereignty over AI. Neither is close to having it. The Delhi AI Summit made that gap hard to ignore. Read Zuzanna Warso's latest: openfuture.eu/blog/what-de...

📬 Newsletter released: How funding shapes EU AI, Wikimedia's AI moment, and much more. Want this in your inbox? Read the full issue and subscribe to receive future ones: mailchi.mp/openfuture/s...

🔓 The EU's Open Digital Ecosystems Strategy reframes digital sovereignty: open source isn't just licensing—it's about sustaining communities & Digital Commons. From procurement reform to ecosystem stewardship. Read @aditya.myatproto.social & @alek.bsky.social's latest: openfuture.eu/blog/europea...

📅 Next week! Join our webinar on Digital Public Infrastructure—Feb 26, 11:00 CET. Exploring IndiaStack, Brazil's DPI & EuroStack with our Zuzanna Warso, our fellow Mila Samdub and [email protected] from CNRS. openfuture.eu/event/webina...

Check out CommonsDB Feasibility Study part 2: 300K+ verified declarations, cryptographic signatures, and decentralized control. It shows how we're scaling trustworthy rights infrastructure for the open web. 📥 www.commonsdb.org/blog/commons...

Who Controls Europe’s AI Future? Our latest analysis by Zuzanna Warso examines how the EU’s infrastructure ambitions and plans for AI Gigafactories are unfolding. openfuture.eu/blog/who-con...

What is the role of collective intelligence in the age of AI? A new report from Wikimedia CH, Open Future and IMD Business School explores this and other questions, offering perspectives on strengthening the knowledge commons. openfuture.eu/publication/...

FOSDEM 2026: Our Senior Policy Analyst @aditya.myatproto.social speaks on governing Europe's digital commons. Today at 9:35 CET, Room UA2.118. Watch live: fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

European social media alternatives need more than EU hosting. They require decentralized architecture, robust safety mechanisms, public funding, and business models beyond surveillance. Read more in @aditya.myatproto.social latest: openfuture.eu/blog/what-is...

Join us at FOSDEM 2026 to discuss Europe's digital sovereignty & the DC-EDIC's role in supporting open source public infrastructure. 2 Feb, 9:35 CET | Room UA2.118 | Details and live streaming: fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

📬 Our latest newsletter: Why Europe must build a Public AI ecosystem beyond the "AI race," two futures for the internet (scarcity vs openness), and MEPs calling for European social media alternatives after the Grok scandal. Read more: mailchi.mp/openfuture/e...

New report by @bulletprooflama.bsky.social: How are India, Brazil & the EU reshaping digitalization? We examine IndiaStack, Brazil's DPI & EuroStack—unpacking the promises & power dynamics behind digital public infrastructure.

CommonsDB moves from design to deployment: 300K+ verified declarations, cryptographic trust, decentralized control. Our feasibility study shows how we're building rights infrastructure for open culture and public domain works. 📥 www.commonsdb.org/blog/commons...

Interested in the European Commission's consultation on TDM rights protocols closing 23 January? Our new policy brief by @paulk.bsky.social examines how AI opt-outs evolved in 2025, proposes four principles for a shared vocabulary layer, and provides timely context. openfuture.eu/publication/...