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/...

Europe needs a family of public foundation models that are: ✅ Permanently open-source ✅ Democratically governed ✅ At or near frontier capabilities For Public AI, both large models and smaller alternatives are viable and mutually reinforcing. openfuture.eu/publication/...

Don't forget to check the CommonsDB project, a public domain and openly licenced works registery www.commonsdb.org

And the ✨ European Public Domain Day ✨ has started! #EPDD26 We are very excited to launch the event with Bart Magnus from Meemoo. Today, that's not only our conference, it is also the Wikipedia 2️⃣ 5️⃣ th Birthday 🎂 #Wikipedia25 📄 Check the program of the conference: www.pdday.org/events/europ...

Breaking the "data winter" 🧊 European AI developers face a widening data gap. Our policy brief recommends establishing legal certainty for AI training on public data and building a European data commons. We argue for purposeful deployment over "AI first." openfuture.eu/publication/...

🚀 New Policy Brief: European Public AI by @alek.bsky.social & @felice.bsky.social Europe's AI landscape is dominated by non-EU actors. Public AI offers an alternative—transparent governance, public accountability, and equitable access. Read more: openfuture.eu/publication/...

Join us in Amsterdam on 15 Jan to discuss Reclaiming our Digital Future. How can we ensure tech serves the public good? Event with Kristina Irion, Lucie Chateau, Geert-Jan Bogaerts, Zuzanna Warso, and Lynn Zebeda at Studio PDZ (Pakhuis de Zwijger). Reserve your spot: dezwijger.nl/programma/re...

The proposed Digital Omnibus would allow public bodies to charge tech giants different fees for reusing public data. @paulk.bsky.social examines where this works—and where it adds unnecessary complexity—addressing the Paradox of Open and its implications for open data. openfuture.eu/blog/opennes...

Celebrating Public Domain Day 2026 on 9 January! 🎉 Works from creators who died in 1955 are entering the public domain. Check out the full program—@paulk.bsky.social presents CommonsDB and joins a panel on public domain restrictions. Register for the livestream (in Dutch): publiekdomeindag.nl

What does "machine-readable" mean for AI opt-outs? A German court ruled they must be machine-actionable—but without shared standards, we risk vendor lock-in and a pay-per-crawl web. Full analysis by @paulk.bsky.social openfuture.eu/blog/laion-r...

📬 Our latest newsletter explores openness & power in Europe's digital future: Digital Omnibus fees for Big Tech, digital commons gaining policy momentum, and why Wikimedia needs a seat at the Agentic AI Foundation. Read more: mailchi.mp/openfuture/t...

🇪🇺 13 Jan 2026 | Brussels MEP Salon: Public AI & Europe's Digital Sovereignty. Join MEPs Kobosko and Lagodinsky with experts discussing European open source AI models that drive innovation and economic value. Register here for a lunch event: openfuture.eu/event/public...

🎨🤖 17-18 December at the University of Amsterdam. Join us at the GenAI & Creative Practices conference, where @culturedoug.bsky.social will explore the challenges that open practice faces in the age of generative AI: ethics, governance, and the future of creative work. rdt.uva.nl/content/even...

The new Agentic AI Foundation (OpenAI, Google, Microsoft...) will set rules for how AI agents access data. Wikimedia's voice is missing. If this is about the public interest, the digital commons must have a seat at the table. More in the latest from @alek.bsky.social: openfuture.eu/blog/why-wik...

Today, we're at BnF Paris for Data Commons & AI—exploring France-Quebec perspectives on cultural data for AI systems. Watch live and catch @paulk.bsky.social right now on "The Paradox of Open": www.youtube.com/live/ROigWIj...

🚨 AI companies are ignoring EU transparency rules on training data. OpenAI, Google, and Mistral all fall short on their commitments—and that behavior reveals an uncomfortable truth. The Commission must act. More on this piece from Zuzanna Warso and @paulk.bsky.social: openfuture.eu/blog/5-3-3-0...

Our @ngicommons.bsky.social conference report is out! Back from the #DigitalCommonsPolicySummit2025 in Brussels, a turning point for Europe’s digital sovereignty.👇 commons.ngi.eu/2025/12/04/d... @martel-innovate.com @openforumeurope.org @openfuture.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @linuxfoundation.org

This new impulse paper proposes a framework to help cultural heritage institutions balance their commitment to open access with the increasing AI-driven demand on their collections and infrastructure. ↘️

We are excited to share the newly published Impulse paper: Publishing cultural heritage data in the age of #AI, a joint publication by the Europeana Foundation and @openfuture.bsky.social You can read the paper here: bit.ly/3MBQAeY

🏛️How should cultural heritage institutions share data in the age of AI? Our new paper with @europeana.bsky.social explores when heritage data should be available for AI training. Part of the Alignment Assembly on Culture for AI. Read more: openfuture.eu/publication/...