Open Future
@openfuture.bsky.social
A think tank that develops strategies and policies for cultivating #DigitalCommons.
https://openfuture.eu/
https://openfuture.eu/
CommonsDB Explorer is live! Browse rights declarations for Public Domain works, check files for matches, and see verifiable rights info that travels with content. openfuture.eu/blog/commons...
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
CommonsDB Explorer is live! Browse rights declarations for Public Domain works, check files for matches, and see verifiable rights info that travels with content. openfuture.eu/blog/commons...
📬 New newsletter: Europe doesn't need new laws for Public AI—it needs to activate the legal basis it already has in Article 3 of the CDSM Directive. Discover how existing copyright law can unlock AI training data access for research organizations and libraries. Read more: mailchi.mp/openfuture/u...
November 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
📬 New newsletter: Europe doesn't need new laws for Public AI—it needs to activate the legal basis it already has in Article 3 of the CDSM Directive. Discover how existing copyright law can unlock AI training data access for research organizations and libraries. Read more: mailchi.mp/openfuture/u...
Inspiring to see over 1,000 participants at Numérique en Commun[s] focused on Digital Commons. France's national strategy embeds commons-based approaches across all areas—prioritizing autonomy, resilience & sustainability. Thank you for having us.
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Inspiring to see over 1,000 participants at Numérique en Commun[s] focused on Digital Commons. France's national strategy embeds commons-based approaches across all areas—prioritizing autonomy, resilience & sustainability. Thank you for having us.
At 17:15 CET, @alek.bsky.social will present the masterclass "How can we overcome the paradox of openness?". Philippe Ajuelos will introduce Alek, who will share our perspective on digital commons as a way to fight concentrations of power.
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
At 17:15 CET, @alek.bsky.social will present the masterclass "How can we overcome the paradox of openness?". Philippe Ajuelos will introduce Alek, who will share our perspective on digital commons as a way to fight concentrations of power.
Zuzanna Warso will take part in a panel to explore why digital commons are the most cost-effective solution for everyone at 14:15 CET. She will share the stage with Stéphanie Schaer, Audran Le Baron, Valérian Guiller, Tara Tarakiyee and Florian Caringe in a session moderated by Benjamin Jean.
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Zuzanna Warso will take part in a panel to explore why digital commons are the most cost-effective solution for everyone at 14:15 CET. She will share the stage with Stéphanie Schaer, Audran Le Baron, Valérian Guiller, Tara Tarakiyee and Florian Caringe in a session moderated by Benjamin Jean.
We are in Strasbourg today to participate in Numérique en Commun[s] and contribute to building an open, ethical digital world through expert discussions.
All details: numerique-en-communs.fr
All details: numerique-en-communs.fr
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We are in Strasbourg today to participate in Numérique en Commun[s] and contribute to building an open, ethical digital world through expert discussions.
All details: numerique-en-communs.fr
All details: numerique-en-communs.fr
Zuzanna Warso will also participate in a panel to explore “Why could digital commons be the most cost-effective solution for everyone?”
29 Oct at 14:15 CEST with Stéphanie Schaer, Audran Le Baron, Valérian Guiller, Tara Tarakiyee, and Florian Caringe, moderated by Benjamin Jean.
29 Oct at 14:15 CEST with Stéphanie Schaer, Audran Le Baron, Valérian Guiller, Tara Tarakiyee, and Florian Caringe, moderated by Benjamin Jean.
October 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Zuzanna Warso will also participate in a panel to explore “Why could digital commons be the most cost-effective solution for everyone?”
29 Oct at 14:15 CEST with Stéphanie Schaer, Audran Le Baron, Valérian Guiller, Tara Tarakiyee, and Florian Caringe, moderated by Benjamin Jean.
29 Oct at 14:15 CEST with Stéphanie Schaer, Audran Le Baron, Valérian Guiller, Tara Tarakiyee, and Florian Caringe, moderated by Benjamin Jean.
Join us at Numérique en Commun[s] in Strasbourg, 29-30 Oct to advance Digital Commons as a pathway to digital sovereignty and democratic empowerment—core principles of our work.
Don't miss @alek.bsky.social's masterclass on the paradox of openness. Details: numerique-en-communs.fr
Don't miss @alek.bsky.social's masterclass on the paradox of openness. Details: numerique-en-communs.fr
October 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Join us at Numérique en Commun[s] in Strasbourg, 29-30 Oct to advance Digital Commons as a pathway to digital sovereignty and democratic empowerment—core principles of our work.
Don't miss @alek.bsky.social's masterclass on the paradox of openness. Details: numerique-en-communs.fr
Don't miss @alek.bsky.social's masterclass on the paradox of openness. Details: numerique-en-communs.fr
🔔 Last reminder: Join us tomorrow for "Sustaining Original Content in the Age of AI." The event features MEP Wölken, Prof. Bensamoun, and an expert panel discussing fair value distribution in AI systems, followed by a reception. Details and registration: futureofwork.fes.de/registration.html
October 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🔔 Last reminder: Join us tomorrow for "Sustaining Original Content in the Age of AI." The event features MEP Wölken, Prof. Bensamoun, and an expert panel discussing fair value distribution in AI systems, followed by a reception. Details and registration: futureofwork.fes.de/registration.html
Join us Oct 14 at TownHall Europe (Brussels) as we explore AI's impact on our information ecosystem. Together with @fesonline.bsky.social we will tackle fair value distribution and power concentration in AI with experts and policymakers. Register now: futureofwork.fes.de/registration...
October 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Join us Oct 14 at TownHall Europe (Brussels) as we explore AI's impact on our information ecosystem. Together with @fesonline.bsky.social we will tackle fair value distribution and power concentration in AI with experts and policymakers. Register now: futureofwork.fes.de/registration...
Our new policy brief outlines five ways to boost EU digital sovereignty through the 2028-2034 MFF: funding reform, sovereign cloud, strategic public procurement, digital public space & commons framework.
Time to put money where our mouth is.
openfuture.eu/publication/...
Time to put money where our mouth is.
openfuture.eu/publication/...
October 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Our new policy brief outlines five ways to boost EU digital sovereignty through the 2028-2034 MFF: funding reform, sovereign cloud, strategic public procurement, digital public space & commons framework.
Time to put money where our mouth is.
openfuture.eu/publication/...
Time to put money where our mouth is.
openfuture.eu/publication/...
📬 Our newsletter is back! Download our joint report with @ecos.ngo on how AI and data centers threaten climate goals through increased electricity demand, water usage, and e-waste—and discover our recommendations for sustainable development.
Read more: mailchi.mp/openfuture/p...
Read more: mailchi.mp/openfuture/p...
October 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
📬 Our newsletter is back! Download our joint report with @ecos.ngo on how AI and data centers threaten climate goals through increased electricity demand, water usage, and e-waste—and discover our recommendations for sustainable development.
Read more: mailchi.mp/openfuture/p...
Read more: mailchi.mp/openfuture/p...
🔍 Don’t miss @opensource.org’s virtual event on Data Governance from 1 to 3 October. Tomorrow at 18:15 CEST, @alek.bsky.social explores data pathways to public AI, focusing on commons-based approaches to ensure equitable access.
🎟️ Free registration: datagovernance.sessionize.com/session/977562
🎟️ Free registration: datagovernance.sessionize.com/session/977562
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🔍 Don’t miss @opensource.org’s virtual event on Data Governance from 1 to 3 October. Tomorrow at 18:15 CEST, @alek.bsky.social explores data pathways to public AI, focusing on commons-based approaches to ensure equitable access.
🎟️ Free registration: datagovernance.sessionize.com/session/977562
🎟️ Free registration: datagovernance.sessionize.com/session/977562
🔍 Join us Oct 14 in Brussels to discuss fair value distribution in the AI era. How to prevent AI from capturing creative value? With MEPs, experts & civil society voices, @paulk.bsky.social moderates a discussion we organize with @fesonline.bsky.social.
Register: futureofwork.fes.de/registration...
Register: futureofwork.fes.de/registration...
September 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🔍 Join us Oct 14 in Brussels to discuss fair value distribution in the AI era. How to prevent AI from capturing creative value? With MEPs, experts & civil society voices, @paulk.bsky.social moderates a discussion we organize with @fesonline.bsky.social.
Register: futureofwork.fes.de/registration...
Register: futureofwork.fes.de/registration...
Join us tomorrow at #PrivacyCamp25!
Find our Director Zuzanna Warso discussing "From digital sovereignty to self-determination" with Alexandra Geese MEP and Elisa Lindinger, moderated by Amber Sinha. In-person in Brussels or watch online! privacycamp.eu
Find our Director Zuzanna Warso discussing "From digital sovereignty to self-determination" with Alexandra Geese MEP and Elisa Lindinger, moderated by Amber Sinha. In-person in Brussels or watch online! privacycamp.eu
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Join us tomorrow at #PrivacyCamp25!
Find our Director Zuzanna Warso discussing "From digital sovereignty to self-determination" with Alexandra Geese MEP and Elisa Lindinger, moderated by Amber Sinha. In-person in Brussels or watch online! privacycamp.eu
Find our Director Zuzanna Warso discussing "From digital sovereignty to self-determination" with Alexandra Geese MEP and Elisa Lindinger, moderated by Amber Sinha. In-person in Brussels or watch online! privacycamp.eu
#GLAMWiki2025: Wikimedia as essential digital infrastructure and trusted tools for cultural institutions.
@culturedoug.bsky.social will showcase CommonsDB as part of our copyright infrastructure work—connecting cultural memory with digital commons.
Register by Sep 30: w.wiki/D5Xq
@culturedoug.bsky.social will showcase CommonsDB as part of our copyright infrastructure work—connecting cultural memory with digital commons.
Register by Sep 30: w.wiki/D5Xq
September 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
#GLAMWiki2025: Wikimedia as essential digital infrastructure and trusted tools for cultural institutions.
@culturedoug.bsky.social will showcase CommonsDB as part of our copyright infrastructure work—connecting cultural memory with digital commons.
Register by Sep 30: w.wiki/D5Xq
@culturedoug.bsky.social will showcase CommonsDB as part of our copyright infrastructure work—connecting cultural memory with digital commons.
Register by Sep 30: w.wiki/D5Xq
We have the opportunity to align technological advancement with environmental responsibility. Read the report "From innovation to overshoot: How data centre expansion risks derailing climate goals" and find out how policymakers can make data centers more sustainable: openfuture.eu/publication/...
September 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
We have the opportunity to align technological advancement with environmental responsibility. Read the report "From innovation to overshoot: How data centre expansion risks derailing climate goals" and find out how policymakers can make data centers more sustainable: openfuture.eu/publication/...
Our report reveals how unchecked digital expansion threatens to derail climate objectives. But there's a better path: Europe needs data center policies that prioritize sufficiency, circularity, and transparency - with society involved in decision-making.
September 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Our report reveals how unchecked digital expansion threatens to derail climate objectives. But there's a better path: Europe needs data center policies that prioritize sufficiency, circularity, and transparency - with society involved in decision-making.
The EU Commission President recently promised investments in AI "gigafactories" for "future independence". At what environmental cost? Without strategic direction, we risk pouring billions into infrastructure that fails to deliver digital sovereignty and undermines climate goals.
September 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The EU Commission President recently promised investments in AI "gigafactories" for "future independence". At what environmental cost? Without strategic direction, we risk pouring billions into infrastructure that fails to deliver digital sovereignty and undermines climate goals.
The uncomfortable truth: Data centers consume massive energy, produce emissions 662% higher than disclosed, drain critical resources, and generate mountains of e-waste.
September 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The uncomfortable truth: Data centers consume massive energy, produce emissions 662% higher than disclosed, drain critical resources, and generate mountains of e-waste.
🧵Data centers: the hidden backbone of our digital economy. As AI drives unprecedented growth, we're facing a sustainability crisis that threatens our climate goals. New report with @ecos.ngo reveals important challenges.
September 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🧵Data centers: the hidden backbone of our digital economy. As AI drives unprecedented growth, we're facing a sustainability crisis that threatens our climate goals. New report with @ecos.ngo reveals important challenges.
📣 Join us at #GLAMWiki2025 in Lisbon (Oct 30-Nov 1)
Explore resilience in cultural heritage with workshops and expert sessions, including @culturedoug.bsky.social presenting the CommonsDB registry for Wikimedians and cultural institutions.
Register by Sep 30: w.wiki/D5Xq
Explore resilience in cultural heritage with workshops and expert sessions, including @culturedoug.bsky.social presenting the CommonsDB registry for Wikimedians and cultural institutions.
Register by Sep 30: w.wiki/D5Xq
September 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
📣 Join us at #GLAMWiki2025 in Lisbon (Oct 30-Nov 1)
Explore resilience in cultural heritage with workshops and expert sessions, including @culturedoug.bsky.social presenting the CommonsDB registry for Wikimedians and cultural institutions.
Register by Sep 30: w.wiki/D5Xq
Explore resilience in cultural heritage with workshops and expert sessions, including @culturedoug.bsky.social presenting the CommonsDB registry for Wikimedians and cultural institutions.
Register by Sep 30: w.wiki/D5Xq
Our newsletter is taking a short break this August. It will return in September with Digital Commons coverage. If you are a digital activist, policymaker, or researcher in the tech field, you will likely find our content valuable. Join over 1,200 subscribers and sign up here: bit.ly/OpenFutureNL
August 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Our newsletter is taking a short break this August. It will return in September with Digital Commons coverage. If you are a digital activist, policymaker, or researcher in the tech field, you will likely find our content valuable. Join over 1,200 subscribers and sign up here: bit.ly/OpenFutureNL
Curious about our Public AI work, where we investigate commons-based approaches to AI as public infrastructure?
Below are three links to our work on the topic, which is coordinated by @alek.bsky.social
Below are three links to our work on the topic, which is coordinated by @alek.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Curious about our Public AI work, where we investigate commons-based approaches to AI as public infrastructure?
Below are three links to our work on the topic, which is coordinated by @alek.bsky.social
Below are three links to our work on the topic, which is coordinated by @alek.bsky.social
🔍 Summer dive: Imagine AI's most powerful tools in everyone's hands.
Our Public AI white paper examines how to build accessible, accountable AI systems based on transparency and fair access.
Watch the discussion and learn more: openfuture.eu/event/online...
Our Public AI white paper examines how to build accessible, accountable AI systems based on transparency and fair access.
Watch the discussion and learn more: openfuture.eu/event/online...
August 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🔍 Summer dive: Imagine AI's most powerful tools in everyone's hands.
Our Public AI white paper examines how to build accessible, accountable AI systems based on transparency and fair access.
Watch the discussion and learn more: openfuture.eu/event/online...
Our Public AI white paper examines how to build accessible, accountable AI systems based on transparency and fair access.
Watch the discussion and learn more: openfuture.eu/event/online...