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Europe’s digital infrastructure needs — consultation response
This opinion summarizes our response to the European Commission's public consultation on its February 2024 "How to master Europe's digital infrastructure needs?” White Paper.
Draghi’s Plan: Rewriting or Repeating EU Tech History?
A first analysis of Mario Draghi's report on the future of European competitiveness and his ideas for a new industrial policy in the light of previous efforts to boost the competitiveness of the EU's technology sector.
Machine readable or not?
Observations on the hearing of the first court case dealing with the use of copyrighted works as AI training data in the context of the European Union's copyright framework.
AI and the Commons: the heritage sector
At the June AI and the Commons community call, we discussed the heritage sector’s relationship to AI (generative and analytical). Our guests were Dr. Mathilde Pavis, an expert in intellectual property law, ethics, and new technologies, and Mike Weinberg, Executive Director of NYU's Engelberg Center for Innovation Law and Policy.
On Public Support and Community Responsibility for Digital Infrastructures
Known as Digital Commons, communities that self-organize to build and maintain digital resources provide essential infrastructure. They deserve investment and support to become more sustainable and inclusive.
Toward sustainable and non-exploitative resource management
Together with the Environmental Coalition on Standards, we will carry out research on the environmental costs of Europe’s data centers and the need to reduce energy consumption in the digital economy.
Common Corpus: building AI as Commons
At our April AI and the Commons community call, we heard from Pierre-Carl Langlais who talked about ways in which generative AI models can be designed and built as a Commons.
Is the EU serious about Digital Public Space?
Last week, netzpolitik published a story about the EU institutions closing shop on Mastodon and Peertube. The story is a litmus test for whether EU institutions are truly committed to the idea of a Digital Public Space and to addressing the challenge of a digital space dominated by a few corporations.
AI and the Commons: Participation in the AI Governance
During the last AI and the Commons call, we spoke to Tim Davies about including the public in AI governance. In his presentation, Tim talked about Connected by Data’s People’s Panel on AI.
How can the EU’s approach towards internet standards be improved?
“How can the EU’s approach towards internet standards be improved?” was the focal point of an Open Future roundtable event in February.
Signs of progress: Digital Public Infrastructure is gaining traction
Against the backdrop of private and public actors endorsing the concept of digital public infrastructure discourse, we clarify our approach and the role of “public” in our Public Digital Infrastructure work.
