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Analysis
Mapping the Debates About Strengthening Europe’s Digital Infrastructure
This analysis provides an overview of current European debates on digital infrastructure policy and how they relate to different layers of the (public) digital infrastructure stack.
Toward Public Digital Infrastructure
Our contribution to the new AI Now collection advocates for a "public digital infrastructure" approach to EU industrial policy on artificial intelligence.
LAION vs Kneschke
The Landgericht Hamburg's decision to allow LAION to include a photographer's image in the LAION-5B training dataset empowers non-profit providers of public training datasets, which play a critical role in making AI training more transparent.
Advocating for Open Access to Research in Critical Fields
An emerging strategy Open Access strategy of calling for research in particular critical fields, such as climate science, to be made openly available, holds much promise.
“Sufficiently detailed summary” — v2.0 of the blueprint for GPAI training data
We hope that this revised blueprint will help inform the AI Office's work and serve as a valuable contribution to the consultations on the Code of Practice, outlining rules for general-purpose AI providers.
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.
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.
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.
