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Digital Commons on the EU’s Digital Sovereignty Agenda

November 24, 2025 by: Zuzanna Warso
Digital Commons are moving to the center of Europe’s digital sovereignty agenda, as policymakers look for coordinated ways to fund, govern and scale shared public-interest digital infrastructure.

Open Future Joins Journalistic Investigation into Belgian and Flemish Government AI Spending

November 27, 2025 by: Open Future
We're partnering with Apache on a journalistic investigation into how Belgian and Flemish governments are investing in artificial intelligence.

Eurosky dawns

November 27, 2025 by: Aditya Singh
The Eurosky initiative is building European social media infrastructure on the ATProtocol, representing a new step in Europe's digital sovereignty agenda as policymakers seek alternatives to Big Tech platforms that serve public interest rather than commercial imperatives.

Open Future Joins the European Network for Technological Resilience and Sovereignty

November 17, 2025 by: Open Future
We join ETRS to strengthen Europe's technological resilience and sovereignty through knowledge exchange, strategic analysis of technology dependencies, and evidence-based solutions.

Open letter calls for EU to use open source AI to strengthen European digital sovereignty

November 13, 2025 by: Open Future
This letter calls on EU leaders to harness open source AI as a key enabler of Europe's digital sovereignty and propose a five-point plan.

GEMA v OpenAI: Memory is Fragile. Garbage Lasts Forever.

November 13, 2025 by: Paul Keller
GEMA's lawsuit against OpenAI has reignited the debate about AI training and copyright. This post examines the relationship between AI training and the TDM exceptions.

Leveraging Article 3 of the CDSM Directive to build public AI models

November 11, 2025 by: Paul Keller
Article 3 of the CDSM Directive allows EU research organizations and libraries to train AI models on copyrighted works. This analysis explores how this legal framework enables public AI development.

CommonsDB Explorer goes live at GLAM Wiki

November 10, 2025 by: Open Future
CommonsDB Explorer demonstrates how verifiable rights information can be shared across systems, providing clearer and more reliable rights information for cultural heritage institutions and platforms.

Public letter calls for EU investment in open source sustainability through an EU Sovereign Tech Fund

October 29, 2025 by: Open Future
We have joined dozens of organizations in signing a public letter that calls for the creation of an EU Sovereign Tech Fund to address chronic under-investment in open source software maintenance.

Building Digital Sovereignty: What Does Europe Need and How to Achieve It

October 23, 2025 by: Zuzanna Warso
Europe's digital sovereignty requires purpose and accountability—infrastructure independence means building democratic systems with open-source foundations, federated architectures, and environmental responsibility.

Purpose, Not Power: Rethinking Europe’s Apply AI Strategy

October 20, 2025 by: Alek Tarkowski
The EU needs purposeful, open-source, and sustainable public AI—infrastructure that serves the public, not an AI-first race driven by dominant vendors.
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