Open Future
@openfuture.bsky.social
A think tank that develops strategies and policies for cultivating #DigitalCommons.
https://openfuture.eu/
https://openfuture.eu/
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...
Our feasibility study shows how we're building rights infrastructure for open culture and public domain works. 📥 www.commonsdb.org/blog/commons...
January 20, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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...
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/...
openfuture.eu/publication/...
January 16, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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/...
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/...
✅ 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/...
European Public AI Policy Brief – Open Future
AI is becoming core European infrastructure. Yet non-European firms increasingly control it, concentrating investment, data, and talent. This creates risks for strategic autonomy, democratic…
openfuture.eu
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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/...
✅ 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/...
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Don't forget to check the CommonsDB project, a public domain and openly licenced works registery www.commonsdb.org
CommonsDB
We are building a public registry for Public Domain and openly licensed works
www.commonsdb.org
January 15, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Don't forget to check the CommonsDB project, a public domain and openly licenced works registery www.commonsdb.org
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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...
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...
January 15, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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...
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/...
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/...
European Public AI Policy Brief – Open Future
AI is becoming core European infrastructure. Yet non-European firms increasingly control it, concentrating investment, data, and talent. This creates risks for strategic autonomy, democratic…
openfuture.eu
January 14, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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/...
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/...
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/...
January 13, 2026 at 9:41 AM
🚀 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/...
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...
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...
Designing Technology for All #7: Reclaiming our Digital Future
Why public values matter in shaping our digital infrastructure.
dezwijger.nl
January 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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...
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...
Openness, Power, and the Paradox of Open Data in the Digital Omnibus – Open Future
The Digital Omnibus goes beyond technical fixes—the EU is finally acknowledging the Paradox of Open. Differentiated charging makes sense. Weakening standard licensing risks fragmentation.
openfuture.eu
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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
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
Publiek Domeindag
Op 10 januari 2025 vieren wij Publiek Domeindag bij de Koninklijke Bibliotheek in Den Haag.
publiekdomeindag.nl
January 6, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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
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...
openfuture.eu/blog/laion-r...
LAION Round 2: Machine-Readable but Still Not Actionable – Open Future
The OLG Hamburg ruled that machine-readable opt-outs must be machine-actionable, not just intelligible—but it left the definition of standards to ongoing fragmentation.
openfuture.eu
January 5, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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...
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...
💡 The Digital Omnibus and Open Data's Power Problem - Newsletter #51
Europe’s Digital Omnibus: Charging Big Tech for Public Data to Balance Openness and Sustainability.
mailchi.mp
December 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
📬 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...
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...
Save the Date: Public AI and Europe’s Digital Sovereignty – Open Future
Join us at the MEP Salon in Brussels to discuss how Europe can build public AI systems that ensure competition, sovereignty, and innovation.
openfuture.eu
December 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🇪🇺 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...
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...
GenAI & Creative Practices: Past, Present, and Future - Responsible Digital Transformations
This international conference, organised by Responsible Digital Transformations, will bring together scholars, researchers, and practitioners to critically examine the evolving relationship between Ge...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🎨🤖 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...
December 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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...
Communs de données et intelligence artificielle : regards croisés France–Québec
YouTube video by Bibliothèque nationale de France BnF
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December 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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...
December 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🚨 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...
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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
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
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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
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
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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. ↘️
🏛️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/...
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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. ↘️
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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
@openfuture.bsky.social
You can read the paper here: bit.ly/3MBQAeY
December 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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
@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/...
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🏛️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/...
We're investigating Belgian & Flemish government AI spending with Apache. Who benefits? Does it serve the public or big tech? Combining policy research & investigative reporting to ensure public value. Learn more about the project: openfuture.eu/blog/open-fu...
Open Future Joins Journalistic Investigation into Belgian and Flemish Government AI Spending – Open Future
We're partnering with Apache on a journalistic investigation into how Belgian and Flemish governments are investing in artificial intelligence.
openfuture.eu
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We're investigating Belgian & Flemish government AI spending with Apache. Who benefits? Does it serve the public or big tech? Combining policy research & investigative reporting to ensure public value. Learn more about the project: openfuture.eu/blog/open-fu...
🇪🇺 Eurosky is building EU-hosted social media infrastructure on ATProtocol. @aditya.myatproto.social explores priorities for digital sovereignty: Commons for Content Moderation (CoCoMo), decentralized architecture, and reducing Big Tech dependency. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
Eurosky dawns – Open Future
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…
openfuture.eu
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🇪🇺 Eurosky is building EU-hosted social media infrastructure on ATProtocol. @aditya.myatproto.social explores priorities for digital sovereignty: Commons for Content Moderation (CoCoMo), decentralized architecture, and reducing Big Tech dependency. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
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I write about some interesting developments in the ATmosphere (and the broader universe of decentralised and federated social media). Very intrigued by #Eurosky, especially the idea of shared moderation infrastructure. I will be following (and hopefully writing about!) this with a lot of interest.
🇪🇺 Eurosky is building EU-hosted social media infrastructure on ATProtocol. Priorities: Commons for Content Moderation (CoCoMo), decentralized architecture, and reducing Big Tech dependency.
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
Eurosky dawns: Building Infrastructure for Sovereign Social Media – Open Future
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 ...
openfuture.eu
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I write about some interesting developments in the ATmosphere (and the broader universe of decentralised and federated social media). Very intrigued by #Eurosky, especially the idea of shared moderation infrastructure. I will be following (and hopefully writing about!) this with a lot of interest.
🇪🇺 Eurosky is building EU-hosted social media infrastructure on ATProtocol. Priorities: Commons for Content Moderation (CoCoMo), decentralized architecture, and reducing Big Tech dependency.
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
Eurosky dawns: Building Infrastructure for Sovereign Social Media – Open Future
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 ...
openfuture.eu
November 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🇪🇺 Eurosky is building EU-hosted social media infrastructure on ATProtocol. Priorities: Commons for Content Moderation (CoCoMo), decentralized architecture, and reducing Big Tech dependency.
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...