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Digital Commons on the EU’s Digital Sovereignty Agenda
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.
5 + 3 + 3 = 0 transparency
Major AI companies are ignoring EU transparency rules on training data—despite signing commitments to comply. The Commission must act.
Open Future Joins Journalistic Investigation into Belgian and Flemish Government AI Spending
We're partnering with Apache on a journalistic investigation into how Belgian and Flemish governments are investing in artificial intelligence.
Eurosky dawns
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Europe's digital sovereignty requires purpose and accountability—infrastructure independence means building democratic systems with open-source foundations, federated architectures, and environmental responsibility.
