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Beyond Open Source
The EU's Tech Sovereignty Package puts open source at the center of Europe's sovereignty agenda. But by narrowing the strategy to code and leaving non-code Digital Commons and data out of scope, it risks building on incomplete foundations.
GPT-NL respects copyright — cui bono?
GPT-NL refuses training data that copyright law permits. The result is a model that cannot compete, highlighting why sustaining the information ecosystem requires the right to be paid rather than a right to refuse.
The cultural heritage sector makes the case for Public AI
A new Europeana white paper makes the case for a European, public-interest approach to AI and asks the cultural heritage sector to help build it. It shows that Public AI is gaining traction among the institutions that steward Europe's cultural memory.
A Blind Spot at the Heart of EU Copyright and AI Policymaking?
The EU's new copyright initiative confuses AI training with inference-time use. Distinguishing between the two is a prerequisite for coherent legislation.
Private Investors are Steering Europe’s AI Race
While the European Commission announces billions in AI investment, this analysis argues that the real story lies in the conditions attached to those pledges and what they reveal about who is shaping Europe's AI industrial policy.
From disruptive innovation to infrastructure.
The EU's next budget could fund real digital sovereignty — but only if it backs open source and Digital Commons, not just 'made in Europe' tech.
Beyond Control and Compensation
Conditional access to cultural heritage data isn't about control. It is about reciprocity in a context where public collections are being extracted on an industrial scale.
Public Money, Public Platforms?
A European Citizens' Initiative calls for publicly funded social media. But copying the same centralized, surveillance-based model would repeat the harms. Public money deserves a more ambitious target.
Copyright, AI, and the Limits of Voluntary Licensing
The European Parliament flags unpaid AI training, but its voluntary licensing fix overlooks the real problem: a bargaining-power imbalance that prevents fair markets.
What Delhi revealed about the challenge of AI sovereignty
Delhi AI Summit: The EU and India talk sovereignty but deepen reliance on US AI supply chains through new deals.
European Open Digital Ecosystems and Digital Commons
The EC's Open Digital Ecosystems Strategy shifts from viewing open source as licensing compliance to treating it as Digital Commons requiring sustained investment, community stewardship, and procurement reforms to build genuine sovereignty.
