New proposal: A vocabulary for opting out from AI training & text/data mining.

Based on interaction with a broad range of stakeholders, this proposal aims to give creators and other rightholders more control over how their works are used for AI training through practical, machine-readable standards.

Full paper & vocabulary: https://openfuture.eu/publication/a-vocabulary-for-opting-out-of-ai-training-and-other-forms-of-tdm/
#ParadoxOfOpen #AITraining

Yesterday, our Director of Research, Zuzanna Warso, opened the @berlinbuzzwords conference by talking about the #ParadoxofOpen and #PublicDigitalInfrastructure built around #DigitalCommons. You can watch the recording of the talk here https://youtu.be/R1ZCCkcIdFQ?si=3QbyyL84woaYgi3W

It's good to see the issue of #OpenSourceAI making waves in mainstream media Sarah Kessler mentions our work & quotes @tarkowski while describing "openwashing," in her regular feature for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/business/what-is-openwashing-ai.html #ParadoxOfOpen #OpenSource

Early this month, we went to the @creativecommons Global Summit in Mexico City, where we co-hosted a workshop on #AI, Creators, and the Commons and organized sessions on the #ParadoxOfOpen & the future of the open movement. Here are our learnings https://openfuture.eu/event/creative-commons-global-summit-2023/ #DigitalCommons 1/2

The #ParadoxOfOpen meets #intelligence tradecraft:

The #open movement has been essential to much of what we love about the #internet. Even the #US #IntelligenceCommunity relies on #OpenSource info.

However, even good intentioned and accurate use of open information can undermine stakeholders of intelligence analysis, sometimes making things worse for *all* stakeholders.

Amy Zegart explains in this (#openAccess) chapter: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv310vm0j.7

“Addressing power imbalances in open ecosystems”, the January issue of our newsletter is out, and comes with:

✦ @tarkowski & @paulk reflect on the #ParadoxofOpen
✦ We are hiring a part-time Editor/Communication Specialist
✦ @paulk white paper proposing a European Public Digital Infrastructure Fund to build #DigitalPublicSpace, open for feedback until 27 January
✦ #AI_Commons final report
✦ … & more!

Read "Addressing power imbalances in open ecosystems" → https://mailchi.mp/openfuture/addressing-power-imbalances-in-open-ecosystems?e=57bf1da40d

In "How openness becomes exclusionary," one of the responses to the #ParadoxofOpen, Leonhard Dobusch warns that the #open movement has to tackle an intrinsic bias that leads to a lack of diversity across communities.

Join us for the launch of the publication on 30 Nov: https://openfuture.eu/event/open-future-salon-2-launch-of-paradox-of-open-responses/