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AI Learning Labs

Open Knowledge’s AI Learning Labs catalyses learning and develop replicable methods to help organisations build AI skills, use AI responsibly, and develop their own AI projects. Join the community ↗

Posted byby Lucas Pretti
August 31, 2026

Peacemaking and conflict mediation: AI as a tool, human judgment as the key

We are glad to announce the next AI Learning Labs in partnership with Conflux Center. In this conversation, Tanja and Miloš Strugar explore the skills and background needed to use AI responsibly in peace negotiations

Posted byby Aleena Harold Peter and Renu Kumari
July 14, 2026

A Climate Chatbot for Trusted and Transparent Climate Information

Introducing CABot, a chatbot that makes climate knowledge more accessible to everyone, keeping information clear, factual, and credible.

Posted byby Lucas Pretti
June 30, 2026

Design choices for a responsible AI chatbot: a conversation with #semanticClimate

Renu Kumari and Udita Agarwal, researchers from #semanticClimate, discuss the technical details behind the Climate Academy Chatbot (CABot), which uses AI responsibly and with safeguards in place

Posted byby Solana Larsen
June 18, 2026

Roundtable Recap: How to digitise a physical archive to work strategically with AI?

This time, we learned from initiatives around the world that have breathed new life into dusty archives using both open and non-open technologies

Posted byby OKFN
June 16, 2026

[Webinar] Traceable AI for Public Data: An Open Model for Latin America

Join OKFN and the UN Big Data Regional Hub to learn about our ongoing experiments integrating AI to public open data portals

Posted byby Kannika Thaimai
June 10, 2026

MCP for Open Data Portals: Trust Depends on Understanding the Data

Early lessons from OKFN’s Brazil and Uruguay pilots on what it takes to make AI-generated answers traceable, useful, and trustworthy

Posted byby OKFN
June 3, 2026

New Uruguay/OKFN Partnership: Scaling reliable AI for open data across Latin America

Together with AGESIC, we are piloting a traceable AI system with Uruguay’s open data catalogue – so that citizens can receive verifiable answers from national data

Posted byby Solana Larsen
May 20, 2026

Recap: What We Learned About Climate and AI from Our First Roundtable

The kick-off of AI Learning Labs brought the community together for a wide-ranging discussion lasting over two hours; here are the video recording and highlights

Posted byby Solana Larsen
May 11, 2026

How can we build a responsible climate chatbot?

In one of our very first AI Learning Labs projects, we are teaming up to explore how to design a chatbot that draws on reliable science and systemic social analysis

Posted byby OKFN
May 4, 2026

Brazil and OKFN partner to enable citizens to ‘talk’ to national data

Together, we are developing a tool that will bring public data closer to citizens, allowing them to get data by simply asking a question.

Open Technology Research Officially Launches to Strengthen Global Research Community

The Road to a Press Freedom AI Commons

Open Knowledge Foundation Priorities for the 2025 OGP

Design choices for a responsible AI chatbot: a conversation with #semanticClimate

Travis Gerke: ‘Academia is still very supportive of the singular hero scientist. But most things take teams’

Andrés Vázquez: ‘90% of technological problems can be solved with tools that have been around for decades’

Our Network Contribution to Shape the European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy

School of Data Returns: Scaling Digital Literacy Through Trainer Multipliers

Presentation & Expert Roundtable: ‘From Software to Society — Openness in a Changing World’