60 Articles

open standards

Posted byby Lucas Pretti
September 14, 2026

‘Traceability is the answer to AI and open government data’

Open data leaders in Brazil and Uruguay jointly evaluate the pilot project they carried out with Open Knowledge, which ensures that reliable AI responses can be traced back to the original public data

Posted byby OKFN
August 5, 2026

Preliminary agenda announced for the Open Technology Research Symposium 2026

This year’s Symposium is guided by the theme “Shaping the Open Transition”. The program features speakers from Fiji, Ireland, Australia, India, Slovenia, Brazil, the Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, Nigeria, Italy, Taiwan, Germany, Spain, and the United States.

Posted byby OKFN
July 23, 2026

Opening Remarks: An Open Neurotech Stack

A recap of the BrainCommons opening session on the importance of making brain-computer interfaces open by design

Posted byby OKFN
July 23, 2026

The Future of Freedom of Thought: Keeping Human Agency Open in the Age of Brain-Computer Interfaces

Will we surrender our rights to free thought? – a recap of the Brain Commons keynote by Susie Alegre

Posted byby OKFN
July 23, 2026

Freedom of Thought in the Age of Neurotechnology

How neurotech challenges the very idea of ‘thinking for oneself’ – a recap of the Brain Commons keynote by Christoph Bublitz

Posted byby OKFN
July 23, 2026

Governing the Brain Commons: Openness as Public Infrastructure

A recap of the Brain Commons panel on the governance of neurotech and neural data

Posted byby OKFN
July 23, 2026

Understanding the BCI Stack: Where Openness Matters

A recap of the BrainCommons panel on how openness works in practice at different layers of the tech stack

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 OKFN
May 18, 2026

Announcing the Open Technology Research (OTR) Symposium 2026 in Barcelona

We hope you will join us from 26–27 October at the historic University of Barcelona as we translate evidence-based research into actionable policy.

Posted byby Stephan Okhuijsen
March 24, 2026

Open Data Day essay #3: ‘Datagraver’

The best way to promote a more transparent government is by showing the value and importance of the data that is already open and available.

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

‘Traceability is the answer to AI and open government data’

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’

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’