🏷️ We are part of the UN's global dialogue on #AI governance. Our #AILearningLabs is helping organisations and governments build AI skills, use AI responsibly, and develop their own AI projects. 🔵 Learn more: buff.ly/mJnbDj5 🟡 Browse the Hub: buff.ly/HfzlChe

🥖🧑🏽‍🎨 See you at #Wikimania2026 Paris next week? At OKFN, we are experimenting with #AI solutions on multiple fronts (MCP, RAG, etc.). And so is the wider Wikimedia community. Our workshop will bring these efforts together – join us! ℹ️ Session info: buff.ly/WmfAYuT

🛰️ The #SkyCommons Observatory by @okfn.bsky.social is now publicly accessible → buff.ly/gXURAqG We did a baseline study of how LEO satellite internet was rolled out in 6 countries and scored them on key public-interest principles. The level of concern is always moderate or high.

♻️ Help us test CABot, an 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗯𝗼𝘁 providing trusted and transparent climate information. 🤖 Chatbot link → cabot-semanticclimate.org Ask it questions, challenge it! Then let us know how you got on in the Forum: discuss.okfn.org/t/feedback-o...

🛰️ There are 15,152 LEO satellites orbiting Earth as of 9 July. This data is part of the #SkyCommonsObservatory, alongside detailed research from six countries. Join us this week for the Observatory launch, followed by a roundtable discussion. Info & Registration below 👇🏾🧶

💫 Join us on 15 July to learn from this line-up of international experts in 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻-𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 (BCIs). Together, we will explore how openness can help shape the future of neurotechnologies. ⭐️ Full programme & Registration: okfn.org/en/events/th...

🛰️👀 Who is watching the satellites that connect us to the internet? Next week: a new platform and a groundbreaking study about the current state of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. ✍🏽 Register now for the 𝗦𝗸𝘆𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 - buff.ly/FBttS4l

🏃🏿‍♀️ Last days to apply for the first Open Technology Research (OTR) Symposium! 🟡 Deadline: 𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🔵 Dates: 26–27 October 2026 🔵 Location: Universitat de Barcelona 👉🏾 Submit your proposal and register here: buff.ly/uwr4mVD

🎙️🌱 So, how did they do it? We spoke to Renu Kumari and Udita Agarwal from #semanticClimate, the developers of 𝗖𝗔𝗕𝗼𝘁, the 'responsible' climate #AI chatbot that we’ll be launching next week. 👇🏾 The interview is also part of the #OKFN100 project: buff.ly/lOyBelq

🧠✨ How can we ensure that the emerging brain commons remains open, accountable and governed in the public interest? 🔜 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗪𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀 – save the date and register for our next summit: okfn.org/ttww-brain

🤖🌳 Meet CABot, the first #AILearningLabs prototype – making climate knowledge accessible to all. This responsible chatbot can answer questions based on pre-approved literature and datasets. 👇🏾 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 and join us on 7 July for the launch: okfn.org/cabot

🗞️ Our June Newsletter is out – including: • #AILearningLabs • Events announcement: #BrainCommons and #SkyCommons • New partnership with the Government of Uruguay • Open Technology Research • Living learning resources and more. 👉🏾 Enjoy the reading: blog.okfn.org/2026/06/25/m...

🦾🗃️ How to digitise a physical archive to work strategically with AI? This text summarises the last #AILearningLabs session: lessons by initiatives worldwide that digitised documents, photos, audio, etc., following different paths to preservation. 👉🏾 buff.ly/MVbDDcv

👉 How can AI make access to public data more reliable and traceable? Join our webinar this Thursday to learn about a pilot solution linking conversational AI to open data catalogues in Brazil and Uruguay. 🔗 Registration: buff.ly/SLi5DoX

👉 ¿Cómo puede la IA hacer que el acceso a los datos públicos sea más fiable y trazable? Únete a nuestro webinario este jueves para conocer una solución piloto que vincula la IA conversacional con catálogos de datos en Brasil y Uruguay. 🔗 Registro: eclac.webex.com/weblink/regi...

... and for our communities. 🟦 School of Data schoolofdata.org 🟪 Open Data Day opendataday.org 🟨 Frictionless frictionlessdata.io 💬 Open Knowledge Forum discuss.okfn.org

The same goes for our tools... ⛵️ CKAN ckan.org 🟦 Open Data Commons opendatacommons.org 🟦 Open Definition opendefinition.org 🟦 Data Package datapackage.org 🟦 Open Data Editor okfn.org/en/projects/... 🟦 Frictionless frictionlessdata.io 🧶

💫 Openness is our foundation. We have redesigned our homepage okfn.org to make it easier to see what @okfn.bsky.social is up to. Tip: #AILearningLabs, MCP for Public Data, Knowledge as Critical Digital Infrastructure, Open Technology Research, and more! 🧶

Early lessons from @okfn.bsky.social’s most recent work on AI for public data. "Connecting an AI assistant to an open data portal was straightforward. The bigger challenge was helping it understand what the data actually means." 📄 -> buff.ly/sPlpTk4 💬 -> buff.ly/uu0DkDF

💡 Tips for sourcing 𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 Global South data for your responsible climate chatbot Here's one more living resource from the #AILearningLabs 🤔 What would you add? 💬 Join the conversation → discuss.okfn.org/c/ai-learnin... 🔖 Roundtable recap → blog.okfn.org/2026/05/20/r...

🏃🏿‍♀️ Starting in 2 hours –> How to prepare a documentation centre to work strategically with AI? Join OKFN + AVANCSO in our next #AILearningLabs session! 🗓️ Mon, June 8, 2026 🕛 15:00 – 16:30 UTC 📍 Online ✍️ Register now: buff.ly/E6Crbx7

🤔 Are you preparing your application for the OTR Symposium 2026 and want to have a chat with our team? We're hosting open info sessions on 9 June – timed for Asia Pacific (08:00 CEST), Europe & Africa (13:00 CEST), and the Americas (18:00 CEST). 👉🏾 buff.ly/q9ZVCRk @opentechresearch.org

🎥 Alejandro Flores: 'The gap between the Global North and South shapes what is preserved.' Next Monday, we will begin exploring ways to save documentation centres in the era of AI. Organised by OKFN & AVANCSO. 👉🏾 Register: buff.ly/E6Crbx7 #AILearningLabs

📣 New Uruguay/OKFN Partnership: Scaling reliable AI for open data across Latam In short: AI-generated responses on the public data catalogue will be traceable back to the underlying dataset. 👉🏾 Full announcement: buff.ly/EAe6hcI

🗄️ ✨ Many documentation centres are barely surviving these days. Digitisation 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 be an answer. But where to start? How to take advantage of the inevitable AI? That's the #AILearningLabs discussion next week with AVANCSO. Join us! 👉🏾 buff.ly/E6Crbx7

📚 More and more people are discovering #opendata through our #SchoolOfData course. It covers everything from the fundamental principles to practical data cleaning using the #OpenDataEditor. The course is open and free for everyone, and it's fun! 👉🏾 buff.ly/bxEwZp6

✨ Join us for the 2nd #AILearningLabs. This time, we’ll be answering the following research question together: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙄? 👉🏾 Info & Registration: buff.ly/8Keafet

🗞️ Our May Newsletter is out – including: • #AILearningLabs first results • Reflections on neurotech • New partnership with the Government of Brazil • Open Technology Research Symposium • Many talks in key events and more. 👉🏾 Enjoy the reading: blog.okfn.org/2026/05/27/w...

Every #AILearningLabs session is a wealth of open knowledge. At last week’s roundtable, Prof. Adriana Baravalle presented this framework for assessing how ‘responsible’ the design of an AI application is, with a view to building a climate chatbot. 🧶

One thing never changes: the #OpenDataHandbook is still the most searched-for item on our website. Despite having been created a decade ago, this resource continues to shape new generations of #opendata practitioners. 🔖 Bookmark it: buff.ly/G1l5wO2