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We are thrilled to announce a new partnership between Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) and GreenPT, as part of our ongoing AI Learning Labs efforts. Through this collaboration, we aim to opt for sustainable, privacy-first AI tools and put them directly into the hands of our global Network — particularly communities in the Global South who have long faced barriers to accessing AI without surrendering their data to Big Tech.

At the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN), we have spent over two decades championing open technologies and standards in the public interest. Our latest work under the AI Learning Labs initiative asks a pressing question: how can we use AI to make public data more accessible without sacrificing accuracy or trust? Public data is essential for accountability, participation, and informed decision-making.

This is the twenty-first conversation in the 100+ Conversations to Inspire Our New Direction (#OKFN100) project. To guide our coming years, we are meeting with over 100 people to discuss the future of open knowledge, shaped by a diverse set of visions from artists, activists, academics, archivists, thinkers, policymakers, data scientists, educators, and community leaders from around the world. How can openness accelerate and strengthen struggles against the complex challenges of our time?

Hello Open Knowledge community, September is here, and with it a renewed energy across our work. This month, we’re taking Open Knowledge into new and urgent terrain: peacemaking and conflict mediation.

The next AI Learning Labs brings Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) together with the Conflux Center to explore how artificial intelligence can support peace negotiations, conflict mediation and diplomatic processes. Conflux Center is an impartial organisation focused on raising awareness and equipping relevant stakeholders with skills and tools to handle highly critical and sensitive situations, especially when it comes to conflict resolution, prevention and peacekeeping.

The preliminary agenda for the first Open Technology Research (OTR) Symposium is now available. Taking place on 26 and 27 October 2026 at the University of Barcelona as part of Barcelona Open Tech Week, the Symposium is convened by Open Technology Research’s founding members: OpenForum Europe, the Open Source Initiative, the Open Knowledge Foundation, and the Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund.

Hello Open Knowledge community, It’s the end of July, and while some of you might be away, we’ve been anything but quiet. We’re excited to introduce our new Frontiers of Openness workstream, through which we hope to explore the evolution of open knowledge and openness to emerging challenges at the intersection of technology and society.

After reading about, experiencing and analysing the current technical and regulatory landscape of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), and speaking with technologists, policy makers, legal scholars, and data experts, we encapsulated our learnings into eight recommendations for how to shape the ‘tech we want’ for our brain commons. Share your feedback with us here. Millions of people will acquire commercial neurotech devices in the coming years.

After a quiet first half of the year, the Frictionless community reconvened to restart its regular community calls and discuss how the project should evolve in a rapidly changing data ecosystem. We discussed strengthening community governance, improving contributor interactions even with constrained resources and identifying funding opportunities. We also discussed exploring how Frictionless can continue to provide essential open infrastructure in the age of AI.

At The Tech We Want for Our Brain Commons Online Summit (15 July 2026), researchers, developers, policymakers, journalists, civil society and industry representatives explored how openness can help shape a future in which neurotech is aligned with human rights. Alternative links: Internet Archive | YouTube In the opening session, Renata Ávila, CEO of the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN), welcomes attendees and frames the summit as part of The Tech We Want initiative.