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๐ซ Openness is our foundation.
We have redesigned our homepage okfn.org to make it easier to see what @OKFN is up to.
Tip: #AILearningLabs, MCP for Public Data, Knowledge as Critical Digital Infrastructure, Open Technology Research, and more!
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The same goes for tools...
โต๏ธ CKAN ckan.org/
๐ฆ Open Data Commons opendatacommons.org/
๐ฆ Open Definition opendefinition.org/
๐ฆ Data Package datapackage.org/
๐ฆ Open Data Editor okfn.org/en/projects/open-daโฆ
๐ฆ Frictionless frictionlessdata.io/
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... and for communities.
๐ฆ School of Data schoolofdata.org/
๐ช Open Data Day opendataday.org/
๐จ Frictionless frictionlessdata.io/
๐ฌ Open Knowledge Forum discuss.okfn.org/
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๐ฆพ๐๏ธ How to digitise a physical archive to work strategically with AI?
While we are working on the full documentation of last week's roundtable discussion, here is the link to the recording for those who have been asking for it.
youtube.com/watch?v=XpUzpRBNโฆ
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Early lessons from @OKFNโs 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."
๐ -> blog.okfn.org/2026/06/10/mcpโฆ
๐ฌ -> discuss.okfn.org/c/ai-learniโฆ
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๐ก Tips for sourcing ๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ Global South data for your responsible climate chatbot
Here's one more living resource from the #AILearningLabs
๐ค What would you add?
๐ฌ Join the conversation โ discuss.okfn.org/c/ai-learniโฆ
๐ Roundtable recap โ blog.okfn.org/2026/05/20/recโฆ
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๐๐ฟโโ๏ธ Starting in 2 hours โ> How to prepare a documentation centre to work strategically with AI?
Join @OKFN @AvancsoGt in our next #AILearningLabs session!
๐๏ธ Mon, June 8, 2026
๐ 15:00 โ 16:30 UTC
๐ Online
โ๏ธ Register now: blog.okfn.org/ai-learning-laโฆ
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๐ค 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 โ timed for
Asia Pacific (08:00 CEST), Europe & Africa (13:00 CEST), and the Americas (18:00 CEST).
๐๐พ opentechresearch.org/blog/goโฆ
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๐ฅ 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 & @AvancsoGt
๐๐พ Register: blog.okfn.org/ai-learning-laโฆ
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๐ฃ 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.
๐๐พ Full announcement: blog.okfn.org/2026/06/03/newโฆ
cc @DPGAlliance @PJMFdn
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๐ฃ Nueva colaboraciรณn entre Uruguay y OKFN: IA fiable para los datos abiertos en Amรฉrica Latina
En resumen: las respuestas generadas por IA en el catรกlogo de datos podrรกn rastrearse hasta el conjunto de datos original.
๐๐พ Anuncio completo: blog.okfn.org/es/2026/06/03/โฆ
cc @agesic
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๐๐ Congratulations to @Nextclouders on its 10th anniversary today! As an organisation that has been active for over two decades, we know just how much resilience it takes to champion an alternative technology stack. Here's to another 10 years!
#TheTechWeWant #DigitalPublicGood
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Open Knowledge Foundation (@okfn@fosstodon.org) retweeted
๐CKAN es el principal sistema de gestiรณn de datos de cรณdigo abierto del mundo, que impulsa cientos de portales de datos abiertos en todo el mundo. ยกCKAN cumplirรก 20 aรฑos en 2026! Mรกs ๐bit.ly/4tNNpkt
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๐๏ธ โจ Many documentation centres are barely surviving these days. Digitisation ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ be an answer.
But where to start? How to take advantage of the inevitable AI?
That's the #AILearningLabs discussion next week with @AvancsoGt.
Join us! ๐๐พ blog.okfn.org/ai-learning-laโฆ
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๐ 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!
๐๐พ schoolofdata.org/courses/quaโฆ
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โจ Join us for the 2nd #AILearningLabs. This time, weโll be answering the following research question together: ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ผ๐?
๐๐พ Info & Registration: blog.okfn.org/ai-learning-laโฆ
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๐๏ธ Our May Newsletter is out โ including:
โข #AILearningLabs first results
โข Reflections on neurotech
โข New partnership with the Government of Brazil
โข Open Technology Research Symposium
โข Many talks in key events
and more.
๐๐พ Enjoy the reading: blog.okfn.org/2026/05/27/we-โฆ
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Every #AILearningLabs session is a wealth of open knowledge. At last weekโs roundtable, Prof. Adriana Baravalle presented this framework for assessing how โresponsibleโ the design of an AI application is, with a view to building a climate chatbot. ๐งถ
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4๏ธโฃ Pedagogy of uncertainty: How to build systems that communicate what they don't know?
5๏ธโฃ Access: What does responsible AI mean when connectivity is uneven?
๐๐พ Do you agree? Would you add anything else?
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๐ Learn more about the Labs: okfn.org/en/projects/ai-learโฆ
๐ฅ Watch the roundtable recording: youtube.com/watch?v=TZRhL-7Qโฆ
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