Open Source Democracy

Search and Chatbot Literacy

Links for this episode: re-search.site [https://re-search.site/] openwebsearch.eu [https://openwebsearch.eu/] openwebindex.eu [https://openwebindex.eu/] openwebsearch.eu/openwebsearch-eu-offers-entire-web-directory-curlie-org-as-free-download [https://openwebsearch.eu/openwebsearch-eu-offers-entire-web-directory-curlie-org-as-free-download/] andersvisti.dk [https://www.andersvisti.dk/] publicai.co [https://publicai.co/] (Apertus)

Open Source Can Disrupt Big Tech’s Grip on The Public Sector

In this podcast series, we investigate the ethics and values behind open source and European alternatives to U.S. Big Tech.

Generative AI Comes With Openwashing

Some companies market their generative AI models as open source when they are not open about what data they have used for training them. One such example is Meta’s Llama. It is only open weight. But we are seeing some truly open source generative AI models coming up. Listen to our podcast. And find more here: dataethics.eu/opensource [https://dataethics.eu/opensource/] Shownotes for this episode * Paper on open washing: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3630106.3659005 [https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3630106.3659005] * Intellectual Property Cases re GenAI mishcon.com/generative-ai-intellectual-property-cases-and-policy-tracker [https://www.mishcon.com/generative-ai-intellectual-property-cases-and-policy-tracker] * Settlement between Antropic and book publishers: wizcase.com/news/anthropic-wins-ruling-in-copyright-lawsuit [https://www.wizcase.com/news/anthropic-wins-ruling-in-copyright-lawsuit/?cq_acc=1384387927&keyword=&cq_cmp=22414272852&matchtype=&cq_adg=&extension=&location=&geo=1005041&matchtype=&device=&ad=&placement=&adposition=&gad_source=5&gad_campaignid=22424388619&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI55PS_KfsjwMV3ZRQBh3bDilPEAAYASAAEgIG8fD_BwE] * Data Sheets for Data Sets (2021), Timnit Gebru et al arxiv.org/pdf/1803.09010 [https://arxiv.org/pdf/1803.09010] * German win on music rights: euronews.com/next/2025/11/11/openai-chatbots-cannot-use-song-lyrics-without-paying-german-court-rules-in-landmark-trial [https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/11/11/openai-chatbots-cannot-use-song-lyrics-without-paying-german-court-rules-in-landmark-trial] * A European Open Source Index https://osai-index.eu/the-index * digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/europes-open-source-ai-landscape-lever-innovation-and-sovereignty [https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/europes-open-source-ai-landscape-lever-innovation-and-sovereignty] * Tilde – a european open source foundation language model tilde.ai/tildeopen-llm/ [https://tilde.ai/tildeopen-llm/] * A new report on the European Open-Source AI Landscape reveals where the EU stands today and how scaling adoption of Open Source AI can boost competitiveness and strengthen digital sovereignty. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/europes-open-source-ai-landscape-lever-innovation-and-sovereignty [https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/europes-open-source-ai-landscape-lever-innovation-and-sovereignty] * The Model Openness Framework arxiv.org/pdf/2403.13784 [https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.13784]

Open Street Map is For the People

We’re at Cafe Mellemrummet at Nørrebro in Copenhagen to follow mappers updating OpenStreetMap and to talk to Ove Larsen and Søren Johannessen about their voluntary work. Shownotes for this episode * Show me the way, [https://osmlab.github.io/show-me-the-way/] where the mappers can see their updates live * StreetComplete [https://streetcomplete.app/], Open Street Maps inspection app * OpenStreetMap.org * Every Door, [https://every-door.app/] OSM editor * PhD project [https://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/search/publication/9188750]Processes Behind Surfaces: Mobilities and Practices of the Danish OpenStreetMap Community * Map for people in need [https://tasks.hotosm.org/] * OSM examples [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Eksempler_p%C3%A5_brug_af_OSM_data] * OpenStreetMap Copenhagen on Mastodon [https://mastodon.online/@OSMmapperCPH@en.osm.town]

What is Open Source, the History and Progress

Shownotes for this episode: Debian Free Software Guidelines  [https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines](DFSG) European Commission’s strategic roadmap [https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/thematic-roadmap-open-source-and-inputs-common-trust-principles] on open source. Renée Ridgway’s paper will be added here, once published.