Open Source Democracy

January 28, 2026

Search and Chatbot Literacy

<p><strong>Links for this episode:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://re-search.site/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">re-search.site</a><br /><a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">openwebsearch.eu</a><br /><a href="https://openwebindex.eu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">openwebindex.eu</a><br /><a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/openwebsearch-eu-offers-entire-web-directory-curlie-org-as-free-download/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">openwebsearch.eu/openwebsearch-eu-offers-entire-web-directory-curlie-org-as-free-download</a><br /><a href="https://www.andersvisti.dk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">andersvisti.dk</a><br /><a href="https://publicai.co/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">publicai.co</a> (Apertus)</p>

January 19, 2026

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

December 19, 2025

Generative AI Comes With Openwashing

<p>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: <a href="https://dataethics.eu/opensource/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">dataethics.eu/opensource</a></p> <p><strong>Shownotes for this episode</strong></p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Paper on open washing: <a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3630106.3659005" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3630106.3659005</a></li> <li>Intellectual Property Cases re GenAI <a href="https://www.mishcon.com/generative-ai-intellectual-property-cases-and-policy-tracker" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">mishcon.com/generative-ai-intellectual-property-cases-and-policy-tracker</a></li> <li>Settlement between Antropic and book publishers: <a href="https://www.wizcase.com/news/anthropic-wins-ruling-in-copyright-lawsuit/?cq_acc=1384387927&#38;keyword=&#38;cq_cmp=22414272852&#38;matchtype=&#38;cq_adg=&#38;extension=&#38;location=&#38;geo=1005041&#38;matchtype=&#38;device=&#38;ad=&#38;placement=&#38;adposition=&#38;gad_source=5&#38;gad_campaignid=22424388619&#38;gclid=EAIaIQobChMI55PS_KfsjwMV3ZRQBh3bDilPEAAYASAAEgIG8fD_BwE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">wizcase.com/news/anthropic-wins-ruling-in-copyright-lawsuit</a></li> <li>Data Sheets for Data Sets (2021), Timnit Gebru et al <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1803.09010" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">arxiv.org/pdf/1803.09010</a></li> <li>German win on music rights: <a href="https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/11/11/openai-chatbots-cannot-use-song-lyrics-without-paying-german-court-rules-in-landmark-trial" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">euronews.com/next/2025/11/11/openai-chatbots-cannot-use-song-lyrics-without-paying-german-court-rules-in-landmark-trial</a></li> <li>A European Open Source Index <a href="https://osai-index.eu/the-index" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" osai-index.eu="" the-index<="" a=""></a></li> <li><a href="https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/europes-open-source-ai-landscape-lever-innovation-and-sovereignty" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/europes-open-source-ai-landscape-lever-innovation-and-sovereignty</a></li> <li>Tilde &#8211; a european open source foundation language model <a href="https://tilde.ai/tildeopen-llm/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">tilde.ai/tildeopen-llm/</a></li> <li>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. <a href="https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/europes-open-source-ai-landscape-lever-innovation-and-sovereignty" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/europes-open-source-ai-landscape-lever-innovation-and-sovereignty</a></li> <li>The Model Openness Framework <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.13784" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">arxiv.org/pdf/2403.13784</a></li> </ul>