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Another proposed solution would entail technical means of tracking uses of openly shared works, which could benefit from advances in web technologies. These tools would make downstream (re)uses of content traceable and, therefore, legible to licensors, creating opportunities to interact with users and potentially enforce additional norms

Wikipedia is probably the most important single source in the training of A.I. models

The three principles that drive the Foundation’s deployment of machine learning solutions in Wikimedia projects are sustainability, equity, and transparency.

We’ve digitized 2.5 million books. Google has as well, but they’re locked up. They locked up the public domain, which we think of as a sin. The library sort of made elite services around it just for themselves.

The key premise of algorithms is efficiency. Algorithms optimise data for decision-making that we previously did not have before. But humans are not efficient. We are messy and inherently flawed, which makes us human. We value serendipity, community and experiences, which may not be efficient but is impactful.

This awareness is well expressed by Creative Commons, in the organization’s 2020-2025 strategy is based on a vision of better sharing 1 : “In order to protect what we have achieved so far and to create the world we want to see, we must expand our focus beyond copyright licensing, because content sharing cannot be decoupled from economic or ethical... See more