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Six Insights on Preference Signals for AI Training
by Rebecca Ross Events, Licenses & Tools, Policy, Technology post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/27096294493_1ccb6d7281_o.jpg)
“Eagle Traffic Signals – 1970s” by RS 1990 is licensed via CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.. At the intersection of rapid advancements in generative AI and our ongoing strategy refresh, we’ve been deeply engaged in researching, analyzing, and fostering conversations about AI and value alignment. Our goal is to ensure that our legal and technical infrastructure remains…
CC strategic workshop reveals big opportunities for open access to cultural heritage
by Brigitte Vézina, Connor Benedict Open Culture, Open Heritage post![Cover image of the report for the Lisbon Strategic Workshop. Black and white tiles, next to a hand drawn globe with planes flying around it. The title reads](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OC-Workshop-Report-Final-2024.jpg)
In May 2024, CC organized a strategic workshop in Lisbon to develop a roadmap for future action to advance our work towards a UNESCO instrument on open cultural heritage. In this blog post, we share the full report and some of its key highlights.
CC Certificate Alumni Making a Global Impact
by Shanna Hollich CC Certificate, Open Education, Policy post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/24520626072_d6a6a05978_o-1024x683.jpg)
Launched in 2018, the Creative Commons Certificate program has trained and graduated nearly 1800 people from 66 countries. The Certificate program offers in-depth courses about CC licenses, open practices, and the ethos of the Commons. Our staff is constantly inspired by our community of Certificate alumni, accomplishing incredible things. In this interview, we were delighted…
Questions for Consideration on AI & the Commons
by Anna Tumadóttir About CC, Licenses & Tools, Policy post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/image-from-rawpixel-id-13956715-original-1024x803.jpg)
“Eight eyes. Engraving after C. Le Brun” by Charles Le Brun is licensed via CC0. The intersection of AI, copyright, creativity, and the commons has been a focal point of conversations within our community for the past couple of years. We’ve hosted intimate roundtables, organized workshops at conferences, and run public events, digging into the…
CC Is Refreshing Its Strategy. Here’s Why Your Voice Matters.
by Creative Commons, Jocelyn Miyara, Rebecca Ross About CC post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/29732874223_d470ec1631_k-1024x680.jpg)
Image by Mario Jr. Nicorelli is licensed via CC BY-NC 2.0 Over the past weeks, the CC board and team have been working behind the scenes on our strategy refresh. We are excited to share our progress as we enter the community engagement phase of the refresh and explain how you can contribute to the process.…
Moving Institutions Toward Open—Building on 6 Years of the Open GLAM Survey
by Creative Commons, Douglas McCarthy, Andrea Wallace Open Culture post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Blog-Image-1024x576.png)
“Violette Heymann, 1910” by Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection ,CC0. Creative Commons’ Open Culture Platform is supporting 25 institutions in opening up access to their collections by the end of 2025. Members of the Platform community will be working together to create a policy template, conduct outreach,…
A Quick Look at the CC Strategic Workshop on Open Heritage
by Brigitte Vézina, Connor Benedict Open Culture post![A group of people standing together looking at the camera in a green garden.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2CC_23.06_DSCF5352-1024x576.png)
One year after Creative Commons (CC) hosted an exploratory Open Culture Roundtable, in Lisbon, Portugal, which initiated the Towards a Recommendation on Open Culture (TAROC) global initiative, nearly 50 stakeholders from all continents gathered again for a strategic workshop, in Lisbon in May 2024. In this blog post, we share a snapshot of key highlights.
Recap & Recording: “Open Culture in the Age of AI: Concerns, Hopes and Opportunities”
by Brigitte Vézina, Connor Benedict, Jocelyn Miyara Open Culture, Open Heritage post![Black and grey image of speckled orbs in the background. In the foreground the text reads](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Open-Culture-Live-AI-1024x576.png)
In May, CC’s Open Culture Program hosted a new webinar in our Open Culture Live series titled “Open Culture in the Age of AI: Concerns, Hopes and Opportunities.” In this blog post we share key takeaways and a link to the recording.
The CC Open Education Platform Funds Five New Community Projects
by Jennryn Wetzler Community, Open Education post![Image of people on the top of a verdant mountain, which is on top of a skateboard.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screen-Shot-2024-05-28-at-5.07.01-PM-1024x550.png)
Thanks to the CC Open Education Platform community’s time proposing projects and voting on the proposals, we now have five winning ideas to advance open education globally. CC will fund five projects in 2024, spanning Brazil, Ghana, Nepal, and Nigeria. The CC Open Education Platform is also funding ongoing global community work supporting the UNESCO…
Time for a Refresh
by Anna Tumadóttir About CC post![Print shows a futuristic view of air travel over Paris as people leave the Opera. Many types of aircraft are depicted including buses and limousenes, police patrol the skies, and women are seen driving their own aircraft.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/service-pnp-ppmsca-13500-13553v.jpg)
The CC team has been evaluating our progress toward our 2021-2025 strategy. Through that process, we have noticed the ways we have been organically adjusting to the social and technical shifts around us, as well as the ebbs and flows of funding availability. It would be an understatement to say that much has changed since…