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Somos El Bien Común: La Obra de Arte Oficial para la Cumbre Global CC 2023
by Creative Commons Events post![A colorful illustration of a wall of windows, each showing a different figure, including an axolotl and humans engaged in various activities, one wearing a blue luchador mask, and others holding a slender blue line hung with a light blue CC Global Summit banner, all surrounded by butterflies, birds, vines, and flowering plants.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SomosElBienComún16x9-1024x576.jpg)
[read this post in English >] ¡El equipo de CC y los voluntarios de la comunidad han estado trabajando arduamente en los preparativos para la Cumbre Global 2023, y estamos encantados de anunciar la obra de arte oficial para este evento! “Somos El Bien Común” es una representación de la cultura vibrante y la rica…
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Conozca a los Miembros del Comité de la Cumbre Global de CC 2023
by Creative Commons Events post![Una foto teñida de azul de una bandera mexicana gigante ondeando sobre la Plaza Zócalo de la Ciudad de México con la Catedral al fondo, superpuesta con líneas de conexión neuronal en la esquina inferior izquierda y decorada con el logotipo de CC Global Summit y el texto que dice](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CC-Global-Summit-AI-Mexico-City-3-6-Oct-2023-ESP-1024x576.png)
[read this post in English >] Después de años de reunirse en línea, la comunidad de CC claramente está lista para reunirse en persona para la Cumbre Global de CC 2023 del 3 al 6 de octubre en la Ciudad de México, mostrando que el trabajo para abrir el conocimiento y la cultura es más…
Meet CC’s 2023 Global Summit Committee Members
by Creative Commons Events post![A photo tinted blue of a giant Mexican flag flying over Mexico City’s Zocalo Square with the Cathedral in the background, overlaid with neural connection lines in the bottom left corner, and decorated with CC Global Summit logo and text that says “AI & THE COMMONS, MEXICO CITY | 3–6 OCT 2023” and “SUMMIT.CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG”](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CC-Global-Summit-AI-Mexico-City-3-6-Oct-2023-1024x576.png)
[lee esta entrada en español >] After years of gathering online, the CC community is clearly eager to gather in person for CC’s 2023 Global Summit during 3–6 October in Mexico City, demonstrating that the work to open knowledge and culture is more popular and important than ever. We received 184 compelling responses to our…
CC Open Education Platform Activities 2023
by Jennryn Wetzler Open Education post![A vibrant, colorful abstract image, including color splashes, ink drawings, goldfish and flowers.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AbstractBackgrounds-1024x576.jpg)
This post was prepared collaboratively by Jennryn Wetzler, Werner Westermann, Lisa Di Valentino, Dr. Suma Parahakaran, Tetiana Kolesnykova, Paola Corti, Dan McGuire, and Fernando Daguanno. In February and March, the CC Open Education Platform community voted on five winning ideas to advance open education globally. Five project teams, spanning Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ghana, Italy, Malaysia,…
Supporting Open Source and Open Science in the EU AI Act
by Creative Commons Better Internet post![An abstract European Union flag of diffused gold stars linked by golden neural pathways on a deep blue mottled background.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/EUAI-1024x576.png)
As the EU seeks to finalize its landmark AI Act, CC has joined with Eleuther AI, GitHub, Hugging Face, LAION, and Open Future in offering suggestions for how the Act can better support open source and open science. As we’ve said before, we welcome the EU’s leadership on defining a regulatory framework around AI and…
Update and Next Steps on CC’s AI Community Consultation
by Catherine Stihler Better Internet post![Generated by AI: An abstract green, gold, and pink illustration of plants and circuit boards.](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PlantCircuits-1024x576.png)
We’re nearly halfway through 2023 and this year has already been an eventful one for generative artificial intelligence (AI), presenting unique challenges and opportunities for the Creative Commons (CC) community of creators who embrace open sharing. From the community and beyond, we are seeing urgent demands for support in navigating AI’s implications for the commons.…
A Special Episode of the Open Culture Voices Series, Part 1
by Brigitte Vézina, Connor Benedict Open Culture post![Title card for the Open Culture Voices Season 2 Special Episode](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/SEOC-Voices-16x9-1-1024x574.png)
In this Special Episode of the Open Culture Voices series, CC hosts a conversation among five open culture experts from around the world. Dr. Andrea Wallace, Professor, University of Exeter Law School, United Kingdom Dr. Nkem Osuigwe, Director, African Library and Information Associations and Institutions, Nigeria Medhavi Gandhi, Founder, The Heritage Lab, India Evelin Heidel…
Introducing Open Culture Live: A Webinar Series
by Brigitte Vézina, Connor Benedict, Jocelyn Miyara Open Culture post![The background image is the Wave of Kanagawa, a famous Japanese painting of a large wave with boats floating toward it. Creative Commons’ logo is in the upper right hand corner. Underneath reads “OPEN CULTURE LIVE” and “Back to Basics: Open Culture for Beginners, 27 July, 2023, 14 UTC.”](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Open-Culture-Live-1024x576.png)
The CC Open Culture Team is excited to announce a new webinar series, Open Culture Live. This series will feature conversations with experts on a number of topics, from the basics of open culture to discussions about traditional knowledge, artificial intelligence, respectful terminologies in collections, and more. As a first session, we wanted to introduce…