Artificial intelligence (AI) promises opportunities for greater economic efficiency and quality of life around the world, but may also bring new socio-technical challenges and safety risks that ...

Despite broad agreement on the critical importance of data to AI development, attempts to understand and query this data are stilted by poor transparency practices. Recognising the fears of a ‘growing ...

For governments, local bodies and private institutions, data-driven insights form the bedrock of decision-making. However, fractures develop when individuals and communities are not involved in the ...

The transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) systems continues to impact society, propelled by advancements in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Computer ...

Open innovation describes a business or organisation ‘opening up’ their innovation process in order to gain knowledge and ideas from external sources Open innovation describes a business or ...

Solid, an open-source initiative led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, is reimagining data use, reuse and sharing by giving everyone the option to share a range of data - including personal, organisational or ...

We convened senior stakeholders from volunteer-involving organisations and industry bodies, data and technology leaders, academia, and, importantly, volunteers to explore how a modern, open, data ...

Geospatial data is about places. It might be about a specific building, a river or other natural feature, or a broader location like a city or country. This report summarises the desk research carried ...

Read our submission to the UK National Data Library: Technical White Paper Challenge, initiated by Wellcome and the Economic and Social Research Council. In January 2025, the UK Government and Matt ...

From October 2024, The Open Data Institute (ODI), co-founded by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Nigel Shadbolt, will bring Solid - an open standard developed to give individuals and organisations greater ...

Earlier this year, the Labour manifesto laid out a vision for technological innovation going hand in hand with economic growth and societal change, building the UK into a science and technology ...

In our response to the UK Government's call for input on the forthcoming AI Action Plan, the Open Data Institute (ODI) focuses on establishing an AI-ready National Data Library. While other ...