Hi Mathias, Thank you for sharing this! I'm tagging in @Lucy Crompton-Reid <[email protected]> as she leads WMUK and can speak to this in a more informed manner than I can.
>From the Foundation perspective I can share that we are hyper-focused in the UK, but all of our attention is on the UK Online Safety Act. This includes provisions related to age-gating that could be detrimental to our model and values <https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/09/19/wikimedia-foundation-calls-for-protection-and-fair-treatment-of-wikipedia/>. This is taking all of our staff time. When it comes to AI we rely on our network of allies who are more active in these discussions. These include members of the A2K coalition, for example. We make sure they know our key concerns related to AI, exchange resources, and brainstorm positions together. Lucy will have better insight than I do here, as she's the one who gets all the invitations to speaking opportunities, private roundtables and workshops on the issue! Best, Ziski On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM Mathias Schindler < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > > https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67851771f0528401055d2329/ai_opportunities_action_plan.pdf > is an action plan by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and > Technology that was released today. > > Section 1.2 contains a series of recommendations that - in my opinion - > overlap with some of the goals of Wikimedia, not limited to recommendation > 13: > > "13.Establish a copyright-cleared British media asset training data set, > which can be licensed internationally at scale. This could be done through > partnering with bodies that hold valuable cultural data like the National > Archives, Natural History Museum, British Library and the BBC to develop a > commercial proposition for sharing their data to advance AI." > > In my opinion, this dataset could and should be labeled CC-0 or released > under a permissive license such as CC-by which would make it compatible > with Wikimedia projects such as Wikimedia Commons. In return, Wikimedians > could offer the UK government to help annotate, curate or otherwise improve > metadata, making this dataset more valuable for training. I am certain that > these options are not on the top of the Secretary of State's mind. The > 'commercial proposition' is most likely a sign that their line of thinking > is in a different direction, which would be a shame, in many ways. > > Other recommendations could be compatible with Wikimedia goals and > requirements, but the lack of wording concerning free and open licenses in > section 1.2 remains a cause for concern. > > In some respects, I feel reminded on the early "Europeana" times when free > and open licenses were not the consensus among EU member states concerning > content on this platform. > > Anyone willing to make the necessary calls to the UK Government? > > Mathias > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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