What's the difference between "making data available to 'AI' " and simply "making data available"?
Is there a reason to think that "AI" have special requirements? -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore בתאריך שבת, 14 בפבר׳ 2026 ב-4:18 מאת Shani Evenstein Sigalov via Wikimedia-l <[email protected]>: > Hello, everyone. > > As some of you know, in September 2025, I started a new position as a > Marie Curie postdoctoral Research Fellow, at the Digital Humanities > Research Hub, University of London. The project I lead is called *AI-BRIDGES > *(funded by the European Commission for two year, ending 08/2027), and is > focused > on *bridging institutional data, the Open Knowledge community* > (specifically, Linked Open Data, i.e. Wikidata and Wikibase)*, and > GenAI. * > > The project was launched with *4 core partners: *WMDE, WMUK, WMBR & > PleiAs, but it really is a global, collaborative effort, with many > additional individuals, affiliates, organizations and institutions joining > forces in attempting to reach solutions together (you can see a partial > list of partners here <https://ai-bridges.org/partners/>; it's being > updated all the time). > > As this project is heavily embedded in our community (specifically in > Wikidata and the Wikibase ecosystem, but also in wider circles related to > our Outreach programs, working with institutions globally), I wanted to > take a moment to share some details about the project, so if the topic is of > interest to you / your affiliate / your organization, you'll be able to > join us and get involved. > *Below are a** few resources and events we thought would be worthy of > your attention*. > > If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us via this > mail: *[email protected] <[email protected]>*. > > We look forward to your engagement! > Shani, on behalf of the AI-BRIDGES team. > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > ** AI-BRIDGES Website:* > Today I'm very excited to launch the project's new website > <http://ai-bridges.org/>, where you can find out more about the project, > how we are practically approaching the work ahead, and different ways to > engage, support this effort and become part of the solution. > > ** AI-BRIDGES Open Forum: * > On Friday, Feb 27th (in about two weeks), we'll be launching the > AI-BRIDGES Open Forum. This would be a monthly space to share ideas and > become joint thought-partners in trying to solve some tough challenges > together. > The Open Forum has a dedicated google group to support its work, so if you > are interested in joining us, please join the google group: > https://groups.google.com/g/ai-bridges. All announcements will be made > through the group, and all meetings will be recorded, for those who can't > participate. > > ** AI-BRIDGES Symposium:* > On May 28-29, we will be hosting an in-person Symposium in London. Online > participation will be possible for part of the Symposium, but you'll have > to register to save a spot, even if it's online. > Learn more about the Symposium and registration here > <https://ai-bridges.org/2026/02/13/symposium/>. > > > ** AI-BRIDGES Meta Page:*The project finally has a meta page: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:AI-BRIDGES. I will do my best to > update it, mainly with outputs, or relevant events, but the project's > website is the safest way of tracking the project. > > ---------------------------------- > Dr. Shani Evenstein Sigalov > Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow > Digital Humanities Research Hub, > School of Advanced Study, > University of London. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/JUDDGCG5LJVFEW2X3OFHPATM643HOD4S/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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