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 ...

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 ...

Find out about the seven open-data-stewarding organisations selected to receive guidance and other support from the ODI and Microsoft Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Metabrainz ...

Join us at this free webinar as discuss what the National Data Library could mean for archives and collection. Our webinars are open to everyone, but this will be of particular interest to archivists, ...

There are various tools for assessing different aspects of an open data initiative. Some assess the capabilities of a country or organisation to implement an open data initiative. Others measure the ...

As technology continues to advance, disparities in access to data and information persist, creating a digital divide that hinders social progress and economic development. The data divide focuses on ...

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This report aims to map the UK government’s activity on ‘data literacy’, as part of the ODI’s work supporting the development of the UK’s data economy The UK government recognises the importance of ...

The data ethics maturity model is a tool for anyone who collects, uses and shares data. It helps assess and benchmark how widely embedded data ethics culture and practices are across your organisation ...

The risks to environmental sustainability will only increase as data and technology continue to proliferate. Data stewardship can be seen as a way to address climate change. At the Open Data Institute ...

Programme Lead for Data Institutions, Jack Hardinges, discusses the ODI’s ongoing work to test data trusts as an approach to stewarding data, and some of the recent developments in the field To ...

Data trusts are an approach to looking after and making decisions about data in a similar way that trusts have been used to look after and make decisions about other forms of asset in the past, such ...