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How local councils drive open data in municipalities
Although local governments are the closest actors to citizens, they often face limitations in terms of resources and capacities to implement open data effectively. The diputations, as intermediate institutions between central government and municipalities, play a key role in coordinating, supporting…
Data activism: an increasingly relevant practice in the age of platforms
Data activism is an increasingly significant citizen practice in the platform era for its growing contribution to democracy, social justice and rights. It is an activism that uses data and data analysis to generate evidence and visualisations with the aim of revealing injustices, improving peop…
The latest news in natural language processing: summaries of classic works in just a few hundred words
Artificial intelligence is increasingly present in our lives. However, its presence is increasingly subtle and unnoticed. As a technology matures and permeates society, it becomes more and more transparent, until it becomes completely naturalized. Artificial intelligence is rapidly going down this p…
GPT-3. Just another step in natural language processing?
Can you imagine an AI capable of writing songs, novels, press releases, interviews, essays, technical manuals, programming code, prescribing medication and much more that we don't know yet? Watching GPT-3 in action doesn't seem like we're very far away.
In our latest report on natural language proce…
Open data as a tool to reduce inequalities
The public sector is not only a great provider of open data, but also one of its main users. Open data facilitates contact and direct communication between governments and citizens. This can drive more efficient and effective public policies.
Among other areas, open data has great potential to devel…
