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Open data, artificial intelligence and the environment

The convergence between open data, artificial intelligence and environmental sustainability poses one of the main challenges for the digital transformation model that is being promoted at European level. This interaction is mainly materialized in three outstanding manifestations:

Open data as a digital public good

The Web emerged more than 30 years ago as an open, participatory and inclusive network that encouraged access to and reuse of knowledge through a spirit of collaboration and constant experimentation.

Open data as a governance tool

Nowadays, there is a reflection that goes through the global open data community about whether the current open data model is already exhausted, making necessary to go further with a new generation of openness.

Open data as a source of knowledge for generative artificial intelligence

Generative artificial intelligence refers to machine’s ability to generate original and creative content, such as images, text or music, from a set of input data.

Open data as a tool for education and training

The demand for professionals with skills related to data analytics continues to grow and it is already estimated that just the industry in Spain would need more than 90,000 data and artificial intelligence professionals to boost the economy.

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 as an effective tool for sustainable development

In August 2014 the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon asked a group of independent experts to develop specific recommendations on how to carry out a data revolution for sustainable development.

Open Data Ayuntamiento de Güeñes

Open Data Badalona

Open Data Barometer, assessment of global open data

Open data has become an essential resource to build effective and responsible institutions, providing at the same time access to information: two of the seventeen global commitments (SDGs) agreed by UN in 2016.