Despite a lack of consensus on what open data means, organizations and open source projects are tackling it as we move into the future of computing.

We previously announced the next hackathon for Latin America: Developing Latin America 2012. But it's likely that some readers are not sure what a hackathon is or above all, what it's for. Here we try ...

Open data has gained public attention because of its role in training AI image generation models like Stable Diffusion, but its importance extends to research beyond AI. It gives researchers and ...

An explanation of open data, why it's important and how you can do it yourself.

Open data is data that is published for anyone to use without restriction, which can often be the most effective way to enable collaboration between people and organizations. There are also data ...

Open data is fueling innovation but raises critical questions The work of Common Crawl and LAION showcases how open data can democratize access to information, foster transparency, and accelerate ...

The vast majority of states and local governments now offer open data in one form or another. Looking through the data sets on perhaps the most popular open data host, we found out what they’re ...

What's next for the Open Data Initiative? Microsoft, Adobe and SAP announced the ODI a year ago, but things seemingly have gone quiet lately. What gives?