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Hello John!

As the seasons shift, we welcome you to the September 2023 edition of the CC newsletter! This month, we're thrilled to bring you a captivating array of stories, updates, and initiatives from around the world that celebrate the power of open knowledge and shared creativity.

Here are some key highlights we're celebrating:

🎉 Understanding CC Licenses and Generative AI: Many wonder what role CC licenses, and CC as an organization, can and should play in the future of generative AI. In this blog post, we seek to address some common questions, while acknowledging that the answers may be complex or still unknown.

🤖 Key AI Panel in Brussels: Creative Commons proudly represented civil society at a pivotal AI panel discussion, chaired by MEP Dragos Tudorache at the European Internet Forum.

🔭 A Tale of Two Global Challenges: We are living through a climate crisis and a very real, effective action we can take is to make climate change research accessible. However, climate research is still far less open than COVID-19 research.

🌐 CC at Wikimania 2023: We were thrilled to partner with the Wikimedia Foundation to make Wikimania 2023 a reality. Members of the CC team participated in this year’s event last month. Read more about it!

🍎 How CC Will Advance Open Licensing Understanding Within 25 California Community Colleges: CC is partnering with the CCC Academic Senate’s OER Initiative again to host a Bootcamp for 25 Southern California CCC faculty. The expanded training will bring more CC Certified experts to the 116 CCCs, and also provide key CCC stakeholders the opportunity to connect with OER experts throughout the world.

🤝 2023 CC Global Summit Keynote Speakers: Welcome our first announced keynote speakers for the CC Global Summit, Anya Kamenetz and Peter-Lucas Jones.

Here are some upcoming opportunities you can engage in:

🌎 2023 CC Global Summit: Register now for our upcoming summit in Mexico City during 3–6 October. Can't join us in person? Sign up for our Virtual Access Registration.

✨ Volunteers Needed: The CC Open Culture Program seeks volunteers to translate key resources. Join us in our mission to make our work more accessible globally.

Keep scrolling for the latest from CC’s Generative AI series, and explore more exciting opportunities and valuable resources we've curated for you.

Sincerely,

The CC Team

➤ Better Sharing in the Age of AI

🤖 As generative AI advances rapidly, we at CC are keeping an eye on the associated complexities of these groundbreaking tools. Our focus remains on the interface of copyright law and generative AI, as we advocate for #BetterSharing, respect for human creators, and support for innovation.

📝 Our AI blog series, with contributions from our team and guest authors, tackles issues surrounding AI, from the source of training data to the impact of AI-created results. Check out our recent blog post for updates on open letter from artists using generative AI.

➤ CC Resources and Updates

Sumona Chakravarty — Open Culture VOICES, Season 2 Episode 21

📺 “Accessibility means putting art out there!” Sumona tells us in this episode about how Delhi’s Art Gallery (DAG) approaches open access from various perspectives. Sumona shares insight into creating exhibitions that inform the public and shed light on recent history in digital and physical spaces.

Exploring Preference Signals for AI Training

🦾While many artists and content creators want clearer ways to signal their preferences for use of their works to train generative AI, their preferences vary. Between the poles of “all” and “nothing,” there were gradations based on how generative AI was used specifically.

Stay up-to-date on our work by following @creativecommons or visiting the CC blog. You can also support our work by donating here!

👋 Other updates:

💌 Check out the third edition of CC Open Culture Matters from last month and subscribe to our newest newsletter. Stay connected with the latest updates from the CC Open Culture Program, news, and feature stories on Open GLAM Collections. Sign up now and be part of the conversation!
🏳️‍⚧️ Creative Commons stands in solidarity with the trans community in denouncing the alarming violations of trans rights happening globally. Protecting the rights of all individuals is central to our mission of openness, inclusivity, and access to knowledge & culture.
🌍 Do you know about the impactful Open Climate Campaign partnership between Creative Commons, SPARC, and EIFL? We launched the Open Climate Campaign, an initiative committed to making knowledge and data on climate change solutions freely accessible. Be part of this vital mission.
📺 Looking for a binge-worthy edutainment series? Tune into Open Culture VOICES Season 2! With 20 episodes already available, it's an enlightening journey into the world of GLAM, featuring conversations with global experts on making cultural heritage universally accessible. Dive in and catch up today.
🔓Unlock your open licensing potential with Creative Commons' array of learning and training opportunities. From workshops and consulting to lectures and CC Certificate courses, we offer something for everyone.
🔍Do you want to learn more about how Creative Commons licenses work? Check out our informative FAQ page.

➤ Eye Candy 🍭

Each month, we change our social media headers to a new CC-licensed image. This year, we are choosing a different illustration from our #BetterSharing collection on our social media headers and the CC blog. For August, we’re excited to showcase “Open Is Beautiful” by Tanya Korniichuk. The piece, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, was inspired by a quote from Cecília Oliveira, Executive Director of Fogo Cruzado.

🎨 Learn more about the illustration and the artist.

📥 Download the eye candy.

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