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“AI for Youth, by Youth”: Why Young People Must Shape the Future of AI Governance

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Panel on AI for Youth, AI by Youth, UNESCO Global Forum on the Ethics of AI, Bangkok. Author: James Wright. License: Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

What happens when students are told for years that “Wikipedia does not count as a source” only to then be handed generative AI tools without question? The result is confusion and a missed opportunity to critically shape our digital futures.

Author: Sophia Longwe, Project Manager Policy, Wikimedia Deutschland

At the third UNESCO Global Forum on the Ethics of AI in Bangkok, Sophia Longwe from Wikimedia Deutschland had the opportunity to speak on the panel “AI for Youth, AI by Youth.” Speakers were from Bangladesh, Namibia, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom or Germany, and it was clear to everyone that AI is already transforming how we learn, work, and participate in society. And yet, young people are rarely invited to shape how these technologies are governed. Here is her report.

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Open letter to protect Wikipedia and other public interest projects in the Global Digital Compact

Wikimedia Europe has signed an open letter, penned by the Wikimedia Foundaiton, that calls on UN Member States to protect Wikipedia and other public interest projects in the forthcoming Global Digital Compact. The Global Digital Compact initiative is a unique and pivotal opportunity to shape our digital world in a manner that advances the public interest and supports sustainable development for everyone, everywhere.  UN Member States have the chance to embrace a positive vision for the internet’s future that supports and empowers diverse communities everywhere to build and operate free and open knowledge projects. The Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, provide the world with the largest free and open, multilingual, intercultural, universally accessible repository of educational materials ever created. The volunteer-run Wikimedia projects have formed a community-led ecosystem that champions information integrity. They serve as digital public infrastructure for openly licensed, neutral, encyclopedic content in over 300 languages. Wikipedia’s experience of over two decades has taught us that the internet needs to be open, global, interoperable, and inclusive in order to serve all of humanity. To that end, three essential commitments should be included in the text of the Global Digital Compact: