Join us for a focused virtual roundtable on Digital ID – shaping responses to the UK Government consultation. This session is designed for those with technical and/or policy expertise who can actively contribute to this discussion and help shape thinking in this space.
https://buff.ly/nlpSee7

Our Data Ethics Professional webinars are a place for our alumni to share their expertise, offering practical insights and tips on ethical data use and embedding best practices within organisations. Catch up on all of them now.
https://theodi.org/insights/projects/data-ethics-professionals/

#TheWeekinData: Ctrl+Alt+Defeat
*Meta and YouTube found liable
*UK poverty data
*Join the Solid Hackathon
A jury in Los Angeles has found Meta and YouTube liable for deliberately designing addictive products that hooked a young user and led to them being harmed. The trial lasted six weeks, jury deliberations lasted nine days, and in the end, the plaintiff was awarded $6 million in damages as both companies were found to have provided inadequate warnings. Find out more…
http://theodi-748510.hs-sites.com/ctrlaltdefeat

There is a growing movement towards openness in the UK water industry and progress is already being made both within individual companies and at a sector level. Find out more.
https://theodi.org/insights/reports/an-open-data-strategy-for-the-water-industry/

Data is the foundation of AI. Poor quality data drives up costs and can lead to hidden problems for AI, while biased data negatively affects the performance of AI models. AI practitioners must dedicate time to ensuring the datasets they use are ready, meaning they can spend less time innovating and delivering AI solutions. Instead, their work would be more efficient and productive if datasets were published in a way that makes them AI-ready. Read more.
https://theodi.org/insights/reports/a-framework-for-ai-ready-data/

The Open Data Institute (ODI) is partnering with SAP to launch and grow IDEA, an interchange for data and enterprise AI. IDEA will set up a programme of research, community building, and peer learning to help enterprises of all sizes make the most of the promise AI holds through AI-ready data infrastructure, standards, and well-governed enterprise data. Find out more.
https://theodi.org/insights/projects/idea-an-interchange-for-data-and-enterprise-ai/

We are delighted to announce that Antonia Panayotova, DSIT, will be joining @imak.bsky.social, Open Opportunities, and Professor @elenasimperl.bsky.social, Director of Research, ODI in our discussion on Thursday on data portals - and the National Data Library in particular.
https://buff.ly/nQxtaVn

The Solid Symposium returns for its fourth edition, Thursday, 30 April - Friday 1st May at City St George’s University (Clerkenwell Campus), London. The symposium brings together people from science, business, the public sector and academia to discuss and learn about the latest developments in Solid and looks to the next chapter for data on the web. You’ll hear from Sir Tim Berners-Lee and a whole host of other great speakers. Visit the website for more info and tickets.
https://sosy2026.eu/