Wikimedia Research Showcase - February 2026

Bonus Episode: Privacy’s Defender

While How to Fix the Internet is on hiatus, we wanted to share a great conversation with you from earlier this week. EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn spoke wit…

Which Critical Government IT Systems Are Most In Need of Modernization?

Each year, the federal government spends more than $100 billion on IT systems and cyber-related investments. About 80% of this funding goes to operating and mai…

Open Source Beats Authoritarianism

What if we thought about democracy as a kind of open-source social technology, in which everyone can see the how and why of policy making, and everyone’s concer…

Our 2025 Assessment of NASA's Major Projects

NASA plans to invest billions this year on major projects, including those that would return American astronauts to the moon. For our annual report on NASA. We …

Trudi Radtke on InclusiveAccess.org

In this month's episode, Jennryn Wetzler, CC's Director of Learning and Training, talks all things Open Education and Inclusive Access Textbooks with Trudi Radt…

The Financial Sector is Increasing Its Use of Artificial Intelligence. What’s the Risk?

The financial services sector is increasingly using artificial intelligence to automate services and decisions. While this could provide benefits for consumers,…

Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker of Smarthistory

On this episode, we're joined by art historians, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, the co-founders and executive directors of Smarthistory. Smarthistory is…

Artificial Intelligence Could Improve Critical Infrastructure Services, But It Comes with Risks

Artificial intelligence could be used to improve services and utilities we use every day—such as electricity, water, transportation, banking, and more. But AI c…

Sam Williams of Arweave

On this episode of CC's Open Minds, CC’s Chief Operating Officer, Anna Tumadóttir, sits down for an interesting conversation with Sam Williams, the co-founder a…

FDA's Foreign Inspections of Drug Manufacturers Have Not Rebounded to Pre-Pandemic Levels

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspects drug manufacturers here and overseas to ensure the safety and quality of drug sold in the United States. But FDA…

*Special Episode* CC Roundtable on EU DATA ACT

In this episode, we switch things up from our typical interview style and play back the recording of Creative Commons’ hybrid roundtable on the EU Data Act, whi…

Wordle and the Web We Need

Where is the internet we were promised? It feels like we’re dominated by megalithic, siloed platforms where users have little or no say over how their data is u…

An AI Hammer in Search of a Nail

It often feels like machine learning experts are running around with a hammer, looking at everything as a potential nail - they have a system that does cool thi…

Felsefe Kralı

Bilgisayar bilimcileri genellikle oluşturdukları teknolojinin daha geniş sonuçlarını ve potansiyel kötüye kullanımlarını dikkate almadan, "sorunu çözmeye" odakl…

All The Music'ten Damien Riehl ve Noah Rubin

CC'nin Open Minds serisinin bu bölüminde, All The Music projesinin yaratıcıları olan programcı, müzisyen ve telif hakkı avukatı Damien Riehl ile müzisyen ve pro…

Teaching AI to Its' Targets

Too many young people – particularly young people of color – lack enough familiarity or experience with emerging technologies to recognize how artificial intell…