Rethinking AI Openness: Data Power, Access & Community Control - Feb, 2026
A roundtable unpacking critical questions around data ownership, openness, and community governance — putting people at the centre of AI ecosystems.
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Organised by the Centre for Communication Governance at NLU Delhi, this roundtable unpacked critical questions around data ownership, openness, and community governance — putting people at the centre of AI ecosystems. Representing CivicDataLab, Nupura Gawde contributed perspectives on community-led data systems and responsible AI governance.
The session featured speakers: Amlan Mohanty — Fellow, Technology and Society Program, Carnegie; Octavia Field Reid — Associate Director, Ada Lovelace Institute; Meredith Hodgman — Head of Strategy and Engagement, Tech Policy Design Institute; Nupura Gawde — Initiative Lead, Digital Public Infrastructure & Goods and Design and Engagement Lead, CivicDataLab.
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