Creative Commons debuts CC Signals, a framework for the open AI ecosystem
Nonprofit organizations Creative Commonswhich is at the forefront of the licensing movement that allows creators to share their works while retaining copyright, and is now preparing for the age of AI. On Wednesday, the organization announced the launch of a new project for CC Signals that will allow dataset holders to explain in detail how content can or cannot be reused on machines, as in the case of AI model training.
The idea is intended to balance the open nature of the Internet with the demand for more data to promote AI.
As Creative Commons explains Blog post,Continuous data extraction ongoing erodes openness on the Internet, and can potentially allow entities to wall or protect from sites with paywalls instead of sharing access to data.
Meanwhile, the CC Signal Project aims to provide legal and technical solutions that provide a framework for dataset sharing aimed at use between people who control data and those who use it to train AI.
The demand for such tools is growing as companies are working to change policies and terms of use to limit AI training on data or explain how much they use their data for AI-related purposes.
For example, x was created first change This allowed third parties to train their models with public data. reverse that. Reddit uses the robots.txt fileit is intended to tell you whether an automated web crawler can access the site. This limits bots from cutting data for AI training. CloudFlare I’m looking at the solution This also charges AI bots for scraping As a tool to confuse them. Open source developers have it Also, the built tools Slowing and wasting resources for AI crawlers who didn’t respect “no crawl” directives.
Instead, the CC Signals Project proposes another solution. It’s a set of tools that provide a variety of legal facilities, but they all carry ethical weight, just like CC licenses that cover billions of openly licensed creative work online.
“CC Signals are designed to keep the Commons in the age of AI,” announced Anna Tumadóttir, CEO of Creative Commons. “Just as CC licenses helped to build the open web, we believe CC signals help to form an open AI ecosystem based on interaction.”
This project is just beginning to shape now. The early designs have been released CC Website and github page. The organization is actively seeking public feedback ahead of its plans for an Alpha launch in November 2025. There will also be a series of city halls for feedback and questions.