Open Call for Contributions!

We’re co-designing a global online repository to navigate the impact of AI on art, culture and knowledge creation.

As artificial intelligence restructures creative economies and knowledge systems, decisions about intellectual property, remuneration, and digital cultural sovereignty are being made at speed, often without those most affected at the table. As an outcome of the Civil Society Organizations and Academic Network on AI ethics convened by UNESCO, the Intellectual Property and Culture Subgroup, AI Impact Alliance is undertaking a global mapping of legal developments, policy proposals, litigation trackers, feminist and Indigenous governance models, cultural data space initiatives, and community-led responses to AI’s impact on cultural commons. The goal is to create a useful resource cluster to support arts and cultural organizations and other CSO in their strategic foresight and creation of solutions.

We invite researchers, artists, civil society organizations, and policy actors to contribute resources and strategic insights to help build a rigorous, independent knowledge infrastructure, one capable of informing rights-based AI governance, strengthening democratic digital economies, and expanding a global network committed to equitable cultural futures.

A quick overview of what’s coming:

February 26, 2026 – Launch of the open call for contributions and expressions of interest. Selected contributors will be invited to participate in a co-design workshop which will be held in March.

March 16th, 2026 (11:59 PM ET) – Submission deadline.

April 2026 – Publication of a synthesis report outlining shared priorities, governance options, best practices, and technical and safety recommendations to guide the next phase of development.

*Workshop Date is To Be Determined (TBD) soon.

We aim to hold it at then very end of March or in the first week of April.