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Comment by Alek Tarkowski
Open Future director; digital policy
There is a need to develop alternatives that are publicly funded, driven by a public-interest mission, and overseen by democratically elected institutions. [...] By proposing a mission to build a “CERN for AI”, the LAION researchers argue that a strong role for the public sector is needed to ensure public interest in this field. [...] The petition argues for a democratization of AI technologies in a double sense: 1) through democratic oversight of their development, and 2) the democratization of the technology itself through its open sourcing.AI Verified source (Apr 13, 2023)
8mo ago
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The quote directly references building a “CERN for AI” and frames it positively as a needed, publicly funded, democratically overseen alternative serving the public interest. That clearly implies support for creating a global AI institute similar to CERN.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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The quote presents the idea positively: it says "There is a need" for publicly funded, public-interest alternatives and refers to "proposing a mission to build a 'CERN for AI'" as part of that need.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
Verified: the Open Future article at the supplied URL is titled LAION petitions for a European public AI mission, dated April 13, 2023, and credited to Alek Tarkowski. The three quoted passages appear on that page verbatim, with the supplied [...] corresponding to omitted intervening text, so the stored author, date, source URL, and content are correct. ([openfuture.eu](https://openfuture.eu/blog/laion-petitions-for-an-european-public-ai-mission/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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The quoted sentences do appear on the Open Future article and are attributed there to Alek Tarkowski, but the page is dated April 13, 2023, not 2024. Also, the supplied block skips the intervening sentence between the first sentence and the later paragraph without marking an omission, so it is not a fully correct verbatim 2024 quotation as presented. ([openfuture.eu](https://openfuture.eu/blog/laion-petitions-for-an-european-public-ai-mission/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 19d ago
AI Verified
Verified via web search. The Open Future blog post "LAION petitions for a European public AI mission" by Alek Tarkowski (Director of Strategy at Open Future) is confirmed as the source. The search results directly quote both passages verbatim. The vote "for" on "Grant member states majority governance control in the CERN for AI" aligns with the quote's emphasis on public funding, public-interest mission, and democratic oversight. Source URL returned 403 to WebFetch but search excerpts match the content.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1mo ago
replying to Alek Tarkowski