- Led by Dr Phoenix Perry, University of the Arts London, in collaboration with New York University.
Governance frameworks will be developed that will enable UK and US creative communities to establish federated data commons for responsible machine learning.
Through participatory co-design workshops, the researchers will create two complementary frameworks: a Creator-Centric Federated Dataset Framework that empowers artists to structure and share creative data while maintaining control, and a Federated Data Commons Governance Framework Website Prototype that establishes community-managed protocols and resources. This approach will support small-scale, curator-made datasets for low-resource models to address concerns about large AI models trained on poorly curated datasets without creator permission. Outcomes will include comprehensive governance workflows, permission statements, case studies, and policy recommendations that address access, sustainability, and regulation across UK/USA intellectual property frameworks.
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