Why AI Infrastructure
Must Be Public Goods
Societies have learned: critical infrastructure cannot be exclusively in private hands. That applies to roads, energy, communication — and it applies to AI.
The Diagnosis: AI Infrastructure is Being Privatized
AI infrastructure is being privatized right now — just as the internet was in the 1990s. Back then, society recognized: critical infrastructure is a public good.
Roads don't belong to a single company. The power grid is regulated. The public internet is built on open protocols. When it comes to infrastructure, society has repeatedly decided: Too important for monopoly.
"AI infrastructure is the critical infrastructure of the 21st century."
The Solution: Open, Verifiable Knowledge Infrastructure
OCC builds and operates open AI infrastructure for the commons:
Knowledge Infrastructure
689 chunks from 26 verified public-domain sources. EU AI Act, ISO 42001, GDPR. BM25 search via API. No API key. No paywall.
Public AI Assistant
Anonymously accessible. Grounded in verified chunks. EU-hosted, GDPR-compliant. Available to everyone — no registration required.
Open Glossary
120+ AI governance terms, 13 languages, 4 reading levels. CC-BY 4.0. JSON-LD structured for AI citation systems.
The Proof: OCC Runs Today
opencognitioncommons.org is live now: glossary, API, public AI assistant, 13 languages, WCAG-compliant, GDPR-compliant. Everything free. Everything CC-BY 4.0. Everything EU-hosted.
The Invitation: Join Us
OCC is in Phase 1 (Intelego tenant). Phase 2 = independent foundation, once 3 external board members and external funding are secured. Every organization that sees AI as a public good is welcome.