We do not want truth to become a luxury good in a sea of slop

Greetings from day two of Everything Open 2026 at University of Canberra. Keir Winesmith, Chief Digital Officer of the National Film & Sound Archive of Australia is arguing we are at the end of a golden age for creative arts online and the beginning of another using AI. The Archives will be sharing more. He used as an example of technology sparking creative the first filming of the Melbourne Cup: filmed in Melbourne, developed in the air on its way to Sydney and shown shortly after.

In a sobering conclusion he argued those working for open access to cultural knowledge had provided the raw material for creating false narratives via AI. He ended by saying "We do not want truth to become a luxury good in a sea of slop". This is particularity relevant on the National Day of Mourning for the victims of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack​. 

My pick of day 2 of EO:

10:45AM I accidentally became a FOSS maintainer and all I got was this lousy insight into librarianship, Hugh Rundle

11:40AM A University Library's journey in making technology training resources FAIR, Stéphane Guillou

1:30PM Reclaiming the open web: a story about big tech, platforms and millennial dreams of a connected web, Milly Schmidt

2:25PM By Design: CAUL’s Vision for an Open Future in Australasian Higher Education, Ash Barber, Rebecca Barber

3:45PM Effective Coaching, Nicola Nye

4:40PM When something has gone wrong in your neighbourhood, and they're calling you... whatcha gonna do?, Rachel Bunder