HTTPS, the digitalization and technology-focused branch of the ARETE Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, has developed Reframe Commons, a public-interest platform designed to make AI-generated interpretations visible, contestable and open to collective reflection.
Artificial intelligence increasingly shapes how people interpret texts, images and social issues. Yet AI-generated outputs are often presented as neutral or authoritative, concealing the assumptions, exclusions, cultural perspectives and power relations that inform them.
Reframe Commons responds to this problem by offering plural readings rather than a single supposedly definitive answer. Users can submit a text, image, topic or question and explore different interpretations, underlying assumptions, possible biases and alternative framings.
Each contribution can become part of a public library where visitors can add annotations, propose reframings and contribute community perspectives. This participatory structure treats users not as passive recipients of automated outputs, but as interpreters capable of questioning and reshaping how knowledge is produced.
The platform was developed by HTTPS as a public-interest and decolonial AI literacy initiative. HTTPS concentrates on digitalization and technology-related issues as part of the broader ARETE Institute for Sustainable Prosperity. While ARETE works across areas such as development management, agriculture and renewable energy, HTTPS examines the role of digital technologies in sustainable and socially just development. Their overlapping initiatives contribute to a holistic understanding of sustainability.
Reframe Commons is intended for students, educators, researchers, civil society organisations, cultural workers, journalists, activists and citizens. It also provides teaching materials and discussion prompts for use in classrooms, workshops and courses addressing data ethics, media studies, critical AI, science and technology studies, and decolonial approaches to technology.
Available in English, Croatian and Chinese, the platform requires no login for participation.
Reframe Commons was publicly launched on 7 May 2026 through the University of Liverpool’s Decolonial Critique mailing list. Early contributions already include annotations, alternative framings and community voices, demonstrating that participatory interpretation can be practised rather than merely proposed.
The next phase will focus on developing partnerships with schools, universities, civil society organisations, cultural institutions and other public-interest AI literacy initiatives.
With Reframe Commons, HTTPS and ARETE are not seeking to replace human interpretation with automation. They are creating a shared space in which AI-generated readings can be examined, questioned and transformed through human judgement, disagreement and collective reflection.
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