Creative Commons uses its legal and policy expertise to engage with AI governance debates globally, including participating in the IETF AI Preferences Working Group, submitting comments to the U.S. Copyright Office on AI, and engaging EU policymakers on the AI Act.

Creative Commons has engaged in AI policy work since at least 2021, participating in the EU AI Act legislative process, responding to the U.S. Copyright Office's Notice of Inquiry on AI and copyright in 2023, and joining a civil society letter urging U.S. support for openness and transparency in AI. In 2024, CC submitted a position paper to the IETF's AI Preferences Working Group. These activities represent CC's organizational stance-taking and advocacy role, not the deployment of an AI system by Creative Commons itself.