A two-day plenary meeting of the EU-funded AI-CODE consortium took place in Thessaloniki, hosted by the Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH), where partners reviewed project progress, aligned on key performance indicators and discussed the implementation, validation and user-testing … Read More
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Debunking the digital chaos: Building trust in the age of AI-driven disinformation
In a year defined by deepfakes, AI-generated influence campaigns, and an increasingly polarised information space, understanding how trust can be protected online has never been more urgent. Viktoras Daukšas, head of Debunk.org, joins Euractiv’s Xhoi Zajmi to explore what stood … Read More
Multilingual vs Crosslingual Retrieval of Fact-Checked Claims: A Tale of Two Approaches
Multilingual vs Crosslingual Retrieval of Fact-Checked Claims: A Tale of Two Approaches Retrieval of previously fact-checked claims is a well-established task, whose automation can assist professional fact-checkers in the initial steps of information verification. Previous works have mostly tackled the … Read More
The artificial intelligence revolution
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant future — it is reshaping how information is produced, consumed, and trusted across the globe. This comprehensive article explores the transformative impact of AI technologies on the media landscape, from automated news … Read More
Comparing Specialised Small and General Large Language Models on Text Classification
Comparing Specialised Small and General Large Language Models on Text Classification: 100 Labelled Samples to Achieve Break-Even Performance When solving NLP tasks with limited labelled data, researchers typically either use a general large language model without further update, or use … Read More
AI-CODE Project Launches User Testing for Next-Generation Tools
The AI-CODE Project has begun a new phase of user testing and co-creation workshops to refine its next-generation suite of AI-based tools aimed at supporting journalists, fact-checkers, and researchers in countering disinformation and bolstering trust in news media, with sessions … Read More
Misinformation is eroding global journalism, but legacy media maintains authority
The article reports that while misinformation and disinformation circulating online are undermining global journalism by fragmenting audiences, pressuring newsrooms and eroding trust in some outlets, traditional legacy media still retains a degree of authority and credibility compared with unverified sources; … Read More
MuLTa-Telegram: A Fine-Grained Italian and Polish Dataset for Hate Speech and Target Detection
MuLTa-Telegram: A Fine-Grained Italian and Polish Dataset for Hate Speech and Target Detection This paper introduces the MuLTa-Telegram dataset, a Multi- Lingual and multi-Target dataset specifically developed to detect hate speech on Telegram, an understudied yet influential platform in which … Read More
Generative AI and the Threat to Thinking
Generative AI and the Threat to Thinking Information security is concerned with maintaining the integrity of the information ecosystem. The proliferation of content created using generative artificial intelligence can overwhelm the ability of people to process information. Consideration of a … Read More
Activities and Needs of European Fact-checkers as a Basis for Designing Human-Centered AI Systems
Autonomation, Not Automation: Activities and Needs of European Fact-checkers as a Basis for Designing Human-Centered AI Systems To mitigate the negative effects of false information more effectively, the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems to assist fact-checkers is needed. Nevertheless, … Read More