AI-CODE is a Horizon Europe funded project, the main goal of which is to evolve state-of-the-art research results (tools, technologies, and know-how) from the past and ongoing EU-funded research projects focused on disinformation to a novel ecosystem of services that will proactively support media professionals in trusted information production through AI. The project aims to identify, analyse, and understand future developments of next-generation social media in the context of rapid development of generative Artificial Intelligence and how such a combination can impact the (dis)information space. Second, the project aims to provide media professionals with novel AI-based services to coach them how to work in emerging digital environments and how to utilise generative AI effectively and credibly, to detect new forms of content manipulation, as well as to assess the reputation and credibility of sources and their content.
AI-CODE brings together 12 partners from 8 European countries (Italy, Greece, Spain, Germany, Slovakia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Belgium).
- DS TECH SRL [DS TECH SRL, Project Coordinator] (ITALY)
- ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS [CERTH] (GREECE)
- FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER [FBK] (ITALY)
- UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID [UPM] (SPAIN)
- ATHENS TECHNOLOGY CENTER S.A. [ATC] (GREECE)
- DEUTSCHE WELLE [DW] (GERMANY)
- KEMPELENOV INSTITUT INTELIGENTNYCH TECHNOLOGII [KInIT] (SLOVAKIA)
- DEBUNK EU [Debunk.org] (LITHUANIA)
- EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR PARTICIPATORY MEDIA EV [EIPCM] (GERMANY)
- STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT [SRU] (NETHERLANDS)
- EURACTIV MEDIA NETWORK B.V. [EURACTIV] (NETHERLANDS)
- CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES [CEPS] (BELGIUM)
For this project, ATC participates in the technological assessment of new emerging technologies that establish the state of the art. Additionally, it participates in the identification and analysis of the requirements of the stakeholders and the users. It offers the Personal Companion for Understanding Disinformation for Media Professionals service. Furthermore, is the lead beneficiary for the continuation and the development of the prototyped AI-CODE services and for the deployment, operation, design of the validation methodology and actual validation of all AI-CODE services by end users.
The project started in December 2023 and will last for 36 months.