Project description DEENESFRITPL AI-based antidote to disinformation online The spread of fake news (disinformation) on social media impacts society at individual and collective levels. Defined as the intentional spread of unreliable information, disinformation actually spreads much faster than humanly possible to monitor and analyse. In this context, the EU-funded AI4TRUST project will develop a hybrid system based on machine-human cooperation and advanced solutions based on AI. The idea is to support media professionals and policymakers in tackling disinformation. This system will make it possible to monitor numerous online social platforms in almost real time. It will flag content with a high risk of being disinformative for expert review by analysing multimodal (text, audio, visual) and multilingual content with novel AI algorithms. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Increasing evidence shows that disinformation spreading has non-negligible impact on our society at individual and collective levels. From public health to climate change, it is of paramount importance to timely identify emerging disinformation signals such as content from known unreliable sources and new narratives, especially from online social media, to provide media professionals and policy makers with trustworthy elements to extinguish disinformation outbreaks before they run out of control. However, monitoring and analyzing large volumes of online content is well beyond the capacity of human ability only. In fact, regardless of the socio-psychological and behavioral reasons behind information forging, the rate at which disinformation is produced is much larger than the rate at which it can be analyzed and its effects adequately mitigated.AI4TRUST will provide a hybrid system, where machines cooperate with humans, relying on advanced AI solutions against advanced disinformation techniques to support media professionals and policy makers. Our system will monitor, in nearly real time, multiple online social platforms, filtering out social noise and analyzing multimodal (text, audio, visual) content in multiple languages (up to 70% of coverage in EU) with novel AI algorithms, while cooperating in an automated way with an international network of human fact-checkers who will be periodically triggered and who will frequently provide validated data to update our algorithms. The resulting quantitative indicators, including infodemic risk, will be inspected under the lens of social and computational social sciences, to build the trustworthy elements required by media professionals to create customizable and reliable data reports.We expect that the AI4TRUST's system, based on a human-centred approach to technology development that is aligned with European social and ethical values, will be integrated in the standard toolbox of data analysts working on disinformation. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata scienceengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineering Keywords Complex Networks Infodemics Multimedia Analysis Social Phenomena Programme(s) HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space Main Programme HORIZON.2.4.5 - Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Topic(s) HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-27 - AI to fight disinformation (RIA) Call for proposal HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER Net EU contribution € 1 043 500,00 Address Via santa croce 77 38122 Trento Italy See on map Region Nord-Est Provincia Autonoma di Trento Trento Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (14) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS Greece Net EU contribution € 681 875,00 Address Charilaou thermi road 6 km 57001 Thermi thessaloniki See on map Region Βόρεια Ελλάδα Κεντρική Μακεδονία Θεσσαλονίκη Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO Italy Net EU contribution € 686 875,00 Address Via calepina 14 38122 Trento See on map Region Nord-Est Provincia Autonoma di Trento Trento Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 "NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ""DEMOKRITOS""" Greece Net EU contribution € 625 000,00 Address End of patriarchou grigoriou e and 27 neapoleos street 15341 Agia paraskevi See on map Region Αττική Aττική Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France Net EU contribution € 434 032,50 Address Rue michel ange 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI Romania Net EU contribution € 340 625,00 Address Splaiul independentei 313 sect 6 060042 Bucharest See on map Region Macroregiunea Trei Bucureşti-Ilfov Bucureşti Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 SAHER (EUROPE) OU Estonia Net EU contribution € 289 625,00 Address Mannimae/1 pudisoo kula 74626 Kuusalu vald See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Eesti Eesti Põhja-Eesti Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 GDI GLOBAL DISINFORMATION INDEX GUGHAFTUNGSBESCHRANKT Germany Net EU contribution € 385 275,00 Address Friedrichstrasse 123 10117 Berlin See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 STOWARZYSZENIE DEMAGOG Poland Net EU contribution € 104 500,00 Address Ul. noakowskiego 26 lok 28 00-682 Warszawa See on map Region Makroregion województwo mazowieckie Warszawski stołeczny Miasto Warszawa Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 FUNDACION MALDITA.ES CONTRALA DESINFORMACION: PERIODISMOEDUCACION INVESTIGACIONY DATOS EN NUEVOS FORMATOS Spain Net EU contribution € 290 000,00 Address Avda del manzanares 196 local 2 28026 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIRIA KENTRO KATAPOLEMISIS TIS PARAPLIROFORISIS / CIVIL NON-PROFIT COMPANY KENTRO KATAPOLEMISIS TIS PARAPLIROFORISIS Greece Net EU contribution € 116 875,00 Address Chrysospathi 2 546 29 Thessaloniki See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Βόρεια Ελλάδα Κεντρική Μακεδονία Θεσσαλονίκη Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 EURACTIV MEDIA NETWORK B.V. Netherlands Net EU contribution € 327 500,00 Address Evert van de beekstraat 354 1118 CZ Schiphol See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 SKY ITALIA SRL Italy Net EU contribution € 381 250,00 Address Via monte penice 7 20138 Milano rogoredo santa giulia See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 ASOCIATIA DIGITAL BRIDGE Romania Net EU contribution € 86 250,00 Address Calea calarasilor nr 309 bl 70 sc 1 ap 10 050902 Bucuresti See on map Region Macroregiunea Trei Bucureşti-Ilfov Bucureşti Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 EUROPEJSKIE MEDIA SP ZOO Poland Net EU contribution € 157 500,00 Address Bracka 25 / j 00-028 Warszawa See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Makroregion województwo mazowieckie Warszawski stołeczny Miasto Warszawa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Partners (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all FINCONS GROUP AG Switzerland Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Bahnhofstrasse 57 6403 Kussnacht See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Zentralschweiz Schwyz Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Trinity lane the old schools CB2 1TN Cambridge See on map Region East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
