Meet the Future of AI Series
By the AI-Disinformation Cluster
The Future of AI event series brings together policymakers, researchers, journalists, and innovators to explore how emerging artificial intelligence technologies are reshaping society, and how Europe can ensure these technologies strengthen, rather than undermine, democratic values.
Since 2023, the series has served as a platform for collaborative dialogue and practical demonstrations of cutting-edge tools developed by Horizon Europe and H2020 projects focused on countering disinformation and strengthening Europe’s information ecosystem.
Each edition has addressed the evolving challenges posed by AI and online manipulation, from advanced disinformation tactics to generative AI and its implications for democratic processes.
Explore Past Editions
Future of AI 2024 – Generative AI and Democracy
Date: 19 June 2024 | 14:30 – 18:00 CET
Location: Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT), Brussels
Building upon the success of the inaugural conference, the 2024 edition examined the profound impact of generative AI on democratic systems. As GenAI technologies become increasingly capable of producing persuasive synthetic content, understanding their implications for public communication, electoral processes, and civil discourse has become essential.
Co-organised by vera.ai, AI4TRUST, TITAN, AI-CODE, and the H2020 project AI4Media, the event brought together experts developing advanced AI techniques to counter online disinformation — with a particular focus on safeguarding the public sphere from emerging threats enabled by GenAI.
Future of AI 2023 – Countering Sophisticated and Advanced Disinformation
Date: 29 June 2023 | 09:00 – 17:30 CET
Location: VRT, Karabiniersplein, Reyers, Brussels
The 2023 conference marked the launch of the Future of AI series. Hosted by Belgium’s public broadcaster VRT in hybrid format, the event focused on the rise of sophisticated, AI-enabled disinformation and the challenges it poses to public trust and democratic stability.
Organised by TITAN, AI4Media, AI4Trust, and vera.ai in cooperation with the European Commission, the event explored the opportunities and risks presented by generative AI and showcased early versions of advanced tools for detecting and mitigating disinformation.
Discussions brought together leading voices from policy, journalism, and research to assess how Europe can strengthen resilience against rapidly evolving information threats.
Our Cluster projects
AI4Trust (in full: "AI-based-technologies for trustworthy solutions against disinformation") is co-ordinated by Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy. It aims to provide a hybrid system in which machines cooperate with humans, relying on advanced AI solutions against advanced disinformation techniques to support media professionals and policy makers.
The main goal of the AI-CODE project 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
AI4Debunk aims to revolutionize the fight against disinformation and support trustworthy online activity. Through the development of AI-powered human-centered tools, this EU project is committed to safeguarding democratic values and fostering a more informed and resilient society in response to the challenges posed by the digital age.
Vera.ai is developing trustworthy AI solutions in the fight against disinformation. These are to be co-created in close collaboration between leading technology experts in the domain and prospective future users–all brought together in via a co-creation approach. The expected solutions will deal with different content types (audio, video, images, and text) and do so across a variety of languages.
ELLIOT is a pioneering Horizon Europe project aiming to develop advanced AI technologies capable of robust generalisation and seamless integration across multiple data modalities. The project aspires to develop more than a typical LLM but rather to develop a new generation of Foundational Models that combine multiple modalities and have a wide range of applications.
AI4Media aims to become a Centre of Excellence for AI-related matters in the media sector, also bringing together various actors in the field such as academia and industry.
Of particular interest: AI4Media’s work on including ethical and trustworthy aspects in AI development and deployment.
The Commission is tackling the spread of online disinformation and misinformation to ensure the protection of European values and democratic systems. Large-scale disinformation campaigns are a major challenge for Europe and require a coordinated response from EU countries, EU institutions, online platforms, news media and EU citizens. The Commission has developed a number of initiatives to tackle disinformation
The initiatives below are our sister projects as they are based in the same unit at the European Commission (DG CNECT).