Consortium members outside the National Centre for Research and Technology Development (CERTH) during the ALFIE events in Thessaloniki. Day One: ALFIE Workshop on Ethics On the 6th of November, ALFIE held a hybrid workshop on AI ethics and data management at Certh headquarters in Thessaloniki, Greece. Experts from DBC, University of Brighton, and Kinit presented about the current EU regulatory landscape including information about the AI Act and GDPR, data management and data protection protocols. Experts discussed the ethical dimensions of the ALFIE use cases, specifically their level of risk in relation to the European AI Act. We also classified the level of risk for

We are delighted to share the findings of Biases in Automatic Speech Recognition: Accessibility and Inclusion Barriers in Speech-to-Text Systems, the MA thesis defended by Arunachala Luca de Tena. Inspired by the UAB use case in ALFIE, this research explores how speech-to-text systems can create accessibility barriers that affect the digital inclusion of certain user groups. The study is framed within the European legal framework and the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation principle of “leaving no one behind.” Using a qualitative approach, three representative systems (WhatsApp, Apple, and OpenAI) were examined, alongside a literature review of key bias factors such as accent, age, language, background noise,

We are pleased to invite AI professionals, researchers, and developers to take part in a short survey as part of the ALFIE research project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme. The survey takes just 5 to 7 minutes to complete and offers a valuable opportunity to contribute to the future of responsible and trustworthy AI. The purpose of this survey is to explore how ethical principles and frameworks are actually applied in the real-world development and deployment of artificial intelligence. While many ethics guidelines and tools have been created in recent years, we still know relatively little about how (and whether) they are

Murcia / Barcelona, 14 May 2025 Professor Pilar Orero, (UAB), recently met with Professor Blas Subiela, researcher and lecturer at the Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), to explore potential avenues for collaboration within the framework of ALFIE cutting-edge initiative. The meeting served as the occasion to formally invite Professor Subiela to participate as an expert in Plain Language at the upcoming international workshop to be held on 3 June 2025 at the Bosch Spain Headquarters in Madrid. The workshop will bring together diverse stakeholders to address the ethical, legal, and societal challenges posed by the development and deployment of artificial intelligence. During the meeting, Professor Orero presented

This week two partners from ALFIE met with Clotilde Chevet and Marco Salazar from SCAI. Kostas Afgerinakis and Maria Skarkala (Catalink) and Estel·la Oncins and Pilar Orero (UAB) met with two members of the Sorbonne University Centre for Artificial Intelligence SCAI. The SCAI is a structure of the Sorbonne University Alliance able to federate the communities of three faculties of Arts & Humanities, Science & Engineering and Medicine as well as members of the Sorbonne University Alliance (UTC, MNHN, INSEAD). The meeting was a result from a consultation related to the Erasmus+ project InclusiVRity led by Estel·la Oncins at UAB in which SCAI was interested. A meeting was established with

Clustering is one of the dissemination and communication activities at ALFIE and FORSEE – two EU funded projects in the call for funding HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01.  Last week members from FORSEE and ALFIE projects met to exchange information about their projects: objectives, timeline, methodology, etc., and find synergies to strengthen communication. Activities such as joint workshop organisation, participation in UN AI high level events were discussed. The first joint activity is the publication of this joint news item. It is expected that a podcast will be recorded by Professor Pilar Orero (UAB) from ALFIE with Eugenia Siapera, professor of Digital Technology, Policy, and Society and co-Director of