Turin, Italy, June 12, 2025 Photo: ©ITU/M. Minotti Last week, on June 12, Pilar Orero from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona presented ALFIE at the 2nd UN Virtual Worlds Day, hosted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). This global event gathered leaders, innovators, and stakeholders from across the UN system to explore how AI-powered virtual worlds can support sustainable development and digital cooperation. The Virtual Worlds Day is a key initiative aligned with the UN’s Pact for the Future and the Global Digital Compact. Co-organized by a wide range of UN agencies—including FAO, UNECA, UNICEF, UNFCCC, and the World Bank—the event focused on how virtual

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

Pilar Orero gave a keynote speech to close the Eyes4Access Workshop at ETRA’25 in Tokyo. The Eyes4Access Workshop brought together interdisciplinary researchers to explore advances in eye-tracking research in accessibility. The workshop focused on inclusive technologies, interaction techniques, and real-world applications in digital media, education, and cultural scenarios. Aimed at advancing gaze-based accessibility solutions, it investigated the potential of eye-tracking to create inclusive HCI experiences, particularly for users with sensory and cognitive impairments. Eyes4Access fostered community collaboration by presenting novel research, methods, and applications of eye-tracking for accessibility. In her keynote speech, Pilar Orero presented ALFIE and addressed issues surrounding the widespread popularity of generative

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

Join us for Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2025! AI & Accessibility: Navigating the Challenges, Exploring the Potential 📅 15 May 2025 | 13:00–14:30 (CEST) | Zoom How can Artificial Intelligence support, or hinder, accessibility?This online event, hosted by TransMedia Catalonia as part of the AccessTalks initiative and the Be A(I)Ware campaign (ALFIE project), brings together experts to explore the ethical, practical, and inclusive use of AI in our digital society. 🔗Register now: https://www.eventbrite.es/e/ai-and-accessibility-navigating-the-challenges-exploring-the-potential-tickets-1270219935019?aff=oddtdtcreator The increasing integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into our daily lives presents both opportunities and challenges for digital accessibility. If AI is developed responsibly, it can break barriers and create inclusive environments. However, if