Join us on Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2025 for a dynamic and thought-provoking webinar exploring the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital accessibility. Hosted by TransMedia Catalonia as part of the AccessTalks initiative, and organised in collaboration with the ALFIE project under the Be A(I)Ware campaign, this event brings together leading voices in accessibility, research, and technology to unpack the opportunities and challenges AI presents for inclusion. Date: 15 May 2025Time: 13:00–14:30 (CEST)Platform: Zoom Register now: https://www.eventbrite.es/e/ai-and-accessibility-navigating-the-challenges-exploring-the-potential-tickets-1270219935019?aff=oddtdtcreator Over 90 minutes, speakers will address key topics including: -The impact of AI on persons with disabilities -AI for easy-to-understand language -Biases in facial recognition technology

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

Jamillah Knowles & Reset.Tech Australia / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The team from DBC diadikasia, an ALFIE partner, has designed the ETD-Hub privacy and cookie policy.  ALFIE needs to ensure that a consent mechanism is implemented when the End Users access the ETD-Hub, allowing them to provide their valid and informed consent regarding the use of cookies. Specifically, a tick box will be added, and a relevant banner or pop-up will appear, enabling users to accept, reject, or customize their cookie preferences. When the end user lands on the ETD-Hub webpage a message will appear saying: “We use cookies to ensure a great browsing experience for

On April 2nd ALFIE held the second internal workshop with project partners. Led by BOSCH, the workshop aimed to organise and categorise the “designer user” requirements gathered during the initial stages of the project. In the ALFIE project a designer user refers to the user who wants to use the AutoML platform to create an ethical tool or model for a specific purpose. The designer user may be a designer, developer, or experienced user seeking to build a tool or model for their specific needs or for a specific purpose. Using the interactive platform Miro, BOSCH prepared a template with the three Use Cases, where

Yasmin Dwiputri & Data Hazards Project / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   We are delighted to announce that ALFIE has partnered with the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Summer School to lead a workshop on AI solutions for good. The Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) Challenge for Social Welfare is an intensive, five-day programme designed for Una Europa doctoral and early-career researchers across all disciplines passionate about creating ethical and socially responsible AI solutions for social welfare. Participants will work on real-world challenges and design AI tools that address important social issues, guided by the principles of AI for Good—with a strong focus on ethics, bias, and

ALFIE at ARSAD 2025: AI and Audio Description in the Spotlight At ARSAD 2025—the Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description, held biennially by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)—the ALFIE project took centre stage in an interactive workshop focused on the dynamic relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and audio description (AD). This year’s edition was a special milestone, marking the 10th anniversary of ARSAD, and drew a record 134 participants from all over the world, from Australia to Barcelona. Representing ALFIE, Sarah McDonagh, Chiara Gunella, and Pilar Orero from UAB facilitated a lively session that invited attendees to explore how AI is impacting the creation, delivery,