Algowatch at the European Researchers’ Night in Lisbon
The Algowatch project hosted an interactive activity titled “Challenges with Algorithms” during the European Researchers’ Night, on September 27th, at the Botanical Garden in Lisbon.… Read More
Project presented to the EPALE network
Divina Frau-Meigs, President of Savoir Devenir, presented the Algowatch project during the online conference “Responsible Artificial Intelligence”, organized on July 9th, by the EPALE network.… Read More
Algowatch presented at IAMCR in New Zealand
Prof Aphra Kerr from Maynooth University, Ireland, presented a paper titled ‘Should Algo- and AI literacy be part of Media & Information Literacy (MIL), and How? (Preliminary) Results from a meta-analysis’ to the Media Education section at the International Association for Media and Communications Research conference in Christchurch New Zealand on the 4th of July, 2024.… Read More
Project meeting in Lisbon
The second face-to-face meeting of the Algowatch project took place on 4 and 5 June at the premises of Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, in Portugal, and was attended by seven members of the research team, joined by three more online.… Read More
Media and AI literacy is everyone’s mission
To address the democratic challenges related to AI, it is necessary to mobilize all stakeholders: journalists, as well as civil society and cultural mediators. The statement comes from Divina Frau-Meigs at the European Festival of Journalism and Media Literacy, held in Florence, Italy.… Read More
Algowatch and Media Literacy Matter
Divina Frau-Meigs was the first keynote speaker at EMINENT 2023, the annual conference of European Schoolnet, held on 5-6 December 2023 in Rome under the title “Empowering Schools with Digital Skills”.… Read More
UNESCO launches policy brief on MIL and AI
‘Empowering users through media and information literacy responses to the evolution of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI)’ is the title of UNESCO’s policy brief, which was presented at the Global Forum on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence held in Kranj, Slovenia, on 5 and 6 February.… Read More
Algowatch referred in Rome
Divina Frau-Meigs was the first keynote speaker at EMINENT 2023, the annual conference of European Schoolnet, held on 5-6 December 2023 in Rome under the title “Empowering Schools with Digital Skills”.… Read More
Algowatch presented to European experts
The Algowatch project was presented during the virtual meeting of the Media Literacy Expert Group of the European Commission, held on 24 November 2023, in which also participated representatives of the European Digital media Observatory (EDMO) as well as of the 14 regional EDMO hubs, whose mission is to tackle disinformation.… Read More
Kick off meeting in Paris
The Algowatch kick off meeting took place at Maison de la Recherche in Paris, on 11-12 November 2023.… Read More