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In case you missed it: in June 2025 we ran two 3 hour webinars:
In 1) we presented project outcomes primarily to verification practitioners, such as journalists, fact-checkers, investigators and anyone interested in hands-on advice and solutions surrounding the detection of disinformation. Recording and more information here:
https://www.veraai.eu/posts/presenting-veraai-outcomes-session-one-17062025
Webinar 2) was focussed on researchers and research approaches and results. Recording & more here: https://www.veraai.eu/posts/summary-of-webinar-targeting-research-issues-24-6-2025

Webinar alert: on 26 November 2024 from 11-12 am CET the University of Sheffield / NLP team (led by Kalina Bontcheva) will showcase their veraAI work on text mining and analysis, and how this can support fact-checking. Register here for access (it's organized by the EBU - Europaan Broadcasting Union)
https://tech.ebu.ch/events/2024/aibased-text-analysis-tools-for-factchecking-in-veraai

On. 29 October 2024 some vera.ai project partners organised an event in Sheffield. It dealt with Coordinated (Inauthentic) Behavior Detection.
Here's a detailed summary of talks and research outcomes that were presented on the day.
https://www.veraai.eu/posts/coordinated-sharing-behavior-detection-conference-2024
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New kid on the #ArtificialIntelligence and countering #disinformation block: AI-CODE, another EU co-funded project that aims to tacke mis/disinformation and deal with advances in AI.
Via
@dw_innovation@mastodon.social
https://innovation.dw.com/articles/ar-code-harness-ai-combat-disinfo-empower-pros

Together with the European Commission and three other research projects (AI4media, AI4Trust and TITAN) we are hosting a one-day-event that focuses on various facets of Artificial Intelligence and the disinformation landscape. Full title: "Meet the Future of AI: Countering Sophisticated & Advanced Disinformation." It takes place on 29 June 2023 in Brussels. Secure your place - virtual or in person - by registering! More on https://www.veraai.eu/posts/registration-open-meet-the-future-of-ai-event

New post: project that looked into ways of modeling the spread of #disinformation by identifying its components and the connection between various instances. Here's what they investigators found. https://www.veraai.eu/posts/uncovering-underlying-model-of-cross-border-disinformation-ontotext