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Practical ethics for the AI age

Asking if AI systems are ethical is not enough. The EU-backed project AIOLIA looks deeper into what they are doing to the people who use them in order to provide concrete ethics guidelines AI is here to stay, and it is affecting the way we think and behave, while also raising many challenging questions. Should…

AI Ethics, AIOLIA, Articial Intelligence, European Union, human oversight, responsible AI

Exploring the pillars of flexible health systems

FLASH highlights the path to dynamic resilience in European healthcare financing The EU-funded FLASH(opens in new window) project is exploring solutions to tackle the rigidity of healthcare financing models and their inability to adequately handle sudden, large-scale disruptions. A stark reminder is the COVID-19 pandemic. While European nations responded by injecting emergency funds and reallocating…

digital health, European Union, health resilience, healthcare financing, healthcare systems, public polic

At Brussels’ EU science fair, children sketch new inventions and eavesdrop on bacteria

At the EU’s Science is Wonderful! fair in Brussels, top researchers used superheroes, soap bubbles and dance music to wow children – and encourage tomorrow’s scientists A lecture hall explodes with sound as the electronic dance hit I Like to Move It by Reel 2 Real blasts through the speakers. A class of 11-year-olds in…

European Union, outreach, research, science education, science fair, STEM

From fragmented to connected: a shared hub for Europe’s AI

Europe’s AI researchers are joining forces through an EU-funded digital platform that allows them to share tools, data and computing power to drive collaboration and innovation Across Europe, researchers are using AI to tackle everything from underwater noise pollution to media fact-checking and smarter farming. Until recently, there was no widely used common gateway where…

AI ecosystem, AI-on-Demand, Digital Europe, European Union, research collaboration, supercomputing

Robot clean-up crews tackle litter on Europe’s seabed

EU-funded researchers are developing AI-guided robot fleets to take over the dangerous, dirty work of finding and removing marine litter from the sea floor A ship with a crane floats in the Mediterranean sun at a marina in Marseille, France. The crane whirs as it hauls waste from the seabed and, when the wire breaks…

autonomous drones, European Union, Horizon Europe, marine pollution, ocean sustainability, SeaClear2.0

How EU-U.S. research collaboration is delivering far-reaching benefits

This CORDIS Results Pack showcases the strength of research collaboration between the European Union and the United States across 13 EU-funded projects, which are bringing benefits to citizens on both sides of the Atlantic The European Union and United States partnership is one the world’s most important bilateral relationships, indispensable for global security and prosperity.…

EEUU, European Union, Horizon Europe, Scientific Research, Technological Innovation

Meeting the challenges of cyber disinformation

Deepfakes, biased algorithms: it’s starting to feel like online disinformation might be around every corner. What can be done? Content can lead to hate crimes and other violence, but many European Police Authorities do not have access to any specialised tools or technologies to help them tackle the issue – how can they be helped?…

artificial intelligence, European Union, Predictive Algorithms

Advancing organic farming in Europe

A new platform for organic farming advice offers opportunities for international exchange and joint training, promoting sustainable agricultural practices in Europe The EU-funded OrganicAdviceNetwork(opens in new window) project has launched OrganicAdviceNetwork.space(opens in new window), an online exchange and learning platform for organic farming advice. The platform provides various e-learning modules and opportunities for in-person exchange…

Agricultural innovation, European Union, Smart Farming, Smart Rural, Sustainability

Horizon Europe’s first strategic plan 2021-2024: Commission sets research and innovation priorities for a sustainable future

It will be endowed with 95.5 billion and supports the development of smart cities The European Commission adopted the first strategic plan for Horizon Europe, the new EU research and innovation program worth €95.5 billion in current prices. The strategic plan is a novelty in Horizon Europe and sets the strategic orientations for the targeting of…

European Union, Green Europe, Horizon Europe, Innovation

European cities set a key smart technology milestone with an investment of € 250 million

London, Lisbon, Milan, Bordeaux, Burgas and Warsaw trigger investment in smart technologies as part of Sharing Cities programme The UK may have left the European Union, but London, in a scheme led by mayor Sadiq Khan (pictured above), is working closely with other European nations to build workable business models for smart technologies. Launched in…