Hybrid Intelligence to monitor, promote and analyse transformations in good democracy practices

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Acronym | HYBRIDS
Project title | Hybrid Intelligence to monitor, promote and analyse transformations in good democracy practices
Project Code | 101073351
Main objective | Reforçar a Investigação, o desenvolvimento tecnológico e a inovação

Region of intervention | Europa

Beneficiary entity |
  • Universidad Santiago de Compostela(líder)
  • Universidade de Évora(parceiro)

Approval date | 01-04-2022
Start date | 01-01-2023
Date of the conclusion | 31-12-2026

Total eligible cost |
European Union financial support |
National/regional public financial support |
Apoio financeiro atribuído à Universidade de Évora | 243403.20 €

Summary

Fake news, disinformation and hate speech online are pervasive and exacerbating societal tensions. Amidst growing concern that this harmful rhetoric is inciting violence and driving extremism, a global strategy to counter this digital phenomenon is more important than ever. In this context, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project HYBRIDS is working to provide researchers with the knowledge and tools they need to tackle disinformation. Specifically, it will integrate the structured knowledge provided by social and human sciences into natural language processing tools and deep learning algorithms. By developing new hybrid intelligence systems, HYBRIDS will combine machine and human intelligence to overcome the shortcomings of existing artificial intelligence methods.


Goals, activities and expected/achieved results

The main scientific objective of HYBRIDS is to provide researchers with the knowledge necessary to design strategies and tools to response to disinformation on the basis of a deep analysis of public discourse.