AI, Media & Democracy Lab receives more than 2 million euros for human-oriented AI research

The AI, Media & Democracy Lab - a collaboration between the UvA (project leader), the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) and the National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) - has been awarded a grant of 2.1 million euros as part of the Dutch Research Council’s (NWO) programme 'Human-centred AI for an inclusive society – towards an ecosystem of trust'. The programme will allow researchers in so-called ELSA Labs (‘Ethical, Legal and Societal Aspects’) to work together with media companies and cultural institutions to increase knowledge about the development and application of reliable, human-oriented AI. In total, the NWO will award five projects in this call, for a total of almost 11 million euros.