AISEE: Artificial Intelligence-Based Search Environment for Video/Photo
Project duration: 2022 – 2025 | Funded by the Ministry of Interior, contract No. VJ02010029
The project addresses AI forensic data mining – a new SW platform for detecting objects of interest based on complex spatio-temporal relationships with object attributes and indexed relationships. It will enable AI training directly in the forensic environment using semi-automatic and weakly supervised learning.The lack and accessibility of training data will be considered. An interface for querying and evaluating answers corresponding to the needs of forensic practice will be included. The platform will allow the evaluation of effectiveness with respect to practical limitations.The development will be based on user feedback. Set of test videosequences according to user scenarios and a research report addressing the ethics, legal framework and human rights issues of AI use will be created.
Promoting Human Rights in the Digital Era: Raising Awareness and Professional Standards in Journalism about the Impact of Modern Technologies on Human Rights
Project duration: 2022 – 2024 | Funded by the Norway Funds, contract No. LP-HRMGSA-017
Media play a key role in a democratic society and should respond to the urgent global challenges of the digital age. Media should also be a powerful force in anticipating, analysing and responding to those human rights abuses which result from the use of modern technology. However, due to the absence of adequate training both at the university level and on-the-job professional development, this essential skill is lacking among journalists, with a consequent impact on public awareness and understanding of this problem.
In an interdisciplinary consortium of Czech educational, academic,
and nonprofit entities together with a Norwegian partner, we seek to
change this by increasing the ability of educational institutions and
media to address this burning issue. Initially, we will present the
results of our base-line research with journalists and vulnerable groups
at our first conference and use them to design and implement a
one-semester course for journalism students at the Charles University
Faculty of Social Sciences.
We will, thus, introduce the first
long-term educational module in the Czech Republic focused on
eliminating discrimination and human rights abuses, while originating
and distributing media content produced by journalists in the field of
modern technologies and their use. The course will give birth to a
series of online training sessions and guidelines for journalists. Both
will be used at universities and within the media in the Czech Republic
and in Norway and presented at our second conference. With this project,
we aim to increase long-term awareness of the impact of technology on
human rights in the journalistic community, educational institutions,
and the general public.
AI, Media and Law (AIM Law)
Project duration: 2022 – 2023 | Funded by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, contract No. TL03000152
The aim of this project is to define legal and regulatory conditions of fair protection of personal autonomy and the right to informational self-determination of an individual with regard to the use of artificial intelligence for the purposes of personalized news, advertisement and other type of content through the mass media; to define the best practices for creation and communication of personalized contents through mass media; and to provide to common users a freely available tool that will help them to exercise their right to personal autonomy and informational self-determination.