Not prohibiting students matters — banning adults rarely works. That was one of the key ideas shared by Inês Lynce on the use of artificial intelligence and large language models in higher education, in the latest episode of Xpandit’s AI Talks,…

The source of Large Language Models’ (LLM) knowledge is often unclear. Besides the fact that most commercial AI vendors do not disclose their full training datasets, current AI models are usually reluctant to reveal memorised content. Research by INESC-ID and…

In an increasingly digital world, changes and shifts are to be expected in the functioning of our society. With this transition in mind, Portuguese television channel, RTP1, has developed 5 episodes that guide viewers through the national technological ecosystem. From…

“Do you ever question Waze when driving?” asked the host of RTP’s Sociedade Civil. AI is changing our lives: the way we think, our ethics, and our culture. To help reflect and shed light on these pressing issues, INESC-ID researchers Joana Campos*…

In an article published in the APDC magazine “Comunicações”, Miguel Pupo Correia, researcher and President of the Executive Committee of INESC-ID, presents the institute, its history, and what it means to conduct research in one of the most relevant entities…

“Will artificial intelligence systems of the (near or far) future be capable of creating new knowledge?” is the central question in the most recent opinion article by Arlindo Oliveira*, INESC-ID researcher and professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, published in Público,…

“Is this the end of the science that we need?” That’s the question Luís Caires*, INESC-ID researcher and professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, raises in a recent opinion piece for Público, one of Portugal’s main national newspapers. The article addresses…