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In the Media: Inês Lynce reflects on education in the age of AI on the “AI Talks, Humans Answer” podcast
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, Humans Answer. At a time when universities are debating regulations and even prohibitions on the use of AI, Inês Lynce, INESC-ID researcher in artificial intelligence, President of the Board of Directors, and Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, joins host Sérgio Viana (Xpandit) to reflect on how learning and teaching are changing in a world of increasingly ubiquitous AI models. The researcher reflects on how students can use these tools critically, and the evolving roles of teachers, curricula and student assessment. She also raises broader concerns about the social impact of AI, stressing the importance of human mentorship, curiosity and critical questioning as foundations of education, regardless of technology. Watch the full episode: here
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Big steps towards a smaller footprint: INESC-ID contributes to innovative carbon-management platform
Environmental requirements and regulations have been increasing in an effort to address the climate crisis, one of society’s main concerns in recent years. These goals, however urgent, can be challenging to meet.
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In the Media: André Duarte’s research revealing AI-memorised copyrighted content featured in The Register
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 Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Portugal PhD student André Duarte's has recently been featured in an article in The Register, discussing this issue. The focus is a paper co-authored by André, “RECAP: Reproducing Copyrighted Data from LLMs Training with an Agentic Pipeline”, which describes a software agent, RECAP, that is more effective in coaxing memorised content from LLMs, helping to determine what texts were used to train them and if they are copyrighted. Throughout the article, André explains what makes RECAP different from other software with the same purpose, and states that although one focus of this research concerns copyrighted content, the broader goal is to understand how memorisation happens in LLMs. This development has the potential to address regulatory concerns and help clarify copyright infringement claims from AI model training. The authors of the paper, which also include INESC-ID researcher, Arlindo Oliveira, argue that concerns regarding whether AI is being trained on proprietary data highlight the need for tools that can find what AI models have memorised. Read the full article here.
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INESC-ID Awards 2025: celebrating research excellence and the people who make it
Closing the year, the INESC-ID Awards 2025 brought together researchers, students and staff to recognise three outstanding contributions to the institute’s scientific life and impact.
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Know-it-all Quiz: a INESC-ID PhD Student Meetup to close 2025
Earlier this month, our PhD students had their last meetup of 2025. After working hours, around twenty students gathered to room 9 of Alves Redol (INESC-ID headquarters), for a quiz game.
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What fun it is to laugh and chat at the INESC Lx Christmas party
As is tradition, the three INESC Lisbon institutes, INESC-ID, INESC-MN and INOV, had their Christmas gathering on December 17 to mark the jolliest time of the year.
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INESC-ID researchers develop AI model inspired by human vision
From unlocking our phones with facial recognition to self-driving cars, AI-based computer vision is increasingly part of the technologies we use. Yet there is still much to learn from how we see the world.
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1st place in ULisboa redeSAÚDE Award goes to Catarina Botelho
Former INESC-ID PhD student and researcher in Human Language Technologies (HLT), Catarina Botelho, was awarded first place in the category “Health Systems / Entrepreneurship / Digital Transition” of the ULisboa RedeSAÚDE awards 2025.
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Maria Ponte distinguished with Honorable Mention at the CRAI Forum 2025
Maria Ponte, INESC-ID master’s student was distinguished with an Honorable Mention of the SPARK Award on November 25, during the 2025 edition of the Center for Responsible AI Forum 2025 (CRAI 2025), in Lisbon.
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