Homo Digitalis is a member of the Europeana Network Association (ENA)
Homo Digitalis is now a member of the Europeana Network Association (ENA)! ENA is under the auspices of the Digital Library Europeana, which offers access to millions of books, maps, audio recordings, photographs, archival documents, paintings and films, as well as other materials from national libraries and cultural institutions in the 27 Member States of the European Union. ENA is a strong and democratic community of people working, studying or interested in digital cultural heritage and the use of new technologies in education and the arts.
Homo Digitalis is involved in three different working groups: The EuropeanaTech Community, the Europeana Education Community και the Europeana Copyright!
Despite the fact that we have already been in contact since 2018 and have participated in events and presentations of Europeana’s work, it is a great honour and pleasure for Homo Digitalis to be now an official member of ENA!
In these working groups we will be represented by our Co-Founder, Eleftherios Chelioudakis.
We talk to Inside.story about intellectual property and generative AI models
The Director for Human Rights & Artificial Intelligence of Homo Digitalis, Lamprini Gyftokosta, spoke to Inside.story and journalist Irini Sotiropoulou about intellectual property and generative AI models in an excellent article she has prepared on the New York Times case!!
You can read the article here.
We would like to thank the journalist for her interest in our actions.
We talk to Balkan Insight and News 24/7 about AI and its use in border protection
Homo Digitalis Co-Founder and Secretary of the Board of Directors, Eleftherios Chelioudakis, spoke to journalist Eftichia Soufleri about the use of artificial intelligence systems in the field of migration and border management, highlighting the important legal actions of Homo Digitalis in this regard, before the Data Protection Authority and other competent bodies.
You can read the article on the Balkan Insight website in English here or the News 24/7 website in Greek here.
We would like to thank the journalist for her interest in our actions.
Homo Digitalis' speech on Artificial Intelligence at an event organized by the Youth Council of the Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center
This Sunday 4/2 at 17:00-19:00 (free entrance without registration) the Youth Council of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) is organizing and curating a series of 4 short talks on AI at the Book Tower of the National Library of Greece!
Homo Digitalis was invited to speak on issues of intellectual property and legal personality of AI based on the latest developments where newspapers, artists and authors are suing companies like Open AI.
We will be represented at the event by AI & Human Rights Director Lamprini Gyftokosta.
The aim of the event is to have an open discussion with the audience and not just a monologue by the speakers! We look forward to seeing you in person and discussing these and many other topics with them:
-Panagiotis Koromilas, PhD candidate at the National Centre for Physical Sciences Research “Demokritos” NCSR “DEMOKRITOS”
-Orfeas Menis Mastromichalakis, PhD candidate and researcher at the Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Learning Systems of the National Technical University of Athens and
-Maria Mavropoulou , visual artist
We participate in an event of the ENA Institute for Alternative Policies at the Univeristy of Athens
Homo Digitalis participates in an event organised by the ENA Institute for Alternative Policies, Monday 15 May. The location of the event is the “Ioannis Drakopoulos” Amphitheatre at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA).
Konstantinos Kakavoulis will represent Homo Digitalis in a panel on “Digital Rights & Work” The other speakers are:
-Manolis Terrovitis, Principal Researcher at the Institute of Information Systems of Athena Research Centre
-Nikos Roussos, Software Engineer & member of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE)\.
-Athina Karatzogianni, Professor of Communication, University of Leicester
-Anthonios Broumas, Lawyer, Independent Researcher
The commentary is provided by Iphigenia Douvitsa, Professor – Consultant at the Hellenic Open University, while Angeliki Mitropoulou, PhD Candidate at the University of the Aegean, Research Associate at ENA
More information here.