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Altruistic projects to create AI models in co-official languages
Artificial intelligence (AI) assistants are already part of our daily lives: we ask them the time, how to get to a certain place or we ask them to play our favorite song. And although AI, in the future, may offer us infinite functionalities, we must not forget that linguistic diversity is still a pe…
Open data on femicide: a fundamental step in the fight against violence against women
Femicide, defined as the gender-based murder of women, remains one of the most extreme forms of violence. In 2023, it is estimated that approximately 85,000 women and girls were murdered in the world and of these, 60% died at the hands of intimate partners or family members, which is equivalent to 1…
Federated machine learning: generating value from shared data while maintaining privacy
Data is a fundamental resource for improving our quality of life because it enables better decision-making processes to create personalised products and services, both in the public and private sectors. In contexts such as health, mobility, energy or education, the use of data facilitates more effic…
ALIA and foundational models What are they and why are they key to the future of AI?
The enormous acceleration of innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years has largely revolved around the development of so-called "foundational models". Also known as Large [X] Models (Large [X] Models or LxM), Foundation Models, as defined by the Center for Research on Foundation Mod…
The European data space for public procurement: possibilities, difficulties and challenges
The regulatory approach in the European Union has taken a major turn since the first regulation on the reuse of public sector information was promoted in 2003. Specifically, as a consequence of the European Data Strategy approved in 2020, the regulatory approach is being expanded from at least two p…
The gender gap: inequality is also in the data
Today, 8 March is the day on which we commemorate women's struggle to achieve their full participation in society, as well as giving visibility to the current gender inequality and demanding global action for effective equality of rights in all areas.
However, the data seem to indicate that we still…
Is innovation in the provision of services and public procurement an opportunity to boost of open data?
The public procurement reform that has taken place in Europe has incorporated innovation as a new public policy that must be promoted through contractual tools. Although innovation can be understood as a concept that is difficult to pinpoint, the Directive 2014/24 / EU has incorporated a legal defin…
