INESC-ID PhD student Filipe Altoe, MSc student Sérgio Pinto, and researcher Sofia Pinto, also a Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, are behind a new fact-checking AI model that was recently featured in national media, including Expresso, Observador, and SIC Notícias. 

The article, presented last week at the international conference IJCAI 2025 in Montreal, proposes an AI model that automates the complex process of verifying information, helping journalists respond faster to digital misinformation, with full transparency and without replacing their judgement.

The model was tested with the collaboration of more than 100 professional journalists, who helped validate its functionality and the quality of its explanations.

This work exemplifies INESC-ID’s ongoing research in trustworthy and explainable AI, advancing methods that make artificial intelligence more transparent and reliable.

Read the article on Expresso: here
Read the article on SIC Notícias: here

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