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…
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. In a partnership with INESC-ID, Nova SBE and the Municipality of Fundão, tech…
Spin-offs: HeartGenetics — from code to genes
When HeartGenetics was created, most people didn’t know they needed genetic screening in order to manage their health in a personal way. “We had a product that was good for people, even if they didn’t know it yet. It’s what Apple did — we didn’t know we needed an iPhone until we had one”, compares Ana Teresa Freitas, INESC-ID researcher and the co-founder…
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…
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. Hosted by the President of the Scientific Council, Rodrigo Rodrigues, the packed hybrid ceremony awarded Best INESC-ID Researcher to Luísa…
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. Divided into four teams and fuelled by snacks, the participants soon defined strategies and…
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. Under a smiley gingerbread cookie projected on the screen, the attendees gathered around the tables for a cozy…
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. To address this gap, researchers from INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST),…
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. The goal of the Awards is to motivate the interest of PhD…
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. The awards were supported by Feedzai and aimed to recognise impactful…