In the Media: The future of AI and the SAIL project with Arlindo Oliveira and Inês Lynce in ECO’s “Podcast.IA”
Could excessive use of generative AI cause cognitive atrophy, even among programmers? That’s one of the challenges Arlindo Oliveira adresses in the seventh episode of ECO’s “Podcast.IA”, followed by Inês Lynce introducing the SAIL project. Arlindo Oliveira, INESC-ID researcher and president of INESC, opened the…
In the Media: Hugo Morais on digitalisation, regulation and Europe’s energy transition on Enlit’s EU Energy Projects podcast
“Without digitalisation, we do not have control. And if we don’t have control, we don’t have intelligence. And if we don’t have intelligence, we don’t have benefits.” In the aftermath of Enlit 2026, Hugo Morais, INESC-ID researcher in sustainable power systems, was featured on the…
In the Media: Arlindo Oliveira makes the case for science as an economic driver in Público
Following the recent announcement of €27.2 million in funding for INESC-ID’s SAIL project, Arlindo Oliveira, INESC-ID researcher, Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico and President of the INESC group, contextualises the importance of the Teaming for Excellence programme i in an opinion piece published in Público. Arlindo…
In the media: Inês Lynce featured in Monóculo podcast to discuss the current technology and AI landscape
“What truly matters is people being able to choose without being influenced by unfounded notions”. This was the statement made by Inês Lynce at the beginning of the latest episode of Monóculo, regarding the gender bias in certain fields of technology and engineering. The INESC-ID…
In the Media: Inês Lynce and Luísa Coheur on 70 years of AI and the society we want to build
Seventy years after the term Artificial Intelligence (AI) was first proposed at the Dartmouth Conference, the technology has finally moved from academia into society. It is no longer a promise or an experimental tool reserved for tech giants and it is now a ubiquitous, silent…
In the Media: Miguel Pupo Correia warns about cyberwarfare and Europe’s need for cybersecurity on RTP
Two thousand cyberattacks per week, that is the estimated number of attacks targeting Portugal, according to a recent Check Point study. As conflicts evolve, battlefields now stretch beyond land, air, and sea into the cyber domain. In a recent news broadcast on the national TV…
In the Media: Ana Teresa Freitas reflects on new health technologies, trust and the future of doctor-patient relationships on RTP’s Sociedade Civil
From surgical helmets with augmented reality to AI powered tools, new technologies are entering operating rooms, diagnostic examinations, and everyday clinical decisions. A recent study reveals that Portuguese doctors lead in enthusiasm for the future of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Yet this enthusiasm comes with…
In the Media: Pedro Carvalho on the challenges of restoring Portugal’s power grid after Storm Kristin (CNN Portugal, SIC Notícias, Observador)
“The work is being done well, but it takes time because it’s very difficult”, Pedro Carvalho told CNN Portugal, a point he also reiterated in interviews with Observador and SIC Notícias, about the restoration of the national power grid in the aftermath of Storm Kristin,…
In the Media: Radios, journeys to the city and the Faraday Museum – Moises Piedade participates in Podcast “Mais Lento do Que a Luz”
On the latest episode of the Público Podcast “Mais Lento do Que a Luz” (“Slower than Light”), hosts Carlos Fiolhais and David Marçal welcomed Moisés Piedade, INESC-ID emeritus researcher, and full professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. The conversation starts with Moisés Piedade’s…
In the Media: Inês Lynce on the evolution and current state of AI in ECO podcast
“We must stop and see, as a society, what we want from artificial intelligence.” These were the words from Inês Lynce that set the tone for a recent episode of the ECO podcast “À Prova de Futuro”. Amid the current artificial intelligence (AI) era, Inês…