Building Trust and Preempting Misinformation: Prof. Harith Alani on Combating Disinformation in Central Banking

Harith Alani, Director of KMi, was interviewed by Central Banking journal about the growing disinformation threat faced by central banks. He highlighted that while disinformation often originates externally, its real damage arises when false claims are amplified locally. Alani emphasised the importance of proactive strategies, such as fostering trust and increasing transparency, to prevent false...

KMi researchers win Best Resource Paper Award at ISWC 2024  

Gregoire Burel and Harith Alani were honoured with the Best Resource Paper Award at the prestigious International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2024). Their groundbreaking work, CimpleKG, the largest knowledge graph of this type, is an innovative open and continuously updated semantic resource designed to combat online misinformation.   CimpleKG integrates data from 77 fact-checking organizations and...

Dr Aisling Third, KMi’s Research Fellow, recently joined the Academic Co-Leads for Generative AI in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, Dr Mirjam Hauck (Senior Lecturer at the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics) and Dr Michel Wermelinger (Senior Lecturer in Computing) for a podcast hosted by Pedagodzilla. The discussion focused on the intersection of AI and...

On Tuesday 5th November, Dr Venetia Brown from the Shifting Power team gave a seminar presenting her research to the Centre for the Study of Global Development, a multidisciplinary centre within the Faculty of Wellbeing Education and Language Studies at The Open University. 105 people registered for the hybrid presentation, which examined a key theme:...