Several members from ECHOLOT took part in the AI-BRIDGES symposium which took place at the Senate House, University of London, on the 29th May.
The event, which took place under the theme ‘Bridging Institutions, Open Knowledge, and AI’, brought together a wide range of stakeholders, including Wikimedia chapters and affiliates, researchers, academics, technologists, open knowledge advocates, policymakers and funders. It focused on the urgent need to address the threats and opportunities posed by the ever-increasing use of AI methods in open knowledge spaces around the world.
ECHOLOT project coordinator, Lozana Rossenova from TIB, joined an expert panel to address the most urgent topics relevant to knowledge organisation on the web and AI applications. ECHOLOT’s approach was presented as one of the practical routes to increase collaboration across Wikimedia and EU academic communities through shared workflows that employ AI in a supportive, rather than extractive function. Other partners were involved in round tables during the Symposium.
