On 17 and 24 June 2025 the vera.ai project consortium will host two online events in which project partners will present research outcomes and respective challenges. Sessions will take place from 2-5 pm via video conference. The 17 June session is dedicated to end user facing tools, while 24 June will target primarily the research community. Overriding topic: AI and content analysis. 

On 11 February 2025, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) hosted the 5th edition of the webinar series in which selected vera.ai work and outcomes are presented. This one focused on CERTH’s work on AI-powered Keyframe Selection and Enhancement (KSE) service for media verification. Find out what Konstantinos Apostolidis showcased and presented.

The present report, Visual assessment of Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour in disinformation campaigns, examines three disinformation, manipulation, and interference campaigns: 'Operation Overload' (by CheckFirst), 'A massive Russian influence operation on TikTok' (by DFRLab and BBC Verify), and 'QAnon’s ‘Save the Children’ campaign' (by multiple stakeholders). Through a structured visual approach, it assesses how these cases align with key indicators of Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour (CIB).

On 20 January 2025, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) hosted the 4th edition of the webinar series in which selected vera.ai work and outcomes were presented. This time, it was the turn of researchers based at Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies (KInIT). The focus: Large Language Models (LLMs) and what they mean in the context of tackling online disinformation.

In the midst of summer 2025, the 4th edition of the ACM International Workshop on Multimedia AI against Disinformation (MAD’25) will take place. It is organized in conjunction with the ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR’25) that is held in Chicago, US, this year. MAD'25 is co-organised by vera.ai's Milica Gerhardt (IDMT) and Symeon Papadopoulos (CERTH-ITI). Mark 30 June - 3 July in your calendars. And submit your paper! Details about topics and procedures in article.

Here's the third in a series of webinars, hosted by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). In this session, members of the University of Sheffield present vera.ai work and outcomes, namely work and results in synthetic text detection, credibility signals and Object Character Recognition (OCR). The recording is just a few clicks away. 

It's that time of the year again.... In  fact: the end of the year is near. This means: we will sign off until early 2025. We very much hope you can do the same, namely relax, take it easy, lean back (or lie down for some time) and get up again, full of energy, in due time. Looking forward to starting again in 2025 and bringing our topics and endeavors further. Take care and all the very best!

We invite you to become a beta tester for the Coordinated Sharing Detection Service, powered by CooRTweet. Developed within the Vera AI Horizon EU project, this cutting-edge tool is designed to detect and analyze coordinated sharing behaviors on social media platforms, playing a vital role in the fight against online disinformation.

vera.ai's project partners CERTH, USFD and Ontotext presented advances in synthetic content detection, textual analysis and narrative exploration at the Sofia Information Integrity Forum (SIIF), held from 7–9 November 2024 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Here's a summary of their contributions, plus insights into work done, including results to date as well as approaches and challenges.