CEOS.PP secures funding from the FCT for a project on Artificial Intelligence and Ethics

CEOS.PP has had its research project, ‘Artificial Intelligence in the Ethics of Technical Communication’ (EthicalTechComm), approved by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) as part of the call for R&D projects across all scientific fields.

Led by Adalberto Fernandes, a research assistant at CEOS.PP, the project aims to investigate how Artificial Intelligence models, in particular large-scale language models (LLMs), construct and express ethical reasoning when generating explanations of technical content.

The research focuses on analysing the responses generated by different AI models when presented with technical documents, including legislation, medical information, patents and technical manuals. The project thus seeks to understand how values, responsibilities and ethical judgements are expressed in technical communication produced by AI, whilst also taking into account differences between models, document types and user profiles.

The research team comprises exclusively lecturers and researchers from CEOS.PP: Alexandra Albuquerque, Joana Castro Fernandes, Luciana Oliveira, Célia Tavares and Paula Carvalho.

This approval represents an important recognition of CEOS.PP’s scientific capacity to lead research projects in highly competitive contexts.