A group of large European media organizations started a chat bot that aims to combat the online disinformation.
The tool called Chateurope reacts to queries with information checked by journalists. It was set up by a consortium of media brands under the direction of Agence France press. Fourteen more news organizations, including France Médas Monde, Deutsche Welle, El País and RFI of Romania, supported the project, which is also supported by the European Commission.
The chat bot was designed by Druid Ai, a Romanian AI platform, and uses a voice model developed by French Startup Mistral. It is organized in the infrastructure created by the Paris open source software provider Xwiki.
Andreea Pleşea, co -founder and CEO of Druid Ai, said the tool enables “natural, human conversations” with which people in their own language can access credible information.
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The tool works a bit like chatgpt, but for checkable messages. They ask him a question – for example about EU climate rules or the geopolitical situation in Ukraine – and the chatbot answers with a clear answer that is supported by respected news sources.
The answers from Chateurope are based on thousands of articles created by the 15 consortium members and offer answers with complete source quotes. The answers deal with topics such as EU policy, climate, technical regulation and geopolitics.
Chateurope is available in seven languages: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian and Spanish. It was developed to counteract the growing trend of people who do not follow the persecuted and fake messages on platforms such as X, Tiktok and Telegram.
Over 40% of Europeans under the age of 30 use social media as the main news source according to the latest news sources Youth survey of the European Parliament. However, disinformation on these platforms is widespreadWhat the risk of risks to erode, disrupt and even disturb trust in credible journalism Violence.
“The media urgently need to adapt in view of the ubiquitous disinformation and the advent of artificial intelligence,” said Christine Buhagiar, director of the development and diversification of AFP. “Chateurope will be a player when it comes to information about European affairs.”
The chat bot is aimed at a wide audience, from students to political decision -makers. Although the EU was supported, the creator says that the tool offers complete editorial independence and avoids algorithmic distortion.
