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AI Ethics and Generative AI

Starts April 2027

A practical, intermediate-level course for journalists, communicators and NGO professionals, with real case studies and a certificate on completion.

Syllabus

  1. Understanding AI and ethics: what AI does and doesn’t do, why ethics matters now, and case studies on hiring algorithms and self-driving cars.
  2. Frameworks for responsible AI: the EU AI Act in practice, UNESCO and OECD principles, corporate codes, and the EU and US approaches compared.
  3. Data, bias and transparency: how data becomes bias, consent and privacy, explainability, and who is accountable.
  4. Generative AI: how text, image and video generation works, the main tools, copyright and authorship, and integrity for journalists.
  5. Deepfakes and misinformation: how deepfakes are made, detection and authentication, political deepfakes in recent elections, and a verification toolkit.

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