TITAN aims to improve citizens critical thinking skills using an AI-enabled personalised coach so they can better determine for themselves the truthfulness of online content and help stop the spread of disinformation / fake news. This presentation introduces the key concepts of the TITAN project and shares our goals for a more truthful and trusted Europe.. For more information on the TITAN project visit titanthinking.eu

1. Countering
disinformation with AI
and Critical Thinking
A Horizon Research and Innovation
Initiative

2. Do you believe everything you read online?
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3. Disinformation is all
around us creating
confusion
• 4 in 5 people believe they’ve
been exposed to fake news
• All believed the content was
real
Source: IPSOS 2019
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4. To combat, people
need to be able to
recognise
disinformation
before they share it
with others
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5. TITAN advances the state of the art in countering disinformation
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6. Our solution empowers
people to examine the
facts they read online
through a logic driven
investigation using a
personalised AI-coach
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7. A Socratic thinking approach ensures citizens take control in
investigating false information by asking the right questions
• Conversational technique from the
Greek philosopher, Socrates
• Participants make assertions about a
topic and investigate them with
logical questions
• Critical thinking is stimulated
enabling the participants to come to
their own conclusion about content
accuracy
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8. An AI agent poses simple, specific questions to guide the user in finding
evidence to better help them understand the content being explored.
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• Enables people to conduct their own
investigations individually or in
collaboration with others
• Raises ability to interpret and critically
assess the reasoning and arguments
involved
• Enhances and constantly evolves
critical thinking skills for better
detection of disinformation

9. And is built using a platform approach: It’s not just creating new
technology, it's instigating a new mindset, a new way of thinking
• Focuses on user experience and
personalised needs
• Orchestrates an ecosystem around
countering disinformation
• Deployed iteratively and tested with
real users across Europe
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10. Together we can create a more truthful Europe
Cocreate: Understand
human-centered needs,
actions and challenges
and grow ecosystem
around countering
disinformation
Socio-technical framework:
Determine methodological
considerations and AI machine
learning models for personalised
coaching
Infuse with technology: Build
ethical, intelligent, support
assistant for citizen coaching
● Cloud based AI/ML services
● Language models
● Disinformation signals
● Training models
● Experiential learning
TITAN AI
CONVERSATIONAL
AGENT SOLUTION
A citizen driven, continuously
learning ecosystem helping people
to stop spreading
disinformation

11. Thank you
TITAN has received funding from the EU Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No.101070658, and by
UK Research and innovation under the UK governments Horizon
funding guarantee grant numbers 10040483 and 10055990.
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12. Appendix Slides
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13. Conceptual Framework
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14. Expert Consortium
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TITAN brings together 14 partners from 8 European countries (Italy, Belgium, Greece, Poland, Bulgaria,
Finland, Denmark, UK) with expertise from AI and ethical algorithm skills, argumentation mapping and
psycho-cognitive expertise, to co-creation, Socratic methodology, ecosystem building, collaboration tools
and system integration.

15. Work Packages
WP1 - Project management
WP2 - Socio techno framework against disinformation
WP3 - Citizen co-creation sessions
WP4 - TITAN ecosystem and platform
WP5 - Piloting and evaluation
WP6 - Impact and sustainable value creation
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16. Use Cases
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