ViEWS

Public sector Sweden Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue: Public Sector Tech Watch latest dataset of selected cases

ViEWS is a data-driven forecasting system that predicts conflict fatalities up to 36 months in advance across Africa and the Middle East. Launched in 2017, it aims to help policy-makers and practitioners with anticipatory action and humanitarian efforts by providing transparent, evidence-based predictions. It is managed by Uppsala University and the Peace Research Institute Oslo.

Monitoring and Control

Vision AI

Media United States of America Partnership on AI: AI Tools for Local Newsrooms Database

Vision AI is a tool that enables the creation, deployment, and management of computer vision applications, allowing you to train models for tasks like image classification, object detection, and handwriting recognition. By leveraging pre-trained models and an API, it simplifies the process of building intelligent image metadata systems. Newsrooms rely on Vision AI to organize large image archives and quickly search for specific content, while journalists use it to scan hours of footage, identifying key objects for investigative or nature reporting.

Newsgathering and Fact-Checking

VLC Highlight Generator

Media United States of America Hugging Face: The Essential AI Toolkit for Journalists and Content Creators

This VLC Highlight Generator creates a detailed shot list for a video by analyzing its scenes and structure, outputting an XSPF playlist compatible with VLC. It helps break down key moments in footage, making it easier to review and organize. For example, use it to shotlist a press conference or identify different shot types in a documentary or news report.

Production

Voitto by Yle

Media Finland Partnership on AI: AI Tools for Local Newsrooms Database

Voitto is an open-source article-writing bot developed by Finnish broadcaster Yle, primarily designed for automating sports reporting. It helps streamline workflows by generating short factual articles and editing brief videos, allowing for greater efficiency in content production. Additionally, Voitto enhances audience engagement by sending personalized notifications and content recommendations, ensuring users receive relevant articles based on their interests.

Production

VU.CITY London

Public sector United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue: Public Sector Tech Watch latest dataset of selected cases

VU.CITY is a 3D digital platform that helps visualize the context and impact of new developments across London. It supports local authorities in assessing projects by improving transparency in pre-application stages and providing clear insights for planning committees. This enhances decision-making, allowing administrators to engage effectively with developers, stakeholders, and the public. VU.CITY promotes collaboration, helping local authorities manage urban planning more efficiently and communicate the benefits and potential impacts of developments to citizens.

Monitoring and Control Service Provision and Delivery

Weather Bot by Knight Lab/El Vocero de Puerto Rico

Media United States of America JournalismAI

Weather Bot is an automation tool designed to gather data from the National Hurricane Center and the National Weather Service, identifying relevant weather alerts and generating reports. This AI-driven application aims to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of weather reporting, ensuring that critical alerts are delivered promptly to the community. By continuously monitoring data feeds, the bot can detect weather events and produce comprehensive reports that highlight essential details. Additionally, it streamlines the process by translating reports between languages, making information accessible to a wider audience. The generated reports are then published to a content management system and notifications are sent to relevant parties for further dissemination.

Newsgathering and Fact-Checking Production

Whisper Large v3 Turbo WebGPU

Media United States of America Hugging Face: The Essential AI Toolkit for Journalists and Content Creators

The Whisper Large v3 Turbo WebGPU tool converts speech to text quickly and efficiently, making it ideal for note-taking, video captions, and accessibility. It supports 100 languages and runs directly in the browser, using the device’s GPU for faster transcription without uploading data to a server. This ensures full privacy, as everything runs locally with no API calls or external dependencies. The tool is fully open-source.

Production

Whisper Speaker Diarization

Media United States of America Hugging Face: The Essential AI Toolkit for Journalists and Content Creators

The Whisper Speaker Diarization tool transcribes audio and identifies different speakers, making it useful for meetings, interviews, and podcasts. It supports 100 languages and provides word-level timestamps, helping users follow conversations more easily. Everything runs locally in the browser, using Whisper-base for transcription and pyannote-segmentation for speaker separation, with no API calls or internet connection required after loading. The tool is completely open-source.

Production

WriteHuman

Media United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Journalists Toolbox

WriteHuman is an AI-powered tool designed to enhance and humanize AI-generated text, making it indistinguishable from human-written content. Its primary features include refining sentence structure, adding idiomatic expressions, and adjusting content to sound more natural and engaging. The tool is particularly useful for bypassing AI detection systems, ensuring that content generated by AI is not flagged as machine-written by platforms like GPTZero, Turnitin, or Crossplag. In addition to creating undetectable AI content, WriteHuman offers privacy features to eliminate AI tracking and preserve the authenticity of your work. It supports diverse use cases, including blogging, SEO-optimized writing, and professional content creation, while allowing users to maintain their unique voice and style.

Newsgathering and Fact-Checking Production

YouTube DataViewer by Amnesty International

Media United States of America JournalismAI

Amnesty International's YouTube DataViewer allows users to extract metadata from any YouTube video. Additionally, it provides the ability to view the video's thumbnail and conduct a reverse image search on it, helping to verify the authenticity and origin of the content. This tool supports digital evidence collection for human rights documentation.

Newsgathering and Fact-Checking

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