Project HumanAI

HumanIA (Human-centred Artificial Intelligence: Towards accessible and customisable language models) is a research project funded in the 2023 call for Knowledge Generation projects. Its goal is to develop generative AI tools in Spanish specifically designed for people with intellectual disabilities. This work seeks to promote inclusion and accessibility, reduce the digital divide and improve the quality of life of these people, with an ethical and environmentally responsible approach. Through a user-centred design (UCC), end users will actively participate in all phases of the project from the customization of language models to the design of cognitively accessible interfaces, implementing the “human in the loop” approach.

Research groups from 4 universities collaborate in the development of the project. The Human Language and Accessibility Technologies (HULAT) research group, at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), and the Natural Interaction based on Language (NIL) research group, at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), lead the research team that includes researchers from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) and the Chair of Accessibility (CATAC).  of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).