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Research on Text Credibility Assessment Presented at the International FCTA 2026 Conference

The international FCTA 2026 conference (International Conference on Fuzzy Computation Theory and Applications), part of IJCCI (International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence), took place in Angers, France, on 28–30 October 2026.

Words as a Weapon: Language and Disinformation at Science Night 2026

The last Friday of September, which fell on 25 September this year, was made lively with Science Night 2026. For the visitors, a varied programme was prepared by Research Team 1, in particular on a topic entitled Words as a Weapon: Language and Disinformation.

In mid-September, Dr. Vlček from the Department of Sociology and Dr. Kundrát from the Department of Psychology presented their joint research at the largest AI festival in the Czech Republic, organised by Černá AI

In the first part, they explained how Czech journalists use AI. In the second, they showed how easy it is to misinterpret data on AI use and offered several tips on how to approach this type of survey critically.