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"AI is generating significant productivity gains. What I don't know is whether we are losing cognitive capacities."
Europe risks falling behind in the technological race through market fragmentation, capital scarcity and slow adoption.
This is the assessment of Arlindo Oliveira, President of INESC, in the seventh episode of ECO’s Podcast .IA, recorded after a trip to China, South Korea and Japan.
In the interview, Arlindo Oliveira addresses the cognitive atrophy that excessive use of AI models may generate, the cybersecurity risks associated with Claude Mythos and the latest restricted-access models, and the public release of the Amália model.

INOV - ESA project demonstration in Portugal for emergency response
Sixteen researchers from the INESC network appear among Portugal’s top 50 Computer Science scientists in the Research.com Best Computer Science Scientists 2026 ranking. Among them, João Gama ranks 1st nationally.
From INESC-ID: Ana Paiva, Joaquim Jorge, Miguel Pupo Correia, Luís Rodrigues, Francisco Correia dos Santos, Arlindo Oliveira, Rui Maranhão Abreu, Rodrigo Rodrigues
Leonel Sousa, Isabel Trancoso, Manuel Lopes, Mário Silva and Bruno Martins.
From INESC TEC: João Gama, Carlos Soares and Pavel Brazdil.

INESC TEC contributed to independent UK review on AI in electricity networks
There is nothing like it in the world. The prototype is under development, with the first mission scheduled for May 2027 – where it will remain on the seabed for two weeks.
But what exactly makes the new autonomous robot PETRA – Long-Range Deep-Sea Logistic AUV – developed by INESC TEC researchers so different?








