Initiatives
We actively work to promote the use of artificial intelligence, always taking into account ethics, responsibility and legislation. We look for practical solutions to achieve this goal.
VULNERA-AI Legal Observatory
Legal cases on artificial intelligence and vulnerable groups
Presentation of the Observatory
The VULNERA-AI Legal Observatory is an initiative devoted to the systematic analysis of legal cases involving AI and their impact on vulnerable groups. It examines judicial decisions and rulings issued by courts and data protection authorities to identify how AI-related risks to fundamental rights are assessed, interpreted, and addressed in practice.
By grounding its work in case law, the Observatory provides an empirical and comparative perspective on the legal implications of AI systems. It is designed as a reference resource for researchers, policymakers, legal professionals, and institutions concerned with the protection of vulnerable groups in AI-enabled decision-making contexts.
Our starting point
AI is increasingly embedded in decision-making processes that directly affect individuals and groups in situations of vulnerability, including areas such as employment, social protection, migration, criminal justice, and access to public and digital services. While these systems may improve efficiency, they also pose risks related to discrimination, opacity, lack of accountability, and erosion of procedural guarantees.
The Observatory starts from the premise that judicial and regulatory decisions constitute a key source for understanding how these risks are legally framed and managed. The reasoning adopted by courts and data protection authorities reveals which rights are prioritised and which safeguards are required. It also highlights areas where legal protections may still be insufficient. The increasing number and variety of AI-related cases makes a structured, comparative approach essential.
Objectives and methodology
The VULNERA-AI Legal Observatory core objectives are:
• To identify forms of vulnerability associated with the deployment and use of AI systems.
• To analyse the fundamental rights most frequently affected and the legal arguments raised in related disputes.
• To assess the safeguards required to ensure compliance with internationally recognised AI principles, including those defined by the OECD.
The Observatory conducts a systematic review of judicial decisions and rulings issued between 2013 and 2024 across Europe, the Americas, and other regions. Cases are classified by affected groups and application domains, using an intersectional approach to capture overlapping vulnerabilities. The analysis evaluates how principles such as human-centred AI, transparency and explainability, robustness and security, accountability, respect for human rights, and inclusive and impartial implementation are upheld or breached in practice.
Impact
The Observatory provides a structured analytical framework for understanding how legal systems respond to the challenges posed by AI in relation to vulnerable groups. Its findings underline the central role of transparency and algorithmic accountability, the need for inclusive AI design that does not perpetuate structural biases, and coherent legal frameworks that can ensure effective accountability and redress.
By making this knowledge accessible and comparable across jurisdictions, the VULNERA-AI Legal Observatory supports evidence-based policymaking, responsible AI development, and legally robust deployment of AI systems. The Observatory's work contributes to maximising the benefits of AI while strengthening the protection of fundamental rights.
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27 de julio de 2026
Research team: Ana Montesinos García (Universitat de València), Elisa Simó Soler (Universitat de València), Juan Carlos Hernández Peña (Universidad de Navarra), Gabriele Vestri (Universidad de Sevilla), and Iratxe De Anda Rodríguez (Grupo EYSA).
Contribute cases
The VULNERA-AI Legal Observatory is an evolving, collaborative resource. To ensure continuous updates and broaden the Observatory's comparative scope, third parties can suggest additional judicial decisions or rulings relevant to AI and vulnerable groups.
Proposed cases undergo an internal review process prior to inclusion to verify their legal relevance, methodological consistency and alignment with the Observatory’s analytical criteria. This contribution mechanism helps to ensure the Observatory's accuracy, completeness and long-term sustainability.Submissions can be made via a short form.
brAIngym: training our cognitive abilities in the age of AI
24 de abril de 2026
brAIngym is an interdisciplinary research project that analyzes how the everyday use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) can transform the way we think, feel, remember, learn, and decide.
We want to raise social awareness about the impact of IAg on the human brain and cognitive abilities, and develop an initial prototype that helps people understand, reflect on, and train their cognitive, emotional, ethical, and agency skills. The project is part of cAIre, which focuses on AI governance and its impact on the future of work, always from the perspective of vulnerable groups.
In this sense, brAIngym aims to raise awareness among the population and policymakers in order to anticipate possible new governance. This is particularly important because all professions of the future will be impacted by AI, and in order to avoid the emergence of a “new” vulnerable group, the innovative work that brAIngym aims to do is key.
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En este mismo evento, OdiseIA participará el 14 de mayo en el Speaker Corner “Arte, creatividad y democracia en la era algorítmica”, dentro del I Encuentro Internacional por los Derechos Digitales organizado por Mobile World Capital Barcelona en La Llotja de Mar.
Alberto González Pulido, Director de Operaciones de OdiseIA, aportará la perspectiva de la organización sobre ética, gobernanza y responsabilidad algorítmica, junto a Pau García (Domestic Data Streamers), Marine Masso (Science for Change) y Emilio Doménech (laDemo Festival).
OdiseIA participará el 14 de mayo en el workshop “Redes que atrapan: la experiencia de ser niña y adolescente en el entorno digital”, dentro del I Encuentro Internacional por los Derechos Digitales organizado por Mobile World Capital Barcelona y Save the Children, para abordar cómo el entorno digital intensifica las desigualdades de género y las violencias que afectan a niñas y adolescentes y qué papel deben jugar la regulación y el diseño de las plataformas.​
Alberto González Pulido, Director de Operaciones de OdiseIA, intervendrá junto a representantes del Consejo de la Juventud de España, Diaconía, Save the Children y el Ministerio de Infancia, consolidando el compromiso de OdiseIA con los derechos digitales, la protección de la infancia y una inteligencia artificial responsable.
Directorio Maestro de Entidades — Red de Actores en Neuroderechos e Impacto Algorítmico
Es un directorio nominativo de personas clave, concebidas como nodos estratégicos, organizado según una tipología funcional que permite distinguir entre distintos perfiles de actores. En este sentido, se identifican, por un lado, los denominados E-actors, que hacen referencia a grupos especializados de académicos, investigadores y profesionales con experiencia acreditada en las áreas relevantes. Por otro lado, se incluyen los PI-actors, que engloban a actores clave del ámbito privado, tales como empresas, asociaciones sectoriales, medios de comunicación y otros agentes con capacidad de influencia en el desarrollo y aplicación de tecnologías digitales. Finalmente, se contemplan los G-actors, que abarcan a las entidades públicas responsables de regular, supervisar y garantizar la correcta aplicación del marco normativo, incluyendo ministerios, agencias especializadas y sindicatos con funciones institucionales.
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​La efectividad de la red depende directamente de la calidad y la estructuración de esta base de datos. Dicha base de datos debe servir como un instrumento verificable de referencia para futuras acciones de difusión, formación y cooperación institucional. Además, será fundamental para la posterior ejecución de Acuerdos de Colaboración Formales, asegurando que todas las partes involucradas estén debidamente identificadas y conectadas
24 de abril de 2026
brAIngym: training our cognitive abilities in the age of AI
December 5, 2025
brAIngym is an interdisciplinary research project that analyzes how the everyday use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) can transform the way we think, feel, remember, learn, and decide.
We want to raise social awareness about the impact of IAg on the human brain and cognitive abilities, and develop an initial prototype that helps people understand, reflect on, and train their cognitive, emotional, ethical, and agency skills. The project is part of cAIre, which focuses on AI governance and its impact on the future of work, always from the perspective of vulnerable groups.
In this sense, brAIngym aims to raise awareness among the population and policymakers in order to anticipate possible new governance. This is particularly important because all professions of the future will be impacted by AI, and in order to avoid the emergence of a “new” vulnerable group, the innovative work that brAIngym aims to do is key.
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OdiseIA launches new project with support from Google.org
March 1, 2024 - March 1, 2026
OdiseIA is launching a new project with support from Google.org, Google’s philanthropy. This initiative is part of Google.org's Digital Futures Project, a $20 million fund dedicated to supporting researchers, facilitating discussions, and encouraging the development of responsible AI policy solutions.
OdiseIA's project focuses on three key areas:
1) Investigate AI governance initiatives, such as regulations and recommendations, focusing attention on vulnerable groups, the society, and exploring AI opportunities for their benefit.
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2) Analyze the future award in the context of AI with an emphasis on how it will affect employment and skills, paying special attention to vulnerable groups, through research, events, and education.
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3) Foster pan-European collaboration between European recipients of the Digital Futures Project sharing knowledge and thought leadership through discussions, publications and events.
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Communities of Practice for Promoting Equality in the Digital Environment (COPID)
October 1, 2024 -
October 1, 2026
OdiseIA is proud to be part of the Communities of Practice to Promote Equality in the Digital Environment (COPID) project, a collaborative initiative together with Fundación ONCE and the Gregorio Peces-Barba Institute of the Carlos III University of Madrid, in collaboration with Red.es. This pioneering project seeks to promote the application of the Spanish Digital Rights Charter, focusing on ensuring that equality rights are respected and developed in the digital environment. Through this joint effort, we work to build a more inclusive and equitable environment for all.
COPID's approach is based on the creation of five Communities of Practice (CoP), each dedicated to a key right related to digital equality, such as the right to equality and non-discrimination in the digital environment, the right of access to the internet, the protection of children and adolescents in the digital environment, universal accessibility in the digital environment, and access gaps in the digital environment. These communities, made up of experts and organisations representing stakeholders, allow knowledge to be shared, generate new ideas and develop concrete recommendations to drive both legislative and non-legislative changes. At OdiseIA, we believe in the power of collaborative work and experience sharing to address today's digital equality challenges.
Our participation in COPID reinforces our commitment to ethical and responsible artificial intelligence, focused on improving people's quality of life. We invite all stakeholders to join this initiative and contribute to the advancement of digital rights. Together, we can build a digital society that not only respects equality, but also actively promotes it, ensuring that no one is excluded from the benefits of the digital environment.
SEDIA ethical certification
September 22, 2023 - December 1, 2025
OdiseIA, in collaboration with Deloitte, is developing an ethical AI certification for the Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in the form of a voluntary trust seal to ensure that the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms by companies and public bodies is ethical, robust and reliable.
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This project includes the execution of an AI regulatory sandbox in Spain to gain practical experience with the European AI Act before its entry into force in 2026. The work involves monitoring and evaluating companies, and creating detailed guides based on the sandbox feedback.
COMMANDS Project
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024
The collaborative project between OdiseIA and SENER focuses on the ethical evaluation of AI systems used for military applications. The COMMANDS project is funded by the European Defense Agency. OdiseIA's role is to introduce ethical thinking when using AI in specific use cases.
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This project aims to:
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Analyze the state of the art in ethical guidelines for the use of AI in the military systems.
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Develop a framework for the ethical use of AI in military systems related to autonomous vehicles, and the application of the framework to the specific applications of the COMMANDS project.
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Ensure that ethical aspects of the use of artificial intelligence are considered within the developments of advanced military technology.
INDESIA Report
May 29, 2023
IndesIA and OdiseIA, in their report "The responsible use of artificial intelligence in the industrial sector", seek to promote the ethical use of data and AI in industrial sectors. The document offers guides and practical cases to implement AI ethically and responsibly in organizations. Download report (es).
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The objectives are to promote the ethical use of data and artificial intelligence in different sectors of the industries represented by the promoting partners of IndesIA, and to guarantee that the implementation of AI is carried out in an ethical and responsible manner. The report “The responsible use of artificial intelligence in the industrial sector” provides updated guides and use cases to help organizations in the ethical implementation of AI in their processes. The project emphasizes the importance of AI to contribute to building a better and more sustainable society.
ChatGPT course for high-school teachers
June 2023 - 2024
OdiseIA, in collaboration with the Telefónica and Profuturo Foundations, has developed a ChatGPT course so that high-school teachers can turn Generative AI in an opportunity instead of seeing it as a threat to the educational system. The free course will be available on the Profuturo platform.
