Call for Participants: “To AI or not to AI - the Role of GenAI in the Context of Digital Investigations” | Online training 11-13 February 2026 | Deadline to apply: 19 January 2026

What you will learn:

Agenda Outline

• Day 1: What is GenAI, the ecosystem of AI with its power structures, finances, politics.
• Day 2: How GenAI works, what it is capable and not capable of doing, with a focus on the context of research and investigations. Testing and exploring tools.
• Day 3: Defining your own internal, external and collaborative policies and choices of what AI tools to use, and how to use them in your context.

What will you gain?

• The big picture: what GenAI tools are, where they come from, and the critical risks of using them.
• Know AI from the inside out: how does it actually work, what can it do, where does it fall short, and what kind of impacts does it create in our lives?
• How to use GenAI tools on your own terms: ask yourself if, when, and how you’d like to bring AI into your work environment. What needs, boundaries and ethics will guide your use of AI?
• Knowledge of the limitations of research and sourcing information using GenAI: avoiding over-dependence, evaluating the credibility of findings and sources.
• Improve your writing and reporting: tips on using AI-assisted tools for drafting, summarising, and refining content while maintaining ethical standards and factual accuracy.
• Digital safety and privacy in the age of AI: understand the new threats posed by AI in digital surveillance and information manipulation; learn how to assess risks and decide what tools work best in your own context.

Who shouldn’t miss this training?

Apply if you:

• Are a investigator, journalist, media professional, advocate, rights defender, or you work in public interest digital investigations.
• Are a beginers and intermediate user of AI powered tools
• Have basic comunter skills
• Wish to further develop and diversify your expertise as well as to share your skills and knowledge with like-minded others in a highly collaborative environment.
• Deadline: September 24th, 2025. Early bird: August 8th, 2025.

Selection Process

• We aim to bring together between 15 and 20 participants.
• Our team of journalists and researchers from Tactical Tech will review the applications, balancing experience, skills, diversity, needs and everyone’s ability to both gain from, and contribute to this hands-on training.
• Applications will be reviewed and considered on a rolling basis, therefore we encourage you to apply early in the process as funded places might fill up by the deadline.
• We will inform selected applicants by 26 January 2026 and send you an invoice to proceed with the payment.

Costs:

• Attendance fee: 450 EURO

What is included?

• 3 half days of workshops (4 hours a day)
• All the event materials (slides, documentation notes, exercises). Bonus materials will include extra tips and guidelines you can share with peers.

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