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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EL link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p><span lang=EN-GB>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-GB>The AI4Media Consortium is happy to share with you our <a href="https://www.ai4media.eu/strategic-research-agenda-on-ai-for-the-media-industry/">Strategic Research Agenda on AI for the Media Industry</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-GB>There is overwhelming agreement that Artificial Intelligence will drive the majority of innovation across nearly every industry sector in the next decade. The media industry should be ready to exploit new AI advances but also mitigate possible risks, in order to enjoy the full potential of this technology and transform the industry.<br><br>The <a href="https://www.ai4media.eu/">AI4Media</a> Network of Excellence plays an important role in this transformation, by bringing together leading research and industry players in this domain to strengthen the competitiveness and growth of the European media industry and increase Europe’s innovation capacity in media AI. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-GB>This <b>Strategic Research Agenda</b> lays out the strategic plan for AI4Media's R&I activities, presenting the <b>main research themes</b> to be tackled by the consortium, explaining the <b>current challenges</b>, the <b>research directions</b> that need to be pursued to address them, the <b>media industry applications</b>, and the <b>potential impact </b>of this research. The AI4Media SRA aims to become a useful source of information for AI researchers, media practitioners and policymakers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-GB>You can access the document <a href="https://www.ai4media.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/doc_Ai4media_Optimized_hs_20230317.pdf">here</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-GB>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-GB>The AI4Media project<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-GB><img border=0 width=434 height=226 style='width:4.5208in;height:2.3541in' id="Imagem_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D95CE1.B63A95B0"></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></pre></div></body></html>