Our story
A framework, not a single project.
One question keeps opening new doors: how can technology be used for good?
A question about young people.
AFR?D! began as research on how technology can protect young people from online blackmail and cyberbullying.
When the work grew, so did the question. Philotimo is the name for everything that followed: research, art and partnerships, all in the same spirit.
A short timeline
- December 2023
The research is published
A public paper on how AI-equipped, community-run organisations could help tackle sextortion cases.
Read it on arXiv - 17 May 2024
A call to artists
AIA Labs invites artists who work with AI to join a creative community around a cause.
Read the announcement - 26 February 2025
Student ambassadors
Project Aphrodite invites university students worldwide to help spread the word.
Read the announcement - October 2026
Songs in 20 languages
An artist, SNX, gives his songs to the cause. They are live at SNX.live.
Art for good
Why does AIA Labs do this?
Because technology, art and social impact belong in the same conversation.
AIA Labs is a partner for digital strategy and AI transformation, founded and led by Sotiris Makrygiannis. Through Philotimo, it puts some of that skill to work for people and society.
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