Channel 
Contributing € 10
Supporter
Your name will appear on the digital “Wall of Words” at d-aice.com and you will receive campaign updates and early news about releases.
> 00 Co-financiers
About this project
An AI transparency project that detects machine-generated text while celebrating creativity in any language.
Show list of needs
Infrastructure
|
Minimum | Optimum |
|---|---|---|
|
Platform development
Design and implementation of the public web platform and backend engine for AI-text detection. Includes user interface, hosting, and integration with open-source frameworks.
|
€ 10.000 |
Material
|
Minimum | Optimum |
|---|---|---|
|
Administration and legal
Management costs, internet domain, open-license registration, and legal compliance related to data privacy and intellectual property.
|
€ 2.000 | |
|
Food and Internet
I mostly eat sandwiches and prepare some good carbonara pasta to survive.
|
€ 2.000 |
Task
|
Minimum | Optimum |
|---|---|---|
|
Research API and technical documentation
Development of an API and technical documentation to allow researchers, developers, and journalists to use D-AICE in their own projects.
|
€ 2.000 | |
|
GDPR, transparency report and opendata
Publication of an open methodology document explaining detection logic, datasets used, and social impact. Preparation of the first annual “AI Transparency Report.”
|
€ 6.000 | |
|
Communication and outreach
Awareness campaigns, community building, translation of materials into multiple languages, and creation of short educational videos.
|
€ 3.000 | |
| Total | € 22.000 | € 25.000 |
Necessary
Supplemental
General information
D-AICE (Detect-AI-Content Engine) is an ethical artificial intelligence experiment created to help society understand how machines write, think, and interact with human creativity.
Its purpose is not to restrict the use of AI, but to promote transparency, education, and responsibility in the new era of digital authorship.
D-AICE Prototype
(Works with any language)
Today, artificial intelligence can generate articles, essays, poems, and even entire books.
This ability is extraordinary, but it also raises important questions:
How do we distinguish genuine human expression from algorithmic imitation?
How can teachers, journalists, or artists trust the originality of what they read?
How can AI and humanity coexist with honesty and respect?
D-AICE was created as an open and reflective response to these questions.
It uses advanced linguistic analysis and neural pattern recognition to identify when text has been produced by an AI model.
Instead of providing a simple score, D-AICE offers context: it highlights sections that show machine patterns, explains the reasoning behind detections, and helps users learn how artificial language differs from human expression.
The project is grounded in free software principles and social responsibility.
Its core engine will be released under an open license, allowing developers, educators, and researchers to collaborate, verify, and improve it.
D-AICE is not a surveillance tool or a commercial detector.
It is a public good designed to restore trust, protect creativity, and promote ethical coexistence between humans and intelligent systems.
By supporting this campaign, contributors help to develop:
- a transparent web platform
- an educational edition for schools and universities
- an open research API for journalists and developers
The ultimate goal is to make AI literacy accessible to everyone and to ensure that technology continues to serve humanity with clarity, humility, and purpose.
Main features and goals of the crowdfunding campaign
D-AICE (Detect-AI-Content Engine) is a free software experiment designed to recognize when text has been generated by artificial intelligence — not to restrict its use, but to understand and humanize it.
The goal of this campaign is to make AI transparency accessible to everyone through open tools that help teachers, journalists, and creators distinguish between human and machine writing.
With this crowdfunding campaign we will:
- Develop D-AICE as a free web platform where anyone can test if a text is AI-generated.
- Create an educational edition for schools and universities to promote reflection on creativity and authorship.
- Publish an open API for researchers, journalists, and developers working on digital ethics.
- Release a transparency report and open dataset explaining how detection decisions are made.
- Build a global community of contributors improving the algorithm and translating it into multiple languages.
The goal is not control, but understanding.
D-AICE demonstrates that free software and artificial intelligence can coexist ethically, illuminating the space where human and artificial creativity meet.
Why this is important
Artificial intelligence is changing how we create, learn, and communicate.
Every day, thousands of texts, essays, and articles are generated by machines.
This can be a wonderful tool, but it also creates confusion about authorship, originality, and truth.
D-AICE was created to bring clarity to this new digital landscape.
It helps people see where human creativity ends and where machine assistance begins.
It is not a tool for control or censorship, but a way to encourage responsibility, transparency, and awareness.
By supporting this project, you are helping to build a more honest and conscious digital culture — one in which technology remains a partner to humanity, not its replacement.
D-AICE is important because it promotes trust, education, and respect between human and artificial intelligence.
D-AICE was conceived and developed by Angelo Ovidi, an engineer and polymath with more than thirty years of experience in technology, data, and innovation.
Throughout his career, Angelo has worked in areas such as cloud computing, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and customer experience architecture.
He has collaborated with international technology companies and led projects that combine technical precision with human-centered design.
He is also the founder of Rubedo Data Solutions Ltd and AOvidi Ltd, and the owner of Lichtsome Hoose Ltd, the company restoring Baltersan Castle in Scotland as a future cultural and educational hub.
His background reflects a constant dialogue between technology, art, and ethics.
The D-AICE project brings together this experience to create a tool that unites scientific rigor with philosophical depth.
The small, distributed team supporting D-AICE includes data scientists, educators, and developers who share the same goal: making artificial intelligence more transparent and more human.
Social commitment
Free software
D-AICE is committed to the principles of free software, transparency, and digital ethics. Its mission is to make artificial intelligence understandable, not intimidating — to give everyone access to tools that reveal how machines write and think. By releasing D-AICE’s core detection engine under an open license, we promote: Transparency: everyone can see, verify, and improve the code. Education: teachers and students can learn how AI generates language. Accountability: developers and journalists can verify digital authenticity. Creativity: we encourage responsible and enlightened use of AI as a partner, not a replacement. D-AICE is not a commercial surveillance tool, it’s a public good, built on free software values: openness, collaboration, and respect for human creativity.
Sustainable Development Goals
-
Quality Education
Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people’s lives and sustainable development.
-
Decent Work and Economic Growth
Sustainable economic growth will require societies to create the conditions that allow people to have quality jobs.
-
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Investments in infrastructure are crucial to achieving sustainable development.
-
Reduced Inequalities
To reduce inequalities, policies should be universal in principle, paying attention to the needs of disadvantaged and marginalized populations.
-
Sustainable Cities and Communities
There needs to be a future in which cities provide opportunities for all, with access to basic services, energy, housing, transportation and more.
-
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Access to justice for all, and building effective, accountable institutions at all levels.
-
Partnerships for the Goals
Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development