How a project to protect young people in Cyprus became Philotimo, an AI-for-good initiative led by AIA Labs.
“Honor, dignity, generosity, responsibility, and the willingness to do the right thing without necessarily expecting anything in return.”Philotimo · φιλότιμο
Sotiris Makrygiannis starts AFR?D! to protect young people from cyberbullying and sextortion.
Sotiris publishes a research paper on using AI against sextortion, written with Alex Norta. It was later cited in a 2025 peer-reviewed paper.
On 17 May 2024, with traditional funding still out of reach, an open call goes out to AI artists: could AI-made art help fund AI for Social Good?
The idea lived on as Philotimo. It is a framework, not a single project: a home for work that uses AI to do the right thing.
Philotimo is an AI-for-good initiative led by AIA Labs.
Sotiris Makrygiannis, founder of AIA Labs
contact@philotimo.eu – placeholder address