KnoWare project

KnoWare is an EU Horizon-funded research project developing the first scientific methodology to detect and anticipate emerging capabilities in General Purpose AI (GPAI) systems, before those capabilities fully materialise, supporting organisations, AI providers, and EU regulators in proactively assessing AI risks and benefits.

General Purpose AI systems develop unexpected new capabilities as they scale, capabilities that appear with little warning and are addressed only after they have manifested. KnoWare aims to change this, shifting AI capability assessment from reactive observation to proactive, evidence-based detection.

Central to this approach is the concept of prefiguration: the early, identifiable indicators that a capability is forming. KnoWare develops the tools and frameworks needed to detect these signals in advance and systematically evaluate their associated risks.