ADM+S Centre
@admscentre
ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society
AI companions are becoming part of our emotional lives. Can traditional AI regulation adequately address technologies designed to create intimate relationships? Our latest podcast explores AI companions, digital duty of care & what responsible regulation could look like #AICompanions #AIRegulation
AI companions are becoming part of our emotional lives. This podcast episode explores AI companions, digital duty of care & what responsible regulation could look like spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/OXcLpqiB75b #AICompanions #ArtificialIntimacy
Should social media feeds be chronological by default? The better question isn't chronological or algorithmic, it's what kind of algorithms? optimised for what? controlled by whom? and, with how much agency for users? theconversation.com/australians-... #SocialMedia #Algorithms
A new working paper from ADM+S examines how Australian documentary practitioners are responding to generative AI & what current policy frameworks may be missing apo.org.au/node/335701 #GenAI #Documentary
Who owns our data and who profits from it? in the latest Careful Minds, Rayane El Masri speaks with Shilpa Singh Jaswant about data colonialism, digital sovereignty & the hidden labour behind our digital lives. What would a fairer digital future look like? #Podcast #DataColonialism #DataRights
New research into China’s AI-generated video industry reveals a new kind of platform worker. Producing 50+ videos a week, they use AI to test formats & optimise content for algorithms, offering a glimpse into the future of creative work. 👉 Read more link.springer.com/article/10.1... #AISlop
New ADM+S research introduces a design framework to help technologies like e-scooters, ride-sharing and delivery apps better balance convenience with safer, more inclusive communities bit.ly/4wDlKV2 #ResponsibleAI #SmartCities
Can Australia effectively implement a ‘digital duty of care?’ 📲 Australia's proposed digital duty of care is an important step toward reducing online harms, but it will only be effective if it is accompanied by an ecosystem of platform observability. 👉 bit.ly/4b26vg0 #socialmedia #bigtech
We’re inviting school students and teachers to submit their burning questions about AI. Whether your question is big, small, weird, funny, or seriously important — we want to hear it. Selected questions answered on Ask an Expert podcast during National Science Week admscentre.org/ask-an-expert
Young Victorians will shape safer social media via a 2026 VicHealth grant. Led by ADM+S Swinburne University of Technology, UniMelb & UQ with @AlannahMadeline 👉Read more admscentre.org/4xx6VVe #VicHealth #ResearchImpact #DigitalCapabilities #SocialMediaAds
What if the internet were built differently? ADM+S researchers argue how platform co-ops, public digital infrastructure and decentralised technologies could help create a fairer and more democratic online future. 👉 Read now: bit.ly/4tMJDru #BigTech #DigitalSovereignty #DigitalAutonomy
Join us for the Platform Economies Research Network (PERN) Salon, Friday 15 May. The PERN Salon will host Nick Srnicek, Senior Lecturer in Digital Economy, King’s College London. Register now: bit.ly/4dpOIAW
The 2025 ADM+S Annual Report is now available. The 2025 edition highlights the Centre's major contributions to responsible, ethical, and inclusive approaches to automated decision-making systems and artificial intelligence (AI). 👉 admscentre.org/2025-Annual-Report
This new submission responds to the NSW Legislative Council Public Accountability and Works Committee Inquiry on Data Centres. It argues for a stronger framework that treats data centres as infrastructure with environmental, social and public impacts. 🔗 bit.ly/48gTspR #datacentres #AI
Register now for this Australian Internet Observatory webinar, exploring how methods such as data donation, interviews, surveys and other approaches can be combined for digital platform research. 💻 👉Register now at admscentre.org/4dOWLrW
New research: Misleading political ads flooded social media during Australia’s 2025 federal election. Using 22,000+ ads collected directly from voters’ phones, researchers captured what Australians actually saw online beyond platform ad libraries apo.org.au/node/332660 #PoliticalAdvertising
New research: Misleading political ads flooded social media during Australia’s 2025 federal election. Using 22,000+ ads collected directly from voters’ phones, researchers captured what Australians actually saw online beyond platform ad libraries apo.org.au/node/332660 #PoliticalAdvertising
Do you listen to podcasts, radio, audiobooks or other audio media? Do you think you have ever heard an AI-Generated voice? Take part in our online survey and help researchers find out how everyday Australian adults think and feel about Voice AI admscentre.org/VoiceAIMedia #VoiceAI #CitizenScience
We are excited to launch Careful Minds: AI, Ethics and Society, a new podcast series from the ADM+S hosted by PhD Student Rayane El Masri. The series will host conversations with researchers, technologists, philosophers & policy thinkers. Listen on Spotify spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/XITXV2Nfr1b
The March edition of the ADM+S Newsletter is here. Explore the latest ADM+S research, news, publications, events and more mailchi.mp/rmit/2026-ma...
ADM+S Researcher, Prof @kimweatherall.bsky.social features in Crikeys latest ‘Cut Through’ podcast to explain the government’s AI strategy, what’s missing from the plan and how Australia measures up against other countries when it comes to AI policymaking. Listen now: bit.ly/4oVNCje
In this new article from @theconversation.com ADM+S researchers @jakegoldenfein.bsky.social Christine Parker and @kimweatherall.bsky.social explore Australia’s newly released National AI Plan and what that means for the public and more. 👉 Read the full article: bit.ly/4phjcsp #AI #AIregulation
Read the ADM+S Newsletter to explore this month's highlights including the launch of the 2025 Australian Digital Inclusion Index (ADII), and our researchers’ contributions to responsible and inclusive AI, through consultation, expert evidence, research funding & award recognition 👉 bit.ly/4hZN5KW
What happens when Google stops sending you to websites & starts answering questions itself? In this podcast episode ADM+S researchers Ashwin Nagappa, Oleg Zendel & Sara Al Lawati discuss what the future of search means for all of us bit.ly/48zWDK9 #GoogleSearch #AIMode
ADM+S researcher @tjthomson.bsky.social explores the idea that AI systems don’t ‘see’ the world like humans do, which is shaping how AI generated images look and feel Read the full @theconversation.com article here: bit.ly/47eXJZy #AIgenerated #AIimages
Researchers from the Australian Search Experience examine a crucial aspect of the information ecosystem: information producers and their reciprocal relationship with search engines Read more http://bit.ly/4n41xme #SEO #GenAI #SearchEngines
Does AI pose an existential risk? This new @theconversation.com article asks 5 experts, including ADM+S researchers Aaron Snoswell and Simon Coghlan. Read all 5 expert opinions: bit.ly/48YwxR4 #AIrisks #AIharms #AI
Are you 16–24, use social media daily & want to help researchers understand how online ads shape what we see? ADM+S researchers are seeking young Australians to take part in a study on digital advertising on platforms like Facebook, Insta, TikTok, & YouTube. Find out more https://bit.ly/3KGB9kY