Yesterday, @elizabethfarries.bsky.social joined @newstalkfm.bsky.social's The Hard Shoulder to discuss Ireland's "outdated" mobile phone laws and calls by Joe Duffy to extend gardaí powers - allowing them to seize mobile phones without a warrant Listen to the full interview at the link

In May, @elizabethfarries.bsky.social submitted a Statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee query the General Scheme of the Social Welfare and Other Matters Bill 2026 in its aim to expand the use of the Public Services Card and present risks. Read the full Statement at the link below ⬇️

It's our pleasure to welcome Dr Sun Park to UCD Centre for Digital Policy!🎉 Sun is an Ad Astra Fellow & Ass. Prof. in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage, specialising in AI cultural policy, Human-AI interaction, and AI practices as intangible cultural heritage Read Sun's full bio at the link below⬇️

🚨New Blog Alert🚨 We're thrilled to share a new blog post from Megan Nyhan, a PhD Candidate focusing on ethical AI, whose current works "Teens, Algorithms, and a Seat at the Table: How Young People Want to Fix Social Media"

This April, Centre member Alexandros Minotakis delivered a conference paper at the 44th International Labour Process Conference in which he queried how Michael Burawoy's labour process theories can be applied to the workplace via its relationship to algorithms and AI. Read the full piece at the 🔗

In a recent piece shared with us, international human rights lawyer and researcher @patdebrun.bsky.social discusses Ireland's compliancy towards Big Tech operations, as seen in the removal of services from the Occupied Territories Bill. Read the full piece at the link below 👇

"AI backlash is growing — and tech execs know it AI data centres are inflating a financial bubble — and even top tech execs know the bubble will burst if we don't all adopt AI, and fast" Read Patrick Brodie's new op-ed on tghe @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

We are delighted to announce the appointment of @johnnyryan.bsky.social to Adjunct Full Professor at the UCD Centre for Digital Policy! Johnny is a globally recognised expert and scholar whose work and litigation has influenced digital law and policy in Europe and the United States.

🔹🔸Yesterday, UCD Centre for Digital Policy hosted “Shaping Ireland’s AI Future: Education, Policy and Leadership at UCD" alongside UCD School of Information and Communication Studies and UCD College of Social Sciences and Law to celebrate the launch of our renewed MSc programme Digital and AI Policy

We're delighted to welcome our new Visiting Fellow, Pat de Brún, to the Centre! Pat is a human rights lawyer currently on sabbatical from his role as head of big tech accountability @amnesty.org while completing his PhD with @soasuni.bsky.social Read Pat's full profile at the link below

Check out @fortechssakepod.bsky.social 's newest - and LIVE! - podcast with @abeba.blacksky.app discussing AI for Good?

🚨Upcoming Zoom Event🚨 AI in the Creative Industries: benefits and challenges May 19, 12.30-2.00pm Join Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland and @ucdischool.bsky.social's Dr Sun Park in this discussion on how AI is transforming and reshaping creative industries. Register at the link below

In the wake of recent fuel protests, a more silent and systemic threat has emerged. @aidanobrien.bsky.social, an analyst at @edmoireland.bsky.social at DCU, has uncovered a sophisticated "disinformation economy" surrounding the events. Read more via @independent.ie: launch.dcu.ie/3OCJ6K2

Misinformation during times of uncertainty and crisis is an ongoing issue - read Dr Eileen Culloty's response to the how the guel protests are currently being used to spread intentionally false information, and the risks this poses

This Monday, April 13th, 12-2pm, @elizabethfarries.bsky.social and Ernesto Vasquez de Aguila are hosting the second UCD Accessibility Tour to mark #RareDiseaseDay Find full info and register your interest at the link below www.ucd.ie/events/?trum...

Last week, our @elizabethfarries.bsky.social joined @newstalkfm.bsky.social's The Pat Kenny Show to discuss the use of facial recognition technologies in policing, looking at the wrongful imprisonment of a Tennessee grandmother. Have a listen🎧 at the Spotify Link👇

What is marketed as AI “innovation” is, in practice, a consolidation of global labor hierarchies and a commodification of African knowledge, write Marché Arends and Kathryn Cleary, drawing on their year-long investigation supported by the Pulitzer Center and published by Africa Uncensored.

New UCD Library resource! Springer Nature's #AI eBook Collection, containing 200 #ebooks on artificial intelligence-related topics. Access via our A-Z Databases list: buff.ly/Y5bzYEb @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social @ucdcrim.bsky.social @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social

We were delighted to host Jennifer Waters, our PhD Candidate, for a thought-provoking lecture on the impact of legal AI on fundamental rights. Jennifer provided an analysis of both the transformative opportunities and the practical risks that AI presents when applied to legal tasks.

Released earlier this month, the second isntallment of the AI Safety Report focuses on the risks associated with AI development and engagement. With our own @susanly.bsky.social acting as a senior advisor, the report also proffers actions for policymakers in the face of such risks.

Many thanks to @novaucd.bsky.social for hosting this insightful event on Responsible AI with our own @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social presenting

Today we’re releasing the International AI Safety Report 2026: the most comprehensive evidence-based assessment of AI capabilities, emerging risks, and safety measures to date. 🧵 (1/19)

Another exciting upcoming panel on 🔹Responsible AI - AI that serves society and delivers real-world impact🔸 📅 Wednesday 18 February 2026, 🕓 11:30 am - 12:45 pm 📍 NovaUCD, seminar room 0.23. Register at the link below!

We are delighted to welcome @naomiappelman.bsky.social to the Centre! Naomi is a postdocotral researcher focusing on social justice, platform and AI governance, informational law and political philosophy. Read more about her research at the link below ⬇️ digitalpolicy.ie/people/naomi...

@ucddublin.bsky.social is widely recognised as Ireland's lead AI research institute. The week UCD Research spotlights the Centre, its members, and our co-director @elizabethfarries.bsky.social, for continued engagement in testing AI applications and successes to ensure its benefits. Read more below

It may sound an exaggeration to state your own mother could be fooled by a deepfake, but as these technologies continue to progress, this becomes the reality, as journalist Ian Smith recently noted. Read the full piece, including @elizabethfarries.bsky.social interview with Smith at the link 👇

Listen to @tjmcintyre.com discuss X/Grok's production of deepfakes/non-consensual images and what the EU can legally do about it at the link below! #UCDDigitalPolicy #DigitalPolicIE #Grok #Deepfakes #AI

I was on Morning Ireland earlier discussing what we need to do about X.

“Our collective understanding of what makes AI successful remains narrow and incomplete” says @elizabethfarries.bsky.social, Director at @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social and PI of #FORSEE. Defining societal success in AI has never been more crucial than now. Read more: forseeproject.eu/we-must-rede...

It's that time of year again folks - wishing you and yours a happy holiday season and a prosperous new year to come!

As Ireland's leader in AI and computer sciences, @ucddublin.bsky.social is at the fore of innovative and essential research, with UCD Centre for Digital Policy being a core actor in this. Read more on the UCD projects that center AI technologies and capabilities! www.ucd.ie/research/inf...

We're delighted to welcome @przemyslslaw.bsky.social Associate Professor at UCD School of Computer Sciences, to the Centre! Przemek's research focuses on responsible AI and techno-social systems, and open world learning. Read more below digitalpolicy.ie/people/przem...

Don't miss @tristansturm.bsky.social and Rory Rowan's new article from @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social "Peter Thiel’s Apocalyptic Worldview Is a Dangerous Fantasy" arguing that Peter Thiel fuses Silicon Valley’s myth of progress with apocalyptic visions of salvation

Help shape a fairer AI future in Europe. TASC, a proud member of the @forsee-research.bsky.social, wants your insights on how AI affects women, LGBTQ+ and other vulnerable groups. Civil society voices matter! Take this short, anonymous survey 👇 enquetes.univ-tlse2.fr/index.php/79...

What does success in European AI really mean beyond technical and economic definitions? Join our free webinar on 3 December 2025, 10:00–11:00 CET to explore this question with our expert speakers! Register now and be a part of the conversation 👉 forseeproject.eu/webinar-what...

Thanks to everyone who took part in our #FORSEE workshop in Budapest, together with @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social! The group dug into how AI is affecting rights, inclusion, and public interest work, and how civil society can shape the AI landscape. #AIGovernance #DigitalPolicy #CivilSociety #AI

As our debate on access rights draws to a close, STEPHEN WYBER examines the position of research institutions and argues that research must be recognised as a top-level policy priority. verfassungsblog.de/research-lib... @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social @bjjuette.bsky.social

We were delighted to host Jennifer Waters, a PhD candidate from our Digital Policy Centre last Wednesday for an engaging discussion on AI integration in Irish public services.

Today, we launch our debate “Enabling Access, Fostering Innovation: Towards a Digital Knowledge Agenda in Europe”. CHRISTOPHE GEIGER and DAMIAN BOESELAGER open the discussion, highlighting why reforms of the EU copyright law regime are essential. verfassungsblog.de/eu-digital-k...

Postdoc opportunity ahead! Postdoctoral Researcher on GenAI in Public Service The AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) in Trinity College Dublin is looking for a Post-Doctoral Researcher who will be working on Generative AI policies in Public Services Details and application: aial.ie/hiring/postd...

In exciting news, University College Dublin has acquired a Nvidia supercomputer for AI-led research boost under the project title AURA (Advanced UCD Research in Artificial Intelligence) www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/uni...

We're grateful to our own Colin Scott for delivering his annual lecture to our Digital Policy students. Colin guided students through foundational questions facing digital society today, from governance challenges, to emerging policy responses. Already excited for next years lecture!

Don't forget to register for this important webinar on DSA Article 40 with @cnam-ie.bsky.social!

We're always a little in awe 🫢 ✨ of Alexandros Minotakis and his productivity rate! Check out his newest article, "Building and Sustaining Alliances as a Crucial Strategy for Platform Resistance and Unionisation: The cases of efood and wolt in Greece" at the link below 👇

As part of a recently launched @uplift.ie campaign entitled “The Neutrality Files”, centre member Patrick Brodie and colleagues, Paulie Doyle and Patrick Bresnihan, outline the challenge to Ireland’s so-called neutrality in relation to the ongoing war in Palestine. www.uplift.ie/neutrality-f...

It’s always a pleasure to welcome our Advisory Board member Ian Chambers, this time with DPC colleague Derek Flannagan, classroom to discuss data protection principles.

As AI continues to develop at unprecedented speed, the work of the International AI Safety Report is essential in keeping apace with necessary regulation, developments and safety outputs. @susanly.bsky.social acts as a senior advisor with this project addressing Capabilities and Risk Implications

💙💛 University College Dublin has received €1m in funding for taking ‘Ireland into the space age’ after the successful launch of the country’s first-ever space mission, EIRSAT-1.

With Ireland's presidential election fast approaching, and election interference and disinformation spreading, PhD Jennifer Waters and collaborators have created an online resources on how to spot and report illegal election interference Please share widely sites.google.com/view/electio...

On Wednesday, Assoc. Prof. Ronan Costello welcomed Ziski Putz to the Digital Policy programme for a timely discussion on the evolving landscape of platformed disinformation.