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

Two thirds of regional and remote #FirstNations families don’t have home internet. This is what the digital gap looks like. Read the new report edited by Daniel Featherstone, ACCAN Board member and RMIT researcher: apo.org.au/sites/defaul...

New from @theconversation.com: ADM+S researchers discuss how proposed AI-driven ads will blur the lines between products, ideas and political messaging amongst everyday content. They argue for essential minimum disclosures for #DigitalAdvertising on social media. 👉 bit.ly/4udvNyv

Leading researchers in digital governance & AI ethics from ADM+S & the Centre of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics have released a new policy brief in response to the Australian Government's Issues Paper on a proposed Digital Duty of Care for online services admscentre.org/3ShnlAV

Have you ever received a phone call & wondered whether you were speaking to a human or an AI agent? Jean Burgess speaks to ABC Radio host about her recent experience with an AI cold-calling “real estate assistant” admscentre.org/3QaL9pC @jeanburgess.bsky.social #VoiceAI #GenerativeAuthenticity

A new @theconversation.com article by ADM+S researchers Silvia Montaña-Niño & @tjthomson.bsky.social provides strategies to identify AI generated content. 👉Familiarise yourself with #AIslop 👉Look deeply at details and inconsistencies 👉Look widely & verify the content source More: bit.ly/4dxmggI

What happens when search engines stop linking to information and start summarising it for us? 🔍 Read "Framing the future of search: A discourse analysis of Google's AI Overviews": bit.ly/4fAFa7M This study is part of the Australian Search Experience 2.0 project More: admscentre.org/4nFkYDH

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

Congratulations to ADM+S researcher, Dr Yuncheng Hua from UNSW, who has been selected for the competitive UNSW Founders Engineering Spinout Fellowship. 👉 Read more: bit.ly/4uz45gn

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

In this new article, ADM+S researcher Georgia van Toorn breaks down what the new NDIS eligibility criteria really means and how computational systems may be used to support decision-making 👉 Read more: bit.ly/4u8UjRU #NDIS #robodebt

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

As voice AI becomes embedded in toys and everyday life, how do we help children not just use it, but question & help design it? www.admscentre.org.au/enhancing-pr... #AIethics #VoiceAI #CoDesign

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...

This International Women’s Day, we acknowledge and celebrate all researchers at ADM+S, whose work contributes to building fairer, more equitable systems and advancing equality in AI and automation across society. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSSp... #IWD2026

The new research article by ADM+S researcher Robert Sparrow and James Brown, 'Against Imaginary Friends: Why Digital Companions Are No Solution to Social Isolation’ is out now in Communications of the #ACM. 👉 Read the full article and watch the video now: bit.ly/4qEc3Di #AI #digitalcompanions

Congrats to ADM+S researchers at QUT’s GenAI Lab, awarded Best Presentation at the Next Generation Responsible AI Symposium. Dr Snoswell showcased the GenAI Arcade, a tool making the inner workings of GenAI more visible. Co-authors: William He, Jean Burgess & Kevin Witzenberger. bit.ly/493aKqZ

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

ADM+S is pleased to welcome the University of Bristol as a new Partner Organisation & Prof Melissa Gregg as a Partner Investigator. This partnership strengthens our UK collaboration on responsible innovation & the social and environmental impacts of automation and AI. Read more bit.ly/4oN6Gk5

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

ADM+S welcomed a delegation of women researchers from PNG as part of the SRKBOM program, strengthening research skills, leadership & networks across PNG. The group visited ADM+S at RMIT & QUT, meeting our researchers, exploring digital tools & generative AI. Read more👉https://bit.ly/48iu2IA

Almost half of Australians use GenAI — but who’s being left out? Our national survey, released today, provides some answers. It shows that while almost half of Australians have used generative AI, uptake is uneven across the country. 👉Read more bit.ly/47CiiiG #DigitalInclusion #DigitalDivide

Congratulations to ADM+S researchers awarded grants under the 2025 Queensland–Bavaria Collaborative Research Program, supporting projects that advance research in the responsible use of AI in news personalisation and online search. Read more bit.ly/4ngSRcc

🍾 Really excited for my @qutdmrc.bsky.social / @admscentre.org.au colleagues and me to have won a small Qld/Bay seed grant for collaborative research with @marhai.bsky.social (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) on the impact of AI Overviews in search results. More details here: www.qut.edu.au/news?...

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

👁️🤖 How do humans and computers "see"? That's the question driving my latest research, published in @viscomjournal.bsky.social. This study evaluates how computers process images and which specific #visualstyle elements across 3 dimensions computer vision regards as important and which it does not.

NDIS reform: From mid-2026, participants over 16 face new interviews instead of medical reports. Experts warn without real consultation, participants could be reduced to data points The Conversation AUNZ http://bit.ly/4nZo58t #NDIS #DisabilitySupport #PolicyChange #InclusiveAustralia

ADM+S researcher @tjthomson.bsky.social and colleagues discuss the key literacies of Generative AI in this new @theconversation.com article. They argue that: “Learning AI means keeping pace with constant change.” More: bit.ly/3WhrmnI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #AI

The October edition of the ADM+S Newsletter is here. It includes our latest reports on major community-engaged research projects, policy submissions, journal publications, videos & more https://mailchi.mp/rmit/xiao9risv9-17446335 #AI #Automation #DigitalSociety #Research

On #InternationalPodcastDay explore how AI + automated decision-making are shaping everyday life with the ADM+S Podcast: Automated Societies. Tune into conversations with experts on how AI & automated decision-making are shaping everyday life https://open.spotify.com/show/0nZf2aMklBKmnaRDMGRkPU

Today we celebrate our extraordinary professional team, whose commitment and dedication make the remarkable achievements of ADM+S researchers possible. Our professional team spans across 8 Australian partner universities. #ResearchAdministratorsDay

A new ADM+S Submission is available on APO for the Productivity Commission Pillar 3: Harnessing data and digital technology Interim Report. 🔗 Read the submission: apo.org.au/node/332205 #AIpolicy #PrivacyRegulation #ResponsibleAI

New article from The Conversation by ADM+S researcher @tjthomson.bsky.social with Samuel Cornell (UNSW). They explore the consequences for young people when consuming violent and disturbing viral content on social media. #viralvideos #socialmediaharms 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/466Ui7Q

New ADM+S submission: Research ahead of the 2025 Federal Election reveals astroturfing is mainstream in climate & energy debates. Calls for stronger laws, transparency & platform accountability to protect democracy. Read more bit.ly/41MbRYn #PoliticalAdvertising #Astroturfing #DigitalTransparency

A new research-backed digital platform, led by Prof Kath Albury, has been developed to help health professionals & communities navigate the overwhelming & often unreliable online information about sexual & reproductive health by building digital & data capabilities @katha.bsky.social bit.ly/3Vu0cKh

Join us online Thurs 11 Sept for the launch of the Digital Capabilities for Sexual & Reproductive Health Final Report & Website. Featuring leading voices across sexual health, policy, advocacy & community. 👉 admscentre.org/DDCSRH-Launch #DigitalHealth #SexualHealth

The September edition of the ADM+S Newsletter is out. Explore the latest ADM+S research, news, publications, and events admscentre.org/September-news

We just released a *big* working paper on Voice AI and Authenticity as part of the ARC CoE for Automated Decision-Making and Society @admscentre.org.au It surveys the history of the tech, emerging issues, and what can be done Check it out at Australian Policy Online here: apo.org.au/node/331920

Voice technologies are being rapidly integrated into AI systems, raising new questions & intensifying old ones, across everyday life. This paper surveys the history & current developments, highlighting emerging responses in real-world settings. apo.org.au/node/331920 #AI #VoiceTech #Authenticity