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SUMMARY:Public Service Media in the Platform Era - Towards Public Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”The challenges faced by public service media in the face of the dominance of commercial tech platforms\, and PSM’s infrastructural dependence on them\, are global and urgent. ” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]This infrastructural capture highlights the importance of ensuring a robust international media ecology committed to public service values as an alternative. In parallel\, research and development of future technologies demands strong streams of innovation focused on the public good. Addressing these global problems requires unprecedented international collaboration to develop key strategies and technologies.  \nThe Melbourne events\, organised by Georgina Born (UCL)\, Mark Andrejevic (Monash)\, Fernando Diaz (Carnegie Mellon) and James Meese (RMIT)\, will present and discuss evidence-based options for addressing the challenges posed by new distribution platforms\, the rapid deployment of artificial intelligence\, and the tensions between personalisation and public service principles. \nWe aim to address such major challenges as: \n\nBalancing personalisation and universality (shared experience) in content and curation \nNew public service distribution platforms\nRedefining public service media\, potentially to include social media\, search\, and LLM applications\, and \nHow public interest infrastructures and technologies can be developed in alternative ways\, without relying on established global commercial counterparts.\n\nThe Melbourne events will showcase alternative tech research projects addressing these challenges\, some developed in partnership with public service media organisations\, and requiring only low resources.  \nFollowing the Melbourne symposium\, a larger ‘summit’ will be held in London on September 3-4\, 2026.  \nFor more information or to register your interest\, please email matilda.knowles@monash.edu. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1769477162485{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”VIEW PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#F4AA8F” custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fevent-guide-2026-adms-summer-school%2F|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1768534750631{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] Program EOIs:\n\nADM+S is inviting Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from members for workshops and bootcamps to feature in the Summer School program. ADM+S is looking to offer hands-on\, skills-based sessions that actively engage PhD and Masters students\, as well as Early Career Researchers (ECRs)\, from across all eight Centre nodes (HASS and STEM). \n\nSession types: Methodology\, research and technical skills\, creative outputs\, ethics\, research partnerships\, research impact\, mentoring\, etc.\nFormat: 1hr 15min interactive sessions (e.g. workshops or bootcamps). Concurrent sessions will run across all three days.\nCo-delivery: We encourage collaboration – including PhDs and ECRs in planning and delivery is highly welcomed.\n\nFor inspiration\, you can view the 2025 ADM+S Summer School program. \nIf you have any questions or ideas you would like to discuss\, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Manager\, Research Training and Development Sally Storey. \n EOIs have now closed. \nImage credit: Yutong Liu & Digit / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/future-of-public-service-media/
LOCATION:RMIT University\, Melbourne
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Melbourne
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251106T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251106T190000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021615
CREATED:20250922T070251Z
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SUMMARY:The trust deficit: Decoding AI deepfakes and synthetic voices
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nThree leading experts – spanning conflict reporting\, environmental disasters and politics – dissect the evolving challenges of trust\, credibility and media integrity in perilous times. \nArtificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way stories are told\, how news is reported and content created. Once requiring extensive resources and skills\, AI voice and deepfake technologies are now widely accessible\, enabling creators and media professionals to push boundaries in storytelling and communication. \nFrom reviving historical figures to breaking language barriers\, AI opens exciting possibilities. Yet\, the emergence of hyper-realistic synthetic media raises questions about verification\, authenticity and ethical reporting. \nWith voice clones convincingly mimicking real individuals and deepfakes obscuring the line between reality and fabrication\, how can we tell the difference? And how can media professionals or educators uphold integrity and trust in a landscape increasingly saturated with AI manipulation? \nThis panel brings together international experts in media literacy\, journalism and conflict reporting to discuss the possibilities and perils at the heart of AI-driven communication. Covering topics such as deepfakes during climate disasters and voice cloning of politicians\, this panel unpacks the complexities of truth and trust when media is so easy to fake. \nThis panel is supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society (ADM+S)\, Swinburne University of Technology\, and Western Sydney University’s ARC Linkage Project\, Addressing Misinformation with Media Literacy. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row title=”RESEARCH PROJECTS” style=”custom” gradient_color_1=”turquoise” gradient_color_2=”blue” gradient_custom_color_1=”#dd3333″ gradient_custom_color_2=”#eeee22″ gradient_text_color=”#ffffff” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ outline_custom_color=”#666666″ outline_custom_hover_background=”#666666″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” shape=”rounded” color=”grey” size=”lg” align=”center” button_block=”” add_icon=”” i_align=”left” i_type=”fontawesome” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-adjust” i_icon_openiconic=”vc-oi vc-oi-dial” i_icon_typicons=”typcn typcn-adjust-brightness” i_icon_entypo=”entypo-icon entypo-icon-note” i_icon_linecons=”vc_li vc_li-heart” i_icon_monosocial=”vc-mono vc-mono-fivehundredpx” i_icon_material=”vc-material vc-material-cake” i_icon_pixelicons=”vc_pixel_icon vc_pixel_icon-alert” custom_onclick=”” link=”url:%23research-filter|||” custom_onclick_code=””][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.acmi.net.au%2Fwhats-on%2Ftrust-deficit-decoding-ai%2F”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1759118680554{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SPEAKERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”652″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text css=””]Anthony McCosker\nDirector of Swinburne University’s Social Innovation Research Institute and a chief investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society. Alongside his internationally recognised research on digital inclusion and the adoption and impact of new technologies\, Anthony currently leads a three-year project on Critical Capabilities for Inclusive AI. Recent co-authored books include Data for Social Good (2023)\, Everyday Data Cultures (2022) and Automating Vision (2020).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”30441″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text css=””]Mark Doman\nMark Doman is the visual journalism lead with the ABC’s Digital Story Innovations team\, which produces interactive and data-driven stories. Mark and the team have won Walkley awards and international data journalism prizes for a range of stories including their work mapping forced detention camps in China\, visualising the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage in Ukraine and investigating illegal logging in Australian forests.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”30442″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text css=””]Sam Gregory\nAn award-winning human rights advocate and technologist with 25+ years of experience addressing emerging technologies and civic engagement. As executive director of WITNESS\, he leads efforts to harness technologies for human rights\, including the Prepare\, Don’t Panic initiative\, which has shaped policy on deepfakes and generative AI. Gregory has testified before US Congress on AI regulation and initiated the global Deepfakes Rapid Response Force\, connecting journalists with forensic specialists.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”30443″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text css=””]Stephanie Hankey\nStephanie Hankey is a strategist and social entrepreneur specialising in the social and environmental impact of technology. As co-founder of Tactical Tech\, she advances digital literacy through global public education initiatives. She co-curated The Glass Room\, an award-winning exhibition engaging over 500\,000 people across 70+ countries including critical discussions on technology and AI. A Royal College of Art graduate\, she is an Ashoka and Harvard Loeb Fellow and a dual professor at Potsdam FHP.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/the-trust-deficit-decoding-ai-deepfakes-and-synthetic-voices/
LOCATION:ACMI\, Federation Square\, Flinders St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Melbourne,Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251015T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251015T120000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021615
CREATED:20250902T060304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T060304Z
UID:30187-1760522400-1760529600@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:She Shapes History: Badass Women of Melbourne
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”This is the story of Melbourne – told by the women who shaped it.\nHidden amongst Flinders Street Station\, Federation Square\, the State Library\, the Princess Theatre and Parliament House are the stories of women who shaped Melbourne.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWalk through the heart of the city where women built hospitals\, launched movements\, soundtracked our streets\, and transformed culture – often without recognition. From the steps of Parliament to tucked-away laneways\, you’ll meet artists\, agitators\, entrepreneurs and everyday rebels who dared to speak up and shape the city around them. \nCome ready to see Melbourne differently – and to carry these stories with you long after the walk ends. This tour will leave you feeling inspired\, grounded\, and ready to shape history yourself. \nNote: If you have infants or toddlers you are welcome to bring them along with a pram or stroller.\nIf you have a dog they are also welcome to join – please bring a lead and doggy bags. \nRegistrations are essential. Any questions can be directed to Manager\, Research Training and Development Sally Storey. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/she-shapes-history/
LOCATION:RMIT University\, Melbourne
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Melbourne
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250910T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250910T123000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021615
CREATED:20250806T212447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T234444Z
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SUMMARY:Using GenAI to Supercharge Your Research
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”ADM+S Members are invited to join this session where colleagues will share their insights on the GenAI tools and methods they are using in their research.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]GenAI tools and methods they have chosen to use in their work so far\, and critically\, how and why they decided on those platforms/models. Many signature projects across ADM+S are interested in the use of GenAI methods and tools for use in their research. \nThis 1.5-hour Q&A session\, hosted by the ADM+S Infrastructure Research Committee aims to provide valuable insights and foster discussion on the use of GenAI platforms/models in research. \nSpeakers include: \n\nZafaryab Rasool from Critical Capabilities for Inclusive AI project\nAshwin Nagappa\, Oleg Zendel and Kateryna Kasianenko from the Australian Search Experience 2.0\nDaniel Binns on implementations of generative AI\n\nRegister for this event via the ADM+S Calendar invite (Zoom link provided in invite) \nPresented by the ADM+S Research Infrastructure Committee\nImage Credit: Yutong Liu & The Bigger Picture / AI is Everywhere  / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/using-genai-to-supercharge-your-research/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Brisbane,Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250904T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250905T143000
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SUMMARY:Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Journalist and critic Liz Pelly’s Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist has invigorated both academic and journalistic critique of Spotify\, while arming musicians with a powerful set of arguments for imagining alternative platforms and economic models for music.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this two-hour seminar\, Pelly will lead a discussion of the book’s key themes and the broader context of streaming\, extractive platforms\, and the political economy of music. We’ll explore how Spotify’s algorithms and business practices shape listening habits\, culture\, and livelihoods\, and look at existing initiatives that aim to put power back in the hands of musicians. Participants will be invited to share their own ideas\, experiences\, and alternative visions for more equitable and imaginative music futures. \nThis event is for members only. Light lunch and snacks provided. \nVenue: Radio Theatre (Building 9\, level 1\, room 24\, RMIT City campus). \nPresented by Music Industry Research Collective (MIRC) and The ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1755756842683{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER NOW” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Flizpellyrmit|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/mood-machine/
LOCATION:RMIT University\, Melbourne
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Melbourne
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250825T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250825T140000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021615
CREATED:20250815T045402Z
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SUMMARY:Briefing: Workforce Australia’s Targeted Compliance Framework
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join the ADM+S Regulatory Project for an online briefing and discussion with academics and advocates to understand the layers of technical\, legal and political problems underpinning Workforce Australia’s Targeted Compliance Framework.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwo years after recommendations made by the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme\, tens of thousands of welfare recipients in Australia are again suffering at the hands of another government automated system. \nOver 2022 to 2024\, more than 900 people had their jobseeker payments cancelled by an automated system that underpins Workforce Australia’s Targeted Compliance Framework. There are also concerns as to whether the suspension of payments — which happens in tens of thousands every month — was legal. \nThe Commonwealth Ombudsman found the payments had been cancelled unlawfully\, warning that the issue could have catastrophic impact on vulnerable recipients\, invoking conclusions from the Robodebt Royal Commission. \nAttendees will hear from ADM+S scholars as well as the Antipoverty Centre and Economic Justice Australia about their advocacy work\, followed by questions and discussion of next steps. \nSpeakers \n\nProf. Kimberlee Weatherall (University of Sydney)\nProf. Terry Carney (University of Sydney)\nDr. Simone Casey (Economic Justice Australia)\nKristin O’Connell (Antipoverty Centre)\n\nEvent contacts\nSamantha Floreani (samantha.floreani@monash.edu)\nKimberlee Weatherall (kimberlee.weatherall@sydney.edu.au) \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1755233455988{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER HERE” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fbriefing-workplace-australia-s-targeted-compliance-framework|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/briefing-workplace-australias-targeted-compliance-framework/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Invited Organisations
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250805T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250805T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021615
CREATED:20250623T025814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250629T222902Z
UID:29593-1754402400-1754406000@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:Financial Platforms: Infrastructures for Value Creation
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join us for this discussion led by Professor Janet Roitman\, from RMIT University in Melbourne\, who will examine Financial Platforms: Infrastructures for Value Creation.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Financial platforms are generally seen as the basic infrastructure of platform capitalism. They are therefore taken to be the basis for the exercise of ‘infrastructural power.’ The latter transpires through the incorporation of digital technologies and algorithmic operations into the heart of economic and financial practices. However\, different assumptions are made about the effects of digital platforms and infrastructures depending on geographical location. \nFor example\, financial platforms are approached as inherent to processes of financialization on a global scale and are generally seen as the basic infrastructure of platform capitalism. They are therefore taken to be the basis for exercise of ‘infrastructural power.’ The latter transpires through the incorporation of digital technologies and algorithmic operations into the heart of economic and financial practices. However\, different assumptions are made about the effects of digital platforms and infrastructures depending on geographical location. For example\, while financial platforms are approached as inherent to processes of financialization on a global scale\, they are reduced to processes of financial inclusion when referencing the ‘Global South.’ Analyses of financialization as a one-way-vector – Global North to Global South – overlook the variability\, the limits\, and responses to financialization. In contrast\, a focus on market devices illustrates the specificities of value creation via digital platforms.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]RSVP via the ADM+S Calendar invite.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1750647521944{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SPEAKER” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Janet Roitman is a Professor at RMIT University in Melbourne\, Australia. She is the founderdirector of The Platform Economies Research Network (PERN) and an Associate Investigator at the ARC Centre\nof Excellence for Automated Decision-making and Society (ADM+S) at RMIT University. She serves on the Council of Advisors for the Platform Cooperativism Consortium. Her research focuses on financial practices\, digital technologies\, and emergent forms of value. She is the author of Fiscal Disobedience: An Anthropology of Economic Regulation in Central Africa (Princeton University Press) and Anti-Crisis (Duke University Press). \nProfessor Roitman serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Cultural Economy\, Cultural Anthropology\, Finance & Society\, and Platforms & Society. Her research has received funding support from the Ford Foundation\, the MacArthur Foundation\, the American Council of Learned Societies\, the United States Social Science Research Council\, Agence française du développement\, The Institute for Public Knowledge\, and the United States National Science Foundation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/financial-platforms-infrastructures-for-value-creation/
LOCATION:QUT Kelvin Grove – Z9-607\, Australia
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Brisbane,ECR Students,HDR Students,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250731T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250731T110000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021615
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SUMMARY:Efficiency is not the only goal: An examination of the role of public consultation in administrative law
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Join us for this presentation by ADM+S Research Fellow Alexandra Sinclair\, who will examine the purposes and values of human consultation in administrative law and whether those values can be satisfied in a context of simulated participation and consultation.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]This presentation is situated within a context of increasing calls for Gen AI simulation of human  participation and consultation in legislative and democratic processes. The presentation examines  the  purposes and values of human consultation in administrative law. It analyses how consultation has both instrumentalists aims in improving the quality of law-making and decision-making and also recognises wider values pertaining to human dignity and democratic legitimacy.   The presentation questions whether those values can be satisfied in a context of simulated participation and consultation.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]RSVP via the ADM+S calendar invite which will include a Zoom link for online attendees.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1750647521944{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SPEAKER” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”28383″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=””]Dr Alexandra Sinclair is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Sydney Law School. She has a doctorate from the London School of Economics and Political Science examining the application of English judicial review doctrines to automated decision-making by the British state. Alexandra previously worked as a research fellow at the Public Law Project\, focusing on public law and technology. Her work with the Public Law Project on frontline automated decision-making in government was covered by the Guardian.  Alexandra has published in the Modern Law Review and Public Law. She is a frequent online contributor and has written for the UK Constitutional Law Association Blog\, the Digital Constitutionalist\, the Law Society Gazette and Prospect Magazine\, among others.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/efficiency-is-not-the-only-goal-an-examination-of-the-role-of-public-consultation-in-administrative-law/
LOCATION:QUT Kelvin Grove – Z9-607\, Australia
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Brisbane,Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250709
DTSTAMP:20260423T021615
CREATED:20250612T034250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T053451Z
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SUMMARY:Network anarchy and unstable diffusions
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Once imagined as a decentralised utopia of free knowledge\, DIY culture\, and radical sharing\, the internet has now evolved into a dystopia of crypto millionaires\, fascist bots\, doomscrolling\, and algorithmic control.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]What we imagined as an infrastructure for openness\, stability\, and resilience has left us instead feeling profoundly unstable\, polarised\, and trapped inside a chaotic walled garden of nothing but noise. To borrow a phrase from media theorist Wendy Chun\, our ground truths have all turned out to be deep fakes.  \nThis event\, spanning two days of workshops and talks at RMIT\, will explore how artists\, writers\, thinkers\, and other cultural workers can help us come to terms with the broken promises and chaotic realities of the 21st-century internet.  \nConvened by Joel Stern (RMIT)\, Thao Phan (ANU)\, and Christopher O’Neill (Deakin) \nSupported by ADM+S as part of the project ‘Evaluating Automated Cultural Curating and Ranking Systems with Synthetic Data’. Presented in association with the National Communication Museum\, School of Media and Communication RMIT\, and the AusSTS 2025 Conference ‘Signals and Noises’\, which runs from July 9-11. Details here.  \nADM+S students and ECRs are encouraged to sign up for the first day of AusSTS at the National Communication Museum at a reduced price – featuring performances\, workshops\, and keynotes from invited scholars and performers. Registrations are now open.  \nMonday 7 July\nNoisy Joints: Embodying the AI Glitch: Eryk Salvagio and Camila Galaz\n12pm-2pm \n\nArtists and researchers Eryk Salvaggio and Camila Galaz present a participatory workshop on interrupting and reframing the outputs of generative AI systems. Drawing from a critical AI puppetry workshop originally developed at the Mercury Store in Brooklyn\, New York\, Noisy Joints invites participants to think through the body—its categorisation\, misrecognition\, and noise—within AI image-generation systems. How do our physical movements interact with machine perception? How can choreographies of shadow\, gesture\, and failure unsettle the logic of automated categorisation? \nAcross the session\, participants will explore these questions through short talks\, collaborative video-making\, glitch-puppetry exercises\, and experimental use of tools like Runway’s GEN3 model. Using shadows\, projections\, and improvised movement\, the workshop will trace a playful and critical path through the interfaces and assumptions that shape AI perception. No technical experience is required.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fnoisy-joints-workshop%3Fhxchl%3Dhex-pfl|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]JODI\n2pm-4pm \nWorkshop description written by JODI \n%Install \/\/ifi :Localphone.tracer https://wifi4garden.com  \n& making?breaking Alt.app/softwar DIY#Wrong%Browsers💻 .WWW vs Appland\nhttps://zkm.de/en/2025/02/choose-your-filter \nJoan Heemskerk about 🖲$Blockchain #alt.sci-fi  \nhttps://rectangle.be/rec \nJODI (jodi.org) pioneered net.art in 1995. They were among the first artists to investigate and subvert the conventions of the Internet\, computer programs\, and video and computer games. Their work radically disrupts the very language of these systems\, including visual aesthetics\, interface elements\, commands\, errors\, and code. JODI stages extreme digital interventions that destabilise the relationship between computer technology and its users by subverting expectations about the functionalities and conventions of the systems we rely on every day. Their practice spans a variety of media and techniques\, including installations\, software\, websites\, performances\, and exhibitions. \nJODI’s work is featured in most art historical volumes on digital and media art. It has been exhibited internationally at venues such as Documenta X\, the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam)\, ZKM\, ICC\, CCA\, the Guggenheim\, IMAL\, Centre Pompidou\, Eyebeam\, FACT\, MoMI\, Harvard Art Museums\, Rhizome\, and MoMA\, among others.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fjodi-workshop%3Fc%3Dadms|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Tuesday 8 July\nHow to Train Your (Mental) Model: Fabian Offert (UCSB) & Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal (University of Basel)\n2pm- 4pm \nThis workshop seeks to interrogate how one may know if/when AI is “bad\,” and who gets to make that determination. The objective of the workshop is not to interrogate how training of models happens in contemporary AI systems but to instead collectively come to terms with the methods of studying AI in contemporary STS (and adjacent) scholarship. We shall outline some common methodological trends and issues in the field of critical AI studies\, and collaboratively look at\, and think about\, the precise chains of arguments that undergird our understanding of AI models today. Turning the chain-of-thought process unto a critical register\, the participants will be invited to consider the methodological diversity\, veracity\, and validity of contemporary argumentation modes (across popular\, corporate\, and academic discourses) and the political emergence and implications of these argumentations. At the core of this exercise is a consideration of how we\, as thinkers and tinkerers\, may reassess our mental models of how AI models are trained and operationalized. In the face of these issues that we shall encounter\, the workshop will aim towards making some headway into a future set of methodologies that might take into account existing strengths in our humanistic and social scientific domains.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1729732550382{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTER” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fhow-to-train-your-mental-model-workshop%3Fc%3Dadms|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/network-anarchy-and-unstable-diffusions/
LOCATION:RMIT Media Portal
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Melbourne
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20250704T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20250704T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021615
CREATED:20250521T050119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T053210Z
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SUMMARY:Re/Framing Field Lab
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Expressions of Interest Invited” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 2024\, Re/Framing brought together industry\, academia and creative industries to map the landscape of creativity and AI. This landscape\, of course\, has since been terraformed multiple times over. \nFollowing this year’s ADM+S Symposium in Brisbane\, this satellite event invites scholars\, creatives\, and collaborators to join a focused co-lab on generative AI\, critical media practice\, and creative research.  \n\n\nThis time\, we zoom in — shifting from discussion to co-creation. Together\, we’ll explore themes like signal\, noise\, agency\, embodiment\, authenticity\, tools\, systems\, and workflows\, with a view to generating tangible outcomes: co-authored papers\, creative NTROs\, white papers\, infographics\, tech demos\, speculative systems\, special issues\, zines — or whatever else wants to emerge. \nThis is a space to find your plot on the landscape and plant some seeds – to pitch\, partner\, and prototype ideas. \nWe’re excited to bring together people across disciplines\, roles\, and modalities who want to experiment at the messy intersections of theory\, practice\, and speculative media/design. \nTo express interest\, please email Daniel Binns by Monday 2 June with a current CV and short precis of your motivation for attending. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/this-satellite-event-invites-scholars-creatives-and-collaborators-to-join-a-focused-co-lab-on-generative-ai-critical-media-practice-and-creative-research/
LOCATION:The University of Queensland\, Sir Fred Schonell Drive\, Saint Lucia\, Brisbane City\, 4067\, Australia
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Brisbane,Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250701
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250705
DTSTAMP:20260423T021615
CREATED:20250227T230037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250624T064931Z
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SUMMARY:2025 ADM+S Symposium - Automated Social Services: Building Inclusive Digital Futures
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”This Symposium unites ADM+S researchers\, technologists\, social service professionals\, and policymakers to showcase innovative responses to the challenges of building inclusive\, ethical\, and responsible automated social services.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSocial services provide benefits to the whole community by improving outcomes for diverse and disadvantaged people through education\, health and housing. Often social services are targeted to respond to people experiencing poverty\, child neglect or harm\, domestic and family violence\, migration and settlement\, homelessness and disability\, the effects of disaster and many other situations. Social services are delivered by a range of actors in the community including governments\, the not-for-profit sector\, social enterprises and business and have sought to innovate through data-driven systems and increasingly automated technologies. As such social services mediate engagement with highly diverse people and populations\, often experiencing complex circumstances of disadvantage or discrimination\, and often digitally excluded. \n  \n\nAutomation in social services is highly diverse and at very different stages of development reflecting resourcing differences across government and the voluntary not-for-profit community sector. Despite the sensitivities of social services\, automation offers increased capacity and enhanced personalisation amidst growing demands within constrained resources. There is extensive interest in the potential of both predictive and generative AI. Observers have long pointed to the tensions between the objectives of improving efficiency and providing care and support to individuals\, families and communities. Increasing surveillance and reduction of human connections have too often led to growing inequalities. Even well intentioned systems have unintentionally caused harm. \n  \n\nIn the wake of nation-scale failures like Robodebt\, approaches to social service automation remain cautious. Social service providers want greater legal and regulatory clarity alongside professional upskilling to help them develop and deploy data- and AI-driven technologies ethically\, safely and responsibly. Calls for authentic co-design of algorithmic-enabled services with service users provides a further challenge to building cross-professional work. But the pace of change in the sector presents considerable difficulties for research\, governance and regulation. \n\n  \nThese are fundamental issues for Automated Decision Making and Society\, inviting collaboration across technical\, legal and social science disciplines with the government and not-for-profit sector and the community members most affected. \n  \n  \n\nSymposium Location and Program \nThe Symposium will be held at the University of Queensland | St Lucia campus\, in Brisbane. Many sessions will be offered in hybrid mode.  \n\nTuesday 1 July 2025\n10.00am-7.30pm\nSatellite events\, HDR workshops & Welcome reception\nWednesday 2 July 2025\n8.30am-6.30pm\nMain 2025 Symposium: Automated Social Services – Building Inclusive Digital Futures\nThursday 3 July 2025\n8.30am-4.30pm\nADM+S Centre Signature Projects Workshops. (Limited to ADM+S Signature Project teams (closed event)\n\nFriday 4 July\n8.30am-1.00pm\nADM+S Centre Signature Projects Workshops. (Limited to ADM+S Signature Project teams (closed event)\n\nPlease note: we will not be able to accommodate dietary needs on registrations received after COB 24 June 2025. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1749786350150{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #DD9933 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ED612B” custom_text=”#FFFFFF” size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fadms-symposium.com%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1748820088813{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #DD9933 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_btn title=”REGISTRATION NOW OPEN” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ED612B” custom_text=”#FFFFFF” size=”lg” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.humanitix.com%2Fadms-2025-symposium|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1715132217654{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”STUDENT PAPER CONTEST” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Since 2005\, the Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) has featured a graduate student paper contest. This important tradition highlights the best work(s) by members of the new generation of CIRC scholars. \nTo participate in this contest\, the papers need to be authored / co-authored by students only. They cannot be co-authored by any faculty member or postdoc. The papers should be written in full\, in a similar format as journal articles (8\,000 words)\, but not published or accepted for publication in an academic journal\, book\, or any other formal outlet or platform. They should include authors’ names and affiliations. \nWinners—1st price and runner(s) up—will be chosen by the CIRC Steering Committee (in collaboration with the conference organising committee). The result will be announced on the last day of CIRC 2024 on 18 June 2024. \nIf you wish to participate in the student paper contest\, please send your full paper to the following email\, with the subject “Student paper contest”\, by 30 May 2024: circ2024.au@gmail.com[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1740695969092{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SPEAKERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”568″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text]Mark Andrejevic\nMark Andrejevic is a Chief Investigator at the Monash University node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). Mark Andrejevic is Professor of Media Studies in the School of Media\, Film\, and Journalism at Monash University. His research covers the social\, political\, and cultural impact of digital media\, with a focus on surveillance and popular culture. He is the author of four monographs\, including\, most recently Automated Media\, as well as more than 90 academic articles and book chapters. He is a member of the Council for Big Data\, Ethics\, and Society and heads up the Automated Society Working Group at Monash. Before coming to Monash he held positions at the University of Queensland and the University of Iowa.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1687915639246{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAM” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The ADM & CS conference includes a mix of keynote plenary sessions\, regular panels and workshops. The plenary sessions feature keynote speakers and discussants\, all distinguished scholars in their specific fields in and beyond digital China related research. The keynotes will provide framing\, provocations and questions from different disciplinary backgrounds to kick off the event\, while the plenary speakers and discussants will bring their deep expertise towards unpacking specific tracks and topics. \nView the conference program for details on each session\, speakers and other helpful information.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”CONFERENCE PROGRAM” style=”custom” custom_background=”#ffd600″ custom_text=”#000000″ size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.admscentre.org.au%2Fadm-cs-program%2F|title:ADM%26CS%20Conference%20Program|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/2025-symposium/
LOCATION:University of Queensland\, Brisbane\, Australia
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Brisbane,Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20250528T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20250528T190000
DTSTAMP:20260423T021615
CREATED:20250515T015455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T051920Z
UID:29151-1748453400-1748458800@www.admscentre.org.au
SUMMARY:What do News Audiences Want from AI?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”In this talk\, T.J. Thomson discusses news audiences’ experiences with AI-generated or -edited content in journalism\, identifying the social-ethical-legal issues that news audiences think exist in this area.” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1651551961626{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLast February\, Dr. T. J Thomson presented at Hacks/Hackers Brisbane on the perceptions\, challenges and opportunities for generative AI in newsrooms. \nNow\, as many newsrooms have started experimenting and are looking to solidify and mature their policies on AI\, T.J takes a timely look at what the audience is thinking. \nAI can be used for a number of purposes in journalism from brainstorming and enriching to optimising\, editing\, creating\, and presenting. Yet it also has serious potential ethical and legal implications\, including around bias\, inaccuracies\, copyright\, labour\, creativity\, and credibility. \nAcknowledging this tension\, this talk will explore news audiences’ experiences with AI-generated or -edited content in journalism and identify the social-ethical-legal issues that news audiences think exist in this area. \nSo what are the expectations news audiences have for how AI should be used in journalism and how comfortable they are with around two dozen specific use cases? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1747273915297{padding-top: -35px !important;background-color: #ffd600 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SPEAKERS” font_container=”tag:h4|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:23px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_single_image image=”19426″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][vc_column_text css=””]T.J Thomson \nDr TJ Thomson is an Affiliate of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S) from RMIT University. He is a researcher on two ADM+S signature projects: Critical Capabilities for Inclusive AI and Generative Authenticity. TJ is also a senior lecturer in visual communication and digital media at RMIT and an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow. \nTJ’s research is united by its focus on visual communication. A majority of his research centres on the visual aspects of news and journalism and on the concerns and processes relevant to those who make\, edit\, and present visual news. He has broader interests in digital media\, journalism studies\, and visual culture and often focuses on under-represented identities\, attributes\, and environments in his research. T.J. is committed to not only studying visual communication phenomena but also working to increase the visibility\, innovation\, and quality of how research findings are presented\, accessed\, and understood.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/what-do-news-audiences-want-from-ai/
LOCATION:ABC South Brisbane\, 114 Grey St\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4101
CATEGORIES:ADM+S Members,Brisbane,Public Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)":MAILTO:admsevents@rmit.edu.au
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