FOR RELEASE: 13 SEPTEMBER 2024

For the past two months, conservative lobby group Advance Australia’s “Election News” Facebook page has used targeted advertising to publish hundreds of links to older news articles that cast the Greens party in a deeply negative light. ARC Centre of Excellence of Automated Decision-Making and Society digital communications expert Professor Daniel Angus said the practice is a textbook example of a “malinformation campaign”, where true information is removed from its appropriate context and then spread with the intent to cause reputational harm or sow confusion.

FOR RELEASE: 5 AUGUST 2024

ADM+S researchers submit research findings on key issues to the Federal Government’s inquiry on the impacts of social media in Australia.

FOR RELEASE: 17 JULY 2024

In a pilot study, researchers have found evidence that Large Language Models (LLMs) have the ability to analyse controversial topics such as the Australian Robodebt scandal in similar ways to humans – and sometimes exhibit similar biases.

FOR RELEASE: 9 JULY 2024

Findings from the largest collection of online targeted advertisements revealed

The Australian Ad Observatory at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society has generated the most extensive known collection of targeted ads that people encounter on Facebook in Australia and built world-first research infrastructure that involved citizens in doing so. The project has uncovered harmful or illegal advertising content that includes unlawful scam content, harmful and, in some cases, potentially unlawful gambling advertising, and concerning patterns of alcohol and unhealthy food advertising.

FOR RELEASE: 17 JUNE 2024

Announced today, the Australian Internet Observatory (AIO) is a major new research infrastructure initiative that will open up the ‘black box’ of digital platforms and their algorithms. Digital platforms play a critical role in Australia’s economy and society, yet our capacities to collect and analyse data from digital platforms and observe their activities is very limited.

FOR RELEASE: 16 MAY 2024

A team led by Prof Paul Henman from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society at the University of Queensland, have developed an internationally novel algorithmic assessment toolkit to guide the development and deployment of AI systems with human wellbeing front of mind. This toolkit contributes to the important and urgent work of building human wellbeing in a world with AI. It moves beyond the focus on digital harms to one that is positively framed in being trauma aware.

FOR RELEASE: 9 MAY 2024

The Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (OVIC) and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) have launched GenAI Concepts, an online resource designed to explain fundamental concepts and terms related to Generative AI. GenAI Concepts covers over 40 terms, unlocking the technical, operational, and regulatory aspects of AI systems. It is an accessible tool for individuals and organisations seeking to better understand the fundamental ideas, technologies, and risks behind Generative AI.

FOR RELEASE: 8 MARCH 2024

ADM+S researchers have provided evidence on the use of automated decision-making (ADM) systems by state and local governments in NSW at the first hearing of the NSW Artificial Intelligence Inquiry held in Parliament House on 8 March 2024. Researchers presented findings from the recent report ‘Automated decision-making in New South Wales: mapping and analysis of the use of ADM systems by State and Local governments’, produced in partnership by ADM+S and the NSW Ombudsman.

FOR RELEASE: 29 FEBRUARY 2024

A new online platform aims to beter prepare communies for disasters with the use of community sourced data, resource mapping and arficial intelligence (AI) tools. The report provides details on the platform developed by researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)  in partnership with Humanitech at the Australian Red Cross.

FOR RELEASE: 2 JANUARY 2024

Arjun Srinivas, a PhD student at the QUT node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S), has successfully completed a three-month internship with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), marking the first PhD internship of its kind for both ABC and the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Working closely with ABC’s YouTube news desk in Brisbane, led by Gary Kemble, Social Media Lead at ABC news, Arjun investigated how a public service media organisation navigates the recommender systems of large commercial platforms, such as YouTube.

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FOR RELEASE: 8 MARCH 2023

Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society
(ADM+S) are uncovering vague and misleading green advertising on social media, with the help
of the Australian consumers who are being targeted.

FOR RELEASE: 5 DECEMBER 2023

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) calls for an increased investment in research, evaluation tools and infrastructure to address emerging challenges of generative AI and automated decision-making in news and media environments.

FOR RELEASE: 27 SEPTEMBER 2023

Research from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) at RMIT University has found a significant gap in digital inclusion for First Nations people compared with other Australians, which widens substantially with remoteness.

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