Featuring ADM+S researchers @antmandan.bsky.social @nnniccc.bsky.social and @amanda-lawrence.bsky.social

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

@antmandan.bsky.social @markandrejevic.bsky.social

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

Enhancing primary years AI literacy and ethics with a voice AI chatbot experience - ADM+S Centre The ADM+S, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child (Digital Child), and QUT Gen AI Lab have partnered on a new project designed to help young children explore key ethical challenges associated ...

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...

ADM+S International Women's Day YouTube video by ADM+S Centre

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

@jeanburgess.bsky.social

Making AI work visible with the GenAI Arcade: best presentation award at Next Generation Responsible AI Symposium - ADM+S Centre ADM+S researchers from QUT’s GenAI Lab have been awarded Best Presentation at the Next Generation Responsible AI Symposium, jointly hosted by CSIRO and the Australian Institute for Machine Learning at...

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 welcomes new Partner Organisation and Investigator from the University of Bristol - ADM+S Centre The ADM+S is delighted to announce the University of Bristol as a new Partner Organisation, and Professor Melissa Gregg as a Partner Investigator to the Centre.

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

Thank you for hosting Janet Roitman, @julianthomas19.bsky.social @jeanburgess.bsky.social Nick Walsh, Matt Warren, Aaron Snoswell, William He, Phoebe Matich and @busedoyu.bsky.social

ADM+S welcomes PNG delegation for women’s research capacity-building initiative - ADM+S Centre In October, the ADM+S welcomed a delegation of researchers from PNG as part of the Strongim Risets Kapasiti Bilong Ol Meri program — a three-year initiative aimed at strengthening the research and pro...

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

@kieranhegarty.bsky.social @amccosker.bsky.social

Australia is facing an ‘AI divide’, new national survey shows Disparities in learning and work, as well as increased exposure to scams, are just some of the risks of a growing ‘AI divide’.

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

@qutdmrc.bsky.social @jeanburgess.bsky.social @antmandan.bsky.social @snurb.info @ashwinnag.bsky.social @kkasianenko.bsky.social @shirweinbrand.bsky.social @theotherprc.bsky.social

ADM+S researchers awarded 2025 Queensland-Bavaria Collaborative Research Grants - ADM+S Centre ADM+S researchers have been awarded more than $100,000 under the 2025 Queensland-Bavaria Collaborative Research Program, supporting research in the use of AI in news personalisation and online search.

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

Clockwise from top left: Kateryna Kasianenko, Professor Axel Bruns, Brett Tweedie, Shir Weinbrand, Dr Ashwin Nagappa and Professor Daniel Angus.

🍾 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?...

@ashwinnag.bsky.social @olegzendel.bsky.social

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

@ashwinnag.bsky.social @kkasianenko.bsky.social @olegzendel.bsky.social

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