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The new bill puts the onus on tech platforms to protect Australians from harmful content and design features.
It might seem quaint now but for many Facebook users, the introduction of this content algorithm felt like a violation of their privacy and trust.
Griege is dominating our landscape along with cookie-cutter design.
People should have meaningful choices about the systems organising their attention.
Concerns about the effect of social media on young minds mirror fears in ancient times around the way heightened drama affected audiences of public theatre.
It might be tempting to focus on your ‘good days’. But here’s what to keep in mind when an assessor asks about your health and everyday life.
Political parties might choose their election ads but increasingly it’s tech companies’ algorithms that decide who sees them.
Two researchers navigate the mind-boggling and often sinister, parallel universe that is known as the digital afterlife industry and chatbots specifically designed to help people grieve.
Eighty-five per cent of teens have seen gore online, but only seven per cent searched for it. Current content moderation and safety features aren’t fixing the problem.
Critical thinking is touted as the educational counterpoint to AI and algorithms, but our definitions of it need an update.
Colorado watered down its AI legislation but may still face litigation from the Department of Justice.
Dream-like states are not confined to sleep: the brain is able, very surprisingly, to produce the same mental experience independently of our state of vigilance.
Data science and machine learning algorithms can help us form probabilistic forecasts of things like sporting events.
The rapid spread of AI has pushed an already fragile news ecosystem closer to breaking point.
The government plans to cut the number of NDIS users by 160,000 over the next four years. Here’s what we know about how they’ll do that and who’ll be affected.
Computers promise to replace fallible human judgement with something more consistent, efficient and fair. But this isn’t always the case.
More control is a good thing – but be wary of privacy risks and ensure your media ‘diet’ is still balanced.
Elon Musk’s social media platform is boosting conservative content – and it’s having long-lasting effects on how users see the world.
As the International Olympic Committee (IOC) rolls out AI-assisted judging at the Winter Olympics, how is this new technology set to revolutionise the sports industry?
Top contributors
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Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Professor of Data Science; Director, Adelaide Data Science Centre, Adelaide University
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Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Politics, UNSW
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Scientia Professor of Evolution, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Digital Media, Queensland University of Technology
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Head of Art and Design, University of Hertfordshire
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University of Hertfordshire
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Professor, Real Estate, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Lecturer in Computer Science/Co-founder Women Leading in AI, Keele University
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Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
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Professor of Strategic Design, Queensland University of Technology
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Visiting researcher, Alan Turing Institute
