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We are hiring a PostDoctoral researcher in Communication Science!
Do you want to be part of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher..
World AI Week – ‘Speeddate’ the Scientists of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab
Date: Tuesday October 7th, 11 – 12 amLocation: Institute for Advanced Study About this session Join us on Tuesday the..
A Peek Into Conference Season
At the height of conference season, the AI Media and Democracy Lab was well represented at international conferences these past..
Imagining the Future of European Digital Infrastructures
What could the future of European digital infrastructures look like? Is European digital independence feasible? And what should be taken..
Experts to Follow at the Intersection of AI and Journalism
In times of rapid transformation, who do you turn to for trustworthy input? Journalism.co.uk published a list of expert voices..
May Publication Highlights: New Insights on AI in Journalism & User Information Needs
Advancing a Material and Epistemological Turn in the Study of AI: A Review and New Directions for Journalism Research By..
AI and the Arts: New Research Exploration
AI has permeated most layers of society, which requires research to find new angles to understand it. We are currently..
Navigating AI Disclosures in the News
To disclose or not to disclose the use of AI to news readers? This is one of the most pressing questions news organisations are..
Observatory on Information Democracy’s Report Launch: Evaluating Policy Recommendations in The Dutch Context
The Observatory on Information and Democracy recently published its report on Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy, offering a critical assessment..
Tech, Trump, and Trust: A Wake-Up Call for Europe?
Since his inauguration in January, US President Donald Trump has been engaging with tech CEO’s like Elon Musk and Mark..
Guidebook on Scenario-Based Sociotechnical Envisioning
In a collaboration with the Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence at Northwestern University, Kimon Kieslich, Natali Helberger, and Nicholas..
The 2024 Annual Community Meeting
The AI, Media and Democracy Lab held its second annual community update meeting on December 10th. In the beautiful Sweelinck..
(Deadline expired) We are hiring a Postdoc AI/multi-agent modelling of dynamics in social media (M/F/X)!
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is expected to play a crucial role in the future of social media. AI can contribute to..
Unraveling the Role of AI-Enabled Disinformation in an Election Year
The latest instalment of our AI and Elections Discussion series took place on November 25, and was organised in collaboration..
The Second Edition of the ELSA Magazine
The Dutch AI Coalition recently released the second edition of their ELSA Magazine, which keeps up with the various ELSA..
Future Scenario Writing with the News Industry: Three lessons from the Digital Growth Summit
Professor Natali Helberger and Dr. Hannes Cools attended the Digital Growth Summit run by Twipe in Brussels. The summit was..
Responsible AI at the BBC – A Collaborative Research Project
“We need to intentionally do good, not simply focus on not doing harm.”– Rumman Chowdhury at the BRAID launch Like..
A Visit from the AI Policy Lab
AI Policy Lab Coordinator Tatyana Sarayeva visited us all the way from Umeå University last week to observe the inner workings..
(Deadline expired) We are hiring a Postdoc Trustworthy Human-AI Interaction for Media and Democracy (m/f/x)!
Encounters with AI-generated content can impact the human experience of algorithms, and more broadly the psychology of Human–AI interaction. In..
Is AI Training Infringement?
Joseph Karaganis assesses the American public policy response to the use of copyrighted materials in the training of AI models before turning to the alternative frameworks emerging in China and Europe.
Four years of AI4Media
As the four-year AI4Media project is coming to an end this year, we look back at their achievements and the..
AI’s Impact on Media and Democracy
Following the workshop on Large Language Models for Media and Democracy, the CWI Semester Programme continued with the two-day event..
AIMD Lab Panel Discussion on AI and the European Elections
On June 6, voting day of the 2024 European Parliament elections in the Netherlands, the AI, Media, and Democracy Lab..
Public Spaces Conference: Media Content for Responsible AI
On June 6th, the AI, Media, and Democracy Lab held a panel at the 2024 Public Spaces Conference in collaboration..
What can we learn from Norway? Our visit to Digital Journalism and Media City Bergen
Over the past year and a half, the introduction of ChatGPT and other Large Language Models (LLM’s) has raised a..
(Deadline expired) We are hiring a PostDoctoral researcher in Law!
Do you want to be part of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher..
Large Language Models for Media and Democracy Workshop
The Centrum Wiskunde and Informatica (CWI) organized a two-day workshop at Amsterdam Science Park centering on what large-language models (LLMs)..
Out now: ‘Generative AI in Journalism’ report in collaboration with The Associated Press
(Associate) lab members Natali Helberger, Hannes Cools and Nicholas Diakopoulos have published a new report, in collaboration with The Associated..
Panel Discussion on The AI Act and its Implications for the Media Sector
As the first comprehensive law on artificial intelligence, all eyes are currently on the European Union’s AI Act. After an..
Invitation to ‘AI’s Impact on Society, Media, and Democracy’ two-day event on May 27 & 28, 2024 at CWI
How is AI impacting the media and our democratic processes? What can be expected in the near future, and what..
(Deadline expired) We are hiring a PostDoctoral researcher in Communciation Science!
Do you want to be part of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher..
The Amsterdam Paper: Recommendations for the technical finalisation of the regulation of GPAI in the AI Act
In July of this year, we co-organised a workshop together with AlgorithmWatch, with the aim to generate constructive suggestions..
Paper on AIMD Lab’s focus group approach accepted to ACM CHI 2024
The AI, Media & Democracy Lab will be represented at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems..
‘Meet New Methods’: Measurement Across the Sciences
“Meet New Methods” is a series of interdisciplinary sessions hosted by the AI, Media & Democracy Lab at the Institute..
One year of ELSA: A report of our first annual Community Meeting
Last year we started our trajectory as a Dutch Research Council-funded Ethical, Legal, and Societal Aspects (ELSA) Lab. Our overarching..
The Consensus Machine: A Provocative AI Tool?
What situations can AI tools be used for, and where do we draw the line? Is it possible to build..
The Future of Journalism Conference in Cardiff 2023
In September 2023, members of the AI Media and Democracy Lab participated in the ninth biennial Future of Journalism Conference..
First Junior Scholars Network Mini Conference On AI Infrastructures
We look back on a successful first mini-conference of the AI, Media and Democracy Junior Scholars Network. Network members from..
Regulating Generative AI in the AI Act: A Set of Recommendations
In July of this year, we co-organised a workshop together with AlgorithmWatch, with the aim to generate constructive suggestions..
AI for Democracy Talk at The 2nd International Workshop on Democracy and AI (DemocrAI 2023)
On the 20th August, AI4DEM lab member Valentin Robu from CWI gave a presentation of the work of the centre at..
Three Good Practices for Conceptualizing and Pursuing Responsible AI
At the recent Joint Computation + Journalism European Data & Computational Journalism Conference 2023 in Zürich, the AI, Media, and..
What we’re writing about Generative AI in the Newsroom
The past year, we have been lucky host Nicholas Diakopoulos (Professor of Computational Journalism at Northwestern University) at our lab…
‘Meet New Methods’: Keep Calm and Follow The Data
On Interdisciplinary Methods for Studying Platform Power The AI, Media & Democracy Lab is hosting a series of interdisciplinary sessions..
7 Core Conditions for Responsible and Culturally Sensitive AI systems
On May 24 the AI, Media, and Democracy Lab hosted a pre-conference titled ‘Building the Conditions for Responsible Human-Centric AI..
The Impact We Generate #3: Disinformation and Generative AI
In an effort to demystify the use of Generative AI, the AI, Media and Democracy Lab has organised a series..
The Nordic AI in Media Summit 2023
On Tuesday May 9th and Wednesday May 10th, our Lab visited and contributed to the Nordic AI Summit in Copenhagen…
‘Meet New Methods’: How can we investigate the use of novel AI tools in media production?
The AI, Media, and Democracy Lab’s “Meet new methods” series aims to encourage interdisciplinary research and facilitate discussions on methodologies..
The Impact We Generate #2: News Media and Generative AI
In an effort to demystify the use of Generative AI, the AI, Media and Democracy Lab has organised a series..
Natali Helberger and Nick Diakopoulos on ChatGPT and the AI Act
Is the AI Acts’s risk based approach the way forward for dealing with ChatGPT & Co?Our director Natali Helberger and..
Meet our new Researchers
In 2023 we will further operationalise the ELSA concept in new case studies, together with our partner organisations. We’ll also be conducting..
Looking back at the opening of the AI, Media and Democracy Lab
The AI, Media & Democracy Lab officially opened on Wednesday, 14 September 2022, with an event in Amsterdam’s Eye Film..
Junior Scholars Network on AI, Media and Democracy
The ‘Junior Scholars Network on AI, Media and Democracy’ is a new initiative that aims to connect and support junior..
AI for the public: Engaging with new audiences
During this event, we explore the new possibilities, products, and ideas that AI technologies are making possible inside newsrooms across..
Using AI in the newsroom: Changing media industries
The topic for our workshop was Using AI in the newsroom: Changing media industries. During this event, we discuss how..
What would happen if Facebook and Google left your country tomorrow?
Large tech companies like Google and Facebook have significant power in the digital media landscapes of countries around the world,..
News media’s dependency on big tech: should we be worried?
Theresa Josephine Seipp, Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, theresajseipp@gmail.com Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code (NMBC) and Facebook’s initial reaction to..