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Exploring AI Governance across Australia and Chile

Senior Research Fellow , Dr Aaron Snoswell met with the Head of International Affairs at the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation of Chile to discuss the evolving regulatory landscapes of artificial intelligence in Australia and Chile. The discussion focused on fostering global collaboration in AI governance…

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Lab members successful in latest ARC Discovery round

Congratulations to the team led by Associate Professor Michelle Riedlinger who alongside the Labs Distinguished Professor Jean Burgess and Dr Aaron Snoswell were successful in the latest ARC Discovery round with the project:   Generative AI and the future of academic writing and publishing.  The project investigates how GenAI…

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What is AI 'model collapse'? ABC Listen with Dr Aaron Snoswell

Artificial Intelligence chatbots have come such a long way in a really short time.Each release of ChatGPT brings new features, like voice chat, along with updates to the training data fed into the systems, supposed to make them smarter. But are more leaps forward a sure thing? Or could the tools actually get dumber?  Dr Aaron Snoswell…

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GenAI Research Catchup: 25 September 2024

This is the latest in a series of posts that will re-cap our fortnightly research catchups. We hold these meetings at the QUT Kelvin Grove campus, and they are open to anyone at QUT interested in Generative AI related research. Contact the lab (genailab@qut.edu.au) if you would like to be added to our mailing list for the meetings. Our…

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GenAI Research Catchup: 11. September 2024

This is the latest in a series of posts that will re-cap our fortnightly research catchups. We hold these meetings at the QUT Kelvin Grove campus, and they are open to anyone at QUT interested in Generative AI related research. Contact the lab (genailab@qut.edu.au) if you would like to be added to our mailing list for the meetings. Our…

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GenAI Research Catchup: 28 August 2024

This is the latest in a series of posts that will re-cap our fortnightly research catchups. We hold these meetings at the QUT Kelvin Grove campus, and they are open to anyone at QUT interested in Generative AI related research. Contact the lab (genailab@qut.edu.au) if you would like to be added to our mailing list for the meetings. Our…

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New Conversation article from Dr Aaron Snoswell on 'Model Collapse'

New Conversation article from Dr Aaron Snoswell on ‘Model Collapse‘         &nbsp…

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GenAI Research Catchup: 31 July 2024

This is the latest in a series of posts that will re-cap our fortnightly research catchups. We hold these meetings at the QUT Kelvin Grove campus, and they are open to anyone at QUT interested in Generative AI related research. Contact the lab (genailab@qut.edu.au) if you would like to be added to our mailing list for the meetings. Our…

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Post-event: Warzones as Content, Gaza as Template

On July 25th, the Digital Media Research Centre and the GenAI Lab hosted Dr. Tom Divon from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem for a thought-provoking seminar, exploring the complex interplay between social media, AI, and the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Divon, who is an Israeli based researcher and humanitarian activist, offered unique…

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GenAI Research Catchup: 17th July 2024

This is the first in a series of posts that will re-cap our fortnightly research catchups. We hold these meetings at the QUT Kelvin Grove campus, and they are open to anyone at QUT interested in Generative AI related research. Contact the lab (genailab@qut.edu.au) if you would like to be added to our mailing list for the meetings. Our…

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Visitor Seminar, 25 July: Warzones as Content, Gaza as Template: Navigating the Media Spaces of Palestinian Trauma, Resistance, and Imagination

This talk will explore media spaces in and around Gaza. Our first focus will be on social media platforms, where warzonestransform into content and creators immerse themselves in the online mediatization of daily atrocities. Utilizingframeworks of platform vernaculars and visibility, we will explore how creators navigate their trauma…

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Post-event: "Is This Thing On?" Large Language Models and the Cultural Risks of Bad Jokes

On June 25th, the Digital Media Research Centre and the GenAI Lab hosted scholars Prof. Aram Sinnreich and A/Prof Victoria Simon for an engaging seminar titled “Is This Thing On? Large Language Models (LLMs) and the Cultural Risks of Bad Jokes.” Organized and chaired by Dr. Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández, whose DECRA project examines the…