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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black">Dear </span>CSAA colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black;background:white">We are pleased to announce that the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) will be hosting the
<b>2023 ADM+S Symposium: Automated News and Media </b>on<b> Thursday 13 July - Friday 14 July
</b>at the University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia in person and online.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">The Symposium brings together researchers, industry, advocacy groups and policymakers to showcase the findings of our work together to date, and to address the most pressing challenges associated with automated systems in the digital
media, information, and entertainment environment. <span style="background:white">
Please visit </span>the </span><a href="https://www.admscentre.org.au/event/2023-adms-symposium-automated-news-media/"><span style="color:#1155CC">ADM+S Symposium website</span></a><span style="color:black"> for further information and registration.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">We recognise your shared interest in the role AI should have in Australian society and we wish to invite your members to the event. Would you be happy to distribute the attached flyer to your members? We have also included social media
tiles that can be shared.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black;background:white">Warm regards<br>
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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b>About the ADM+S<br>
</b><span style="color:black;background:white">The </span><a href="https://admscentre.org.au/"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">ADM+S Centre</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white"> is a
</span><span style="color:black">national research centre funded by the Australian federal government through the Australian Research Council from 2020 to 2026. The Centre aims to create the knowledge and strategies necessary for responsible, ethical, and inclusive
automated decision-making with nodes in eight Australian Universities as well as partnerships with international universities and industry organisations.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="color:black">Recent media releases from the ADM+S Centre</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="https://www.admscentre.org.au/generative-ai-language-models-and-multimodal-foundation-models/"><span style="color:#1155CC">ADM+S researchers co-lead rapid response information report on Generative AI</span></a><span style="color:black">
(1 June 2023)<br>
ADM+S Centre Directors Prof Julian Thomas (RMIT University) and Prof Jean Burgess (QUT) have co-led a report with Prof Genevieve Bell AO (ANU) and Prof Shazia Sadiq (UQ) on Generative AI: Language models and multimodal foundation models.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="https://www.admscentre.org.au/research-informs-government-debate-on-targeted-advertising-of-harmful-products/"><span style="color:#1155CC">Research informs government debate on targeted advertising of harmful products</span></a><span style="color:black">
(2 June 2023)<br>
The ADM+S Centre has welcomed the call by crossbench MPs for the Federal Government to use independent evidence on targeted advertising to inform debate about pervasive marketing of harmful products as a matter of public importance.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Barlow;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Kathy Nickels</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Barlow;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Outreach and Engagement
Coordinator | News & Media </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Barlow;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Focus Area</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.admscentre.org.au/" title="https://www.admscentre.org.au/"><span style="font-family:Barlow;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">ARC Centre
of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Technology </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Block Room 604 | P: +61 7 3138 3828</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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spirits. I recognise that these lands have always been places of teaching, research, and learning.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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