Australia may ban infant formula advertising. Here’s what the online ads actually say

The Australian Ad Observatory team had written an article examining the federal government’s consultation on restricting infant formula marketing, following the end of a voluntary advertising agreement. Drawing on analysis of online ads, it highlights how companies exploit parental anxiety and questions whether stronger regulation is needed. Published in The Conversation on 12 March 2026. Read more.

Published 12 Mar 2026

Australia’s national AI plan has just been released. Who exactly will benefit?

With the release of the long-awaited Australian National AI Plan on 2 December, ADM+S researchers look at who will really benefit from AI. Published in The Conversation on 2 December 2025.

Published 04 Dec 2025

AI in journalism and democracy: Can we rely on it?

The article argues that generative AI is profoundly reshaping journalism and the wider information environment, with ADM+S researchers Dr Jake Goldenfein (Associate Investigator), Dr Fan Yang (Research Fellow) and Prof Daniel Angus (Chief Investigator) warning that the opaque data practices, hidden labour, and pattern-matching nature of these systems create risks of bias, inaccuracy and “hallucination,” making verification harder and threatening democratic trust.

Published 04 Dec 2025

Roundtable with PhD Researcher Ola Al Khatib

Published 07 Oct 2025

Design in Law: Rhetoric, Rationale Reach and Realities

Professor Lee A. Bygrave (University of Oslo) discusses the growing use of 'by design' approaches in law and public policy, including data protection and security. The seminar examines the trend, its challenges and whether it's here to stay.

Published 07 Oct 2025

Roundtable with A/Prof Michael Veale

Published 30 Sep 2024

Current opportunities - Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Join our Centre of leading researchers and professional specialists across Australia and abroad.

Published 10 Jul 2024

Dr Sarah Monazam Erfani receives Women in AI Award

Associate Investigator Sarah Erfani, has been awarded the 2024 Women in AI award for 'Defence and Intelligence'.

Published 10 Jul 2024

Centre for AI and Digital Ethics travel to Viet Nam for project on legal advice in cyber and critical technologies

In the last week of April, the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics’ were delighted to travel to Viet Nam for the first activities of the ‘Building Resilient Legal Advice for Cyber and Critical Technologies’ Project. This two-year project is funded under the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Cyber and Critical Technologies Cooperation Program. This initiative aims to understand the challenges and opportunities for lawyers, legal experts and practitioners, legal experts, law and policy makers when addressing new technologies such as AI, ChatGPT and Cyber Security measures.

Published 02 May 2023

CAIDE receives funding from DFAT for project on Building Resilient legal advice for Cyber and Critical Technologies in Vietnam.

The Centre for AI and Digital Ethics (CAIDE) has received funding for a new project: Building Resilient Legal Advice for Cyber and Critical Technologies in Vietnam, from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Cyber and Critical Technology Cooperation Program (CCTCP.) CAIDE is honoured to be working within this important regional initiative.

Published 18 Apr 2023

Applications open for CAIDE Summer Research Academy 2023

The CAIDE Summer Research Academy aims to foster a community of emerging, cross-disciplinary researchers at the University of Melbourne and across Australia. Applications close 16 December 2022.

Published 01 Dec 2022

CAIDE welcomes the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences as our newest member faculty!

The Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics is delighted to announce that the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science (MDHS) will be joining CAIDE as a member faculty, through the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health. MDHS joins our existing members, Melbourne Law School and the Faculties of Arts, Science, Engineering and IT.

Published 29 Jul 2022

Can Robots Really be Companions for Older Adults?

Dr Simon Coghlan and Dr Jenny Waycott discuss the perspectives of elderly people on the use of social robots to combat social isolation in their community.

Published 20 Jul 2022

Choice blasts Airbnb for using ‘secretive algorithm’ that judges if users are ‘trustworthy’

Professor Jeannie Paterson and Dr Marc Cheong spoke to The New Daily about Choice findings that Airbnb is using an algorithm to decide the trustworthiness of its users.

Published 23 Mar 2022

Governments as Regulators and Consumers of Ethical AI

Gabby Bush and Jeannie Paterson published this piece on regulating and contracting Ethical AI for governments in the Turkish Policy Quarterly.

Published 09 Mar 2022

Discriminatory Algorithms

As part of Melbourne Design Week, CAIDE presents Discriminatory Algorithms, with Professor Tim Miller and Dr Marc Cheong on Monday 21st March at 12pm

Published 25 Feb 2022

Creating New Codes: How can art explore digital ethics?

As part of Melbourne Design Week, CAIDE's Art, AI and Digital Ethics research stream present Creating New Codes: How can art explore digital ethics?

Published 25 Feb 2022

Technodystopia: Are we heading towards Blade Runner?

Alex Paterson, Gabby Bush and Jeannie Paterson write about the genre of Sci-fi and how it informs technological advances and impacts society. This piece is in advance of a panel on Blade Runner with Dr Claudia Sandberg, Professors Tim Miller and Jeannie Paterson.

Published 23 Feb 2022