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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🎡 Here's a post-AI Hype, Hope & Humanity festival recap: posters, talks & a panel by @teresaelena.bsky.social @laurensnaudts.bsky.social @philippdarius.bsky.social, Sophie Morosoli, @sannevrijenhoek.bsky.social and Gionata Bouché! 👉 Read all about it our website: www.aim4dem.nl/looking-back...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

👉 His plans for the €1.5M prize: continuing to invest into infrastructures for interdisciplinary research and societal collaboration, and funding thesis grants for dedicated students. By helping new generations flourish, we can ensure important breakthroughs and impact for the future as well.

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🎉 @claesdevreese.bsky.social has officially received the Stevin Prize, as awarded by @ministerocw.bsky.social! We are so proud to work alongside him and contribute to the societal impact rewarded by the Dutch Research Council. 👀See our interview with Claes about the prize: tinyurl.com/hk35e3wm

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sanne will also be present at the AI Hype, Hope and Humanity Festival this Wednesday 30 September in Rotterdam presenting the research at the root of the toolkit, as well as the cards themselves — join for free to see it live! www.eur.nl/en/research/...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🃏 The answer was: through a card game! The deck acts as a tool for editorial and technical departments to jointly map out clear objectives for a system, and design specific metrics that truly reflect values and expectations. Visit our website to try it for yourself!

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Throughout her PhD research, Sanne kept noticing how the development and evaluation of recommender systems mostly addressed predictive accuracy, while leaving values like fairness, novelty or diversity by the wayside. But how could these values be brought forward in a tangible, applicable way?

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🧩 Introducing the Values to Metrics Toolkit! A card-based tool for more value-driven evaluations of recommendation systems, informed by Sanne Vrijenhoek's PhD research and developed with lab manager Sara Spaargaren and graphic designer @daphnedevries.bsky.social! www.aim4dem.nl/the-values-t...

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Hannes Cools @hannescools.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

📚 💥 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫! 📚 💥 Our book '𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧' will come out almost 4 years after ChatGPT was introduced to the world. Together with @tjthomson.bsky.social & @ryanjthomas.bsky.social Preorder here: www.routledge.com/Generative-A...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you're in Bergen 🇳🇴 next week on 2/10, join @natalihelberger.bsky.social and @kimonkieslich.bsky.social for this open roundtable organized by @sfimediafutures.bsky.social about trust, accountability, public reasoning and justice in an AI-mediated news environment! mediafutures.no/event/public...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

❔ Our online panel tackling AI content labels and their unexpected consequences, a hot topic since the enforcement of Article 50 of the AI Act, yielded some clear points of concern shared by the expert speakers present. Read our reflection on it here, or watch the recording: tinyurl.com/mps5663y

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The Label Paradox: Can AI transparency create more distrust? – AI, Media & Democracy Lab

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Our lab members Nicolas Mattis, Sanne Vrijenhoek, Philipp Darius, Theresa Josephine Seipp, Laurens Naudts, and Natali Helberger will also be present with talks and poster presentations; you can find an overview here: www.aim4dem.nl/events/

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Main topic: challenges to objectivity in journalism & science brought on by genAI misinformation. Moderated by dr. Charlotte Bruns, and with insights from Joana Magalhães, João Gonçalves, tim pauwels, and our own @teresaelena.bsky.social. Don't miss it! Sign up for free at tinyurl.com/5ex7647c

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

AI Hype, Hope & Humanity Festival is happening very soon, and we have a lot in store! Our highlight from the program is the panel we're jointly organizing with @scicommcentre.eu 🔎 "Who Can You Trust? On Misinformation and Communication in the Age of AI" 📅 30 September, 15:45 - 17:15 | 📍 Rotterdam

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Hannes Cools @hannescools.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Praat mee! Voor het @sidnfonds.bsky.social project denken we na over de vereisten van digitale autonomie. De centrale vraag: 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐮 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞 '𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐦', 𝐳𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡? decorrespondent.nl/17247/wij-bo...

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Wij bouwen met taalmodellen een betere zoekfunctie voor De Correspondent, onafhankelijk van big tech

Google, met zijn razendsnelle AI-taalmodellen, kan ons archief beter ontsluiten dan wij. Maar willen we dat? De modellen zijn vaak zonder toestemming getraind op journalistiek werk. Bovendien kapen ze...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

@claesdevreese.bsky.social will be at EDDY 2026 giving a keynote on the systemic challenges of AI to democracy! The event features talks & practical sessions, in aiming to facilitate advances in digital democracy through both theory & application. Register: www.eddy-network.eu/in-person-ev...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🔔 Our online panel is 1 week away: Can AI transparency create more distrust? Featuring @jeanburgess.bsky.social, @anjabechmann.bsky.social, Anders Søgaard, @tomdivon.bsky.social & @laurensnaudts.bsky.social + Moderation by @natalihelberger.bsky.social 📅 10/09 👉 Sign up now! aim4dem.nl/events/

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

📚️ Attending #ECC2026? So are we! Our members @teresaelena.bsky.social, @maxvandrunen.bsky.social, Gionata Bouché and @nickmattis.bsky.social will be in Brno at the ECREA conference presenting their latest research. 📅 See details & program information on our website: www.aim4dem.nl/our-lab-at-e...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Join the launch event of Women in AI, Humanities & Social Sciences, a new initiative which our co-director @natalihelberger.bsky.social is a part of, to hear more about the project & the experiences of female academics in AI! 📅 1 September | 15:00 - 16:00 📍 Online 🔗 www.waihss.com/events/launc...

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WAIHSS - Women in AI, Humanities & Social Sciences

We celebrate the launch of WAIHSS with an online event. Join us to hear more about WAIHSS, who we are and what we (want to) do. We will also be joined by three of our advisory board members, Ana…

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Speakers for our upcoming panel on AI label effectiveness and transparency are confirmed! Featuring @jeanburgess.bsky.social, @anjabechmann.bsky.social, Anders Søgaard, @tomdivon.bsky.social & @laurensnaudts.bsky.social + Moderation by @natalihelberger.bsky.social 👇 Sign up now!

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

📅 Make sure you've registered to AI HHH! It may seem like a regular academic conference, but it's going to be much more than that: workshops on gender and permacomputing, demos & installations, activities for kids, a kiosk with zines and other publications, among others! www.eur.nl/en/research/...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🌱 Here's how we're working towards infrastructural solutions for a more digitally autonomous local media landscape: @hannescools.bsky.social was just interviewed by @uva-fmg.bsky.social about our Lab's recently announced collaboration with HvA, @waag.org, @decorrespondent.nl and @ftm.nl 👇️

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🌞 The slower weeks in the summer period have left some of us with extra time for reading! If you happen to be in search for some titles, you can click below for a recommendations from our team. Happy reading! 👉 www.aim4dem.nl/summer-readi...

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Hannes Cools @hannescools.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

✨ New preprint on Modular Forms of Journalism ✨ Together with Sophie Morosoli & Natali Helberger. @natalihelberger.bsky.social @aimediademlab.bsky.social It investigates audience evaluations for Modular Journalism through focus groups (N=26) 👇 Full paper on OSF: osf.io/preprints/so...

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Hannes Cools @hannescools.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🚨 New Publication 🚨 "𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥": 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬' 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐈 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 Since EU AI Act Transparency Obligations got into effect yesterday, the study’s publication couldn’t be more timely. Small thread with key findings 🧵 @aimediademlab.bsky.social

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🔎 How can EU regulation help public interest media face the monopolistic practices of GenAI providers? Join this panel organized by The Data Tank, featuring our co-director @natalihelberger.bsky.social, to hear more! 📅 29 September | 15:00 - 16:30 📍 Online 🔗 Sign up here: luma.com/824xze49

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Strengthening Media’s Bargaining Power over Generative AI: Next Steps for EU Policy · Luma

[ONLINE] About The developments in generative and General Purpose AI (GPAI) systems have raised concerns about extractive data practices, market concentration…

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This discussion comes in the context of the EU AI Act's regulations for the disclosure of AI-generated content by actors like journalists, advertisers, and public institutions. So, what problems can AI labels (not) solve, and what effects will they have on trust in online content? Join to find out!

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

📰 Can AI transparency create more distrust? @natalihelberger.bsky.social & @laurensnaudts.bsky.social are organizing a panel discussion around labels for AI-generated content and their effects on audiences. Speakers: TBA 📅 10 September | 10:00-11:30 📍 Online 🔗 Sign up: www.aim4dem.nl/events/

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

📷️ @trouw.nl analyzed social media posts from fictional influencers that promote harmful narratives using AI-generated images of women appearing to work for the military. Our postdoc @laurensnaudts.bsky.social contributed, expressing concern about the broad consequences. tinyurl.com/yeytf6pb

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AI-gegenereerde beelden van fictieve leger- en politie-influencers. TikTok, Instagram

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

📄 The report summarizing last year's workshop organized by @algosoc.org, @article19.bsky.social, and our lab is now out! It's a useful read for de-tangling the dynamics of Europe's digital infrastructural dependencies through expert insights and case studies. Read here: algosoc.org/results/reth...

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Amsterdam Law School @uvalawschool.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

🤖 AI wordt vaak gezien als een risico voor betrouwbare nieuwsvoorziening. Maar kan het ook bijdragen aan een beter geïnformeerde samenleving? Sanne Vrijenhoek onderzoekt of gepersonaliseerde nieuwsaanbevelingen mensen kunnen verrassen met nieuwe perspectieven. bit.ly/nieuwsbubbels

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

You can also check our our newsletter archive for a preview of what you can expect in the future: www.aim4dem.nl/newsletter-a...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📨 Have you subscribed to our newsletter? It's got the Lab's latest research, events you can join, and inspiring media features to get you thinking about how AI, media, and democracy are evolving together. 👉 Subscribe here, just in time for the summer editions: www.aim4dem.nl/newsletter/

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Big congratulations to our co-director, @claesdevreese.bsky.social, for winning the 2026 Stevin Prize! The Dutch Research Council deemed his work in AI, politics and communication highly socially impactful, not only through research but also through expert advice. We are incredibly proud!

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The democratic implications of AI on communication and information flows are a continuous focus of our research, and contributing to events like this one that cater to younger journalists is a special occasion for us to promote the importance of these topics to the next generation!

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

@theresajseipp.bsky.social was part of the closing session “EU regulation on AI: implications for the media, journalism, and disinformation”, where the effectiveness of the AI Act and the DSA in mitigating disinformation was debated. 👉 Recording: buff.ly/axvMg86

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

@hannescools.bsky.social moderated the opening panel on “The future of (science) journalism: AI, trust, and democracy”, where discussants reflected on the broad impacts of AI on journalism, media consumption, public trust, and democracy. 👉 Recording: buff.ly/WUCLSrt

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

📚️ Our Lab at the ESMH Summer School 2026 The summer school with the topic of Science Communication in the age of AI organized by the European Science Media Hub of the European Parliament @epstoa.bsky.social has come to an end, and our lab was well represented in the sessions! 🧵 👇️

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🇪🇺 Proud that our co-director @natalihelberger.bsky.social has been elected as member of the EU AI Act Advisory Forum, representing the University of Amsterdam! Insights from our lab will have an even more direct avenue to contribute to AI governance. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

A methodological conclusion that can be drawn from their work is that this kind of LLM-based analysis could be a viable strategy for more continuous media coverage monitoring, providing a more accurate bird's eye view of issues on the agenda. 👉 More about the Climate Media Lab: climatemedialab.org

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Across multiple studies looking at coverage in Germany and the UK, they used an LLM (evaluated against human coders) to classify news articles about climate issues based on the perspectives used to represent the problem: causes of climate change, its impacts, and mitigation or adaptation strategies.

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🔎 How to use LLMs to analyze news coverage? @fdabl.bsky.social, postdoc at @seven-uva.bsky.social, presented to us research conducted with @jmbh.bsky.social and Simon Wimmer as part of the Climate Media Lab on how media cover climate change, which also employed a new LLM-based methodology.

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

👇If you're in Belfast for @epssnet.bsky.social EPSS 2026, don't miss this panel about the latest considerations of AI for democracy, featuring our researchers Sophie Morosoli and @teresaelena.bsky.social! 10:50-12:30 | Friday 19th June

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

What leads people to a chatbot for their (personal) problems instead of reaching out to a fellow human? Is AI complementing our social lives or substituting social ties? How are the actions of AI judged differently than those of humans? 👉 Answers can be found in Inês' work: tinyurl.com/yrjazhba

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

👥 Why do we sometimes choose AI over humans? @iterrucha.bsky.social, postdoc at University of Duisburg-Essen and fellow at @iasamsterdam.bsky.social, visited our lab this week to present her research on human exchanges with genAI, and the implications of LLM input for human decisions.

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

✖️ Dutch politicians have been advised to leave X. See what our lab co-director @claesdevreese.bsky.social had to say in the debate through his contributions in @volkskrant.nl, on how the choice of platform for official communications matters more than one may think: www.aim4dem.nl/dutch-govern...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

💼 Conference season is underway! Our lab will be well-represented in all corners of the world, with our members present at #ICA26, #EPSS2026, and #FAccT2026 (among others). Are you also attending? 👇️ See the comprehensive overview of conference contributions on our website!

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