CREATe

Openness and AI in culture, arts and humanities: a BRAID roundtable Join us for a hybrid roundtable discussion to critically engage with the evolving intersections of openness, AI, and cultural knowledge.

🗓️And more about the event here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/openness-a...

This study aims to characterise different approaches to open licensing of digital cultural heritage and assess the role that these approaches are playing for CHIs and their various funding models.🏛️

Check out the project page to know more about this project: www.create.ac.uk/project/acce...

Open Licensing Models in the Cultural Heritage Sector - CREATe

Yesterday, @𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶 joined the #BRAID Roundtable on Openness and AI in culture, arts and humanities at the @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social in London, where he presented our project 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 (funded by #CreativeCommons). 🎨🤖

New Working Paper: Mapping the Scholarship of the Regulation of Dark Patterns - CREATe

Read the blog here: www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/11...
Download the full paper here 👉 zenodo.org/records/1764...

Originally published in 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙇𝙖𝙬 & 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, this paper bridges disciplines and sets the stage for future regulatory frameworks, including the proposed Digital Fairness Act.

🧠 A proposed shift toward a new regulatory paradigm that aims to support the legislation of the upcoming #DigitalFairnessAct - #DiligentDesign

Key insights include:
🔍 Fragmentation in how dark patterns are defined and regulated
📚 Legal scholars’ opinions from data, consumer & competition law perspective and more
🛠️ Obstacles in enforcement - and where design accountability fits in, with proposals of multiple solution tracks

🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 🚨
How should we regulate #DarkPatterns effectively? ⚖️🖥️
In our latest entry in the 2025 Working Paper Series, @weiweiyi.bsky.social and @zihaoli.bsky.social (CREATe, University of Glasgow) offer a systematic review on dark patterns regulation across Law and HCI

Prof Gavil offered a sharp look at the stakes of 𝗦𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘃. 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 and what the Supreme Court’s decision could mean for the #FTC and the future of U.S. antitrust enforcement, alongside insights on recent merger scrutiny and ongoing litigation.

Full recap blog ⬇️
www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/11...

⏪On 13 November 2025, our 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗴𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 (#GCT) series hosted its second event of the 2025/26 academic year, featuring @Professor Andrew Gavil (Howard University School of Law) on 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮: 𝘼𝙣 𝙐𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙐.𝙎. 𝘼𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨.

As part of the public consultation process, CREATe submitted evidence on emerging consumer risks in digital environments. Several themes we raised are reflected in the final communication (see CREATe Working Paper 2025/8: zenodo.org/records/1713...

2030 Consumer Agenda The European consumer agenda is the European Commission's strategic vision on consumer policy.

📢 The 𝗘𝗨 𝟮𝟬𝟯𝟬 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮 is now released: commission.europa.eu/strategy-and...
This new strategy outlines the European Commission’s priorities for strengthening consumer protection, ensuring digital fairness, and supporting sustainable consumption over the next five years.

Published in the @𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲, the paper explores what’s gained and lost when visual memory is filtered through generative AI.
You can find more info in our blog here: www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/11...
And the full paper here: zenodo.org/records/1688... 📘

What they found includes:
🔹AI images emphasise the main subjects in a way that seems to reflect a late-capitalist, consumerist gaze;
🔹AI images ‘hallucinate’ details that diminish human intentionality and control;
🔹AI images are disconnected from the social and historical context.

New Working Paper: Can Generative AI Reproduce Iconic Photographs? - CREATe

🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 🚨
Can generative AI truly replicate iconic photographs? 📸
In our latest working paper, @Dr 𝗝𝗶𝗺 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗱𝗲𝗻 (University of Leeds) and @Prof 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗼𝗻 (CREATe) experiment with rephotography by using #Midjourney to recreate four historic images, including 𝙈𝙞𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧.

Our next public lecture (on November 26 at 3 pm) by Tristan Henderson on '𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀?' is still open for registration and onsite interaction📌: events.bookitbee.com/university-o...

Search and subscribe to our YouTube channel @𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗲𝗨𝗼𝗳𝗚 for more public lecture recordings and other event videos📳

In this recording, our guest lecturer @𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻 explores copyright as infrastructure in the age of AI: the shared, networked, and interoperable systems that lower transaction costs, enable scale, shape participation, and, following Chachra, embody 'material expressions of shared commitments'.💬

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲! 🎥

📼 If you missed the in-person public lecture or want to have a recap of it, check our newly released video on our YouTube Channel🟢: youtu.be/vYahXws5Scg

🎉Congratulations to the CREATe team, @weiweiyi.bsky.social yi.bsky.social and @zihaoli.bsky.social, on their new publication! Well worth a read!📖

You can find more info in our blog here: www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/11...
And the full paper here: zenodo.org/records/1752... 📘

In this interview, @𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 elaborates on his use of the concept of a 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 to theorise the structural rupture of rational-critical discourse in the digital age, and the evolving role of cross-agency regulatory mechanisms such as the 𝗨𝗞’𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺

New Working Paper: Rethinking the Public Sphere and the Regulatory Turn - CREATe

🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 🚨
CREATe is happy to present our 9th working papers in 2025 – ‘𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘚𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯: 𝘈𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳’ by @𝗪𝗲𝗶 𝗭𝗵𝗮𝗼 (Beijing City University) and @𝗙𝗲𝗶 𝗛𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗴 (Jiangxi Normal University) 📄

Check out our blog for this event: www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/11..., where you will find the registration link events.bookitbee.com/university-o...
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🥂 Followed by a drinks reception!)

Tristan will explore how code might help us understand the laws that govern it, drawing on copyright and data protection. He’ll also ask how law and tech might evolve together, not just co-exist.
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CREATe Public Lecture by Tristan Henderson: Code is not law and law is not code but can they be friends? - CREATe

We’re excited to welcome 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of St Andrews, to talk about '𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀?' at our next CREATe public lecture.
🗓️ 26 November, 3 PM
📍 Yudowitz Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow
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he Glasgow Competition Talks are back! 🎙️

Join us as Professor Andrew Gavil (Howard University & Crowell & Moring) explores how the U.S. government influences the DOJ and FTC in enforcing antitrust law 🇺🇸

🗓️ 13 November, 16:00 (UK)

Read more 👉 www.create.ac.uk/all-events/g...

The successful candidate will work with CREATe members: Prof Tim Barker and Prof Philip Schlesinger across the Colleges
@uofgartshums.bsky.social
and
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
at the University of Glasgow.

CREATe is an interdisciplinary research centre working at the interface of law, economics, creativity and the arts and funded by the AHRC. Learn more about CREATe's research: create.ac.uk

📣Funded postdoc opportunity: CREATe Centre
at
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
is recruiting for an 18-month postdoc to work on critical approaches to technology, culture and regulation. 🤖 🎨
More information and how to apply:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
📅⏰Closing date for applications - 23Nov!