US Big Tech is eating the planet: Who is measuring the environmental cost of their Artificial Intelligence arms race? semianalysis.com/p/google-gemin…

This is a fantastic piece about what AI is and isn't and why human creativity is likely to remain human. But it's also about how industries are trying to use AI to diminish creative livelihoods.

A remarkable example of public sector AI as existential threat: The carelessness and callousness of an oppressive bureaucracy reinforced through over-reliance on forever-inadequate tech. theguardian.com/us-news/2023/s…

'We need to be dealing with people’s realities, not the science fiction of the future' Professor Gina Neff Prof Gina Neff, our Executive Director, will co-chair a new Trades Union Congress taskforce to develop draft legislation on worker’s rights and #AI. Find out more: theguardian.com/technology/202…

Great to see this taskforce taking shape as a here and now focused counterweight to the long-termist "AI as existential threat" distraction narrative. Bonus that that Prof Gina Neff is involved too.

Excellent article by Laurie Clarke raising the alarm about the influence on UK AI policy by the cultish Effective Altruism crowd. Well-said by Mhairi Aitken, EA is a dangerous distraction from the real regulatory discussions we need to have right now. politico.eu/article/rishi-…

I’ve just watched this on catch-up. I found it eloquent, compelling and very moving. If you haven’t seen it - and whatever preconceptions you bring with you - it is worth watching.

A spot on critique of the UK’s AI Safety Summit by ⁦Chris Stokel-Walker⁩. With scholars and civil society mostly sidelined, it’s going to be steady drumbeat of tech bro talking points and apocalyptic distractions. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

My story on the communique here fastcompany.com/90976518/civil…

Dr Mike Katell @[email protected] from the AlanTuringInstitute: "What's more important than anything else is to make sure that more voices are included in the conversation, and the voices of the global South, not just those based in the Silicon Valley are heard"

It was an honour and a pleasure to participate in the AI Faith and Civil Society (AI Faith & Civil Society Commission) Meeting in Abu Dubai. Many thanks to our gracious hosts at Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace منتدى أبوظبي للسلم, the commissioners, and fellow participants!

"#Meta [is] developing a wristband that would read your brainwaves and #Apple [is] patenting a future version of AirPods that would scan your brain activity through your ears". I want out. Disappointed in Apple. Meta, to be expected. #privacy vox.com/future-perfect…

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For this #IWD2024, watch as we sit down to discuss our policy research exploring inclusion in AI-focused venture capital investment. Financing tech in equitable ways is important for safe & responsible AI in a thriving UK entrepreneurial & innovation ecosystem! Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

So many left intellectuals from the USA and Europe act as if indigenous genocide and land theft were processes in the distant past, rather than seeing them as ongoing fundamental dynamics of global capitalism

So very true. Coloniality is continually refreshed and reinvented. It is all around us.

Absolutely agree.

📰 Action needed to reduce bias in medical devices Led by David Leslie & Dr Mike Katell @[email protected], Turing Public Policy prepared a rapid review of #HealthEquity in #AI-enabled medical devices warning of urgent need to address #bias that could harm underserved patient groups: bit.ly/3Vednjx

It's a privilege to be working alongside Ibrahim Habli Phillip Morgan Malvika Sharan Sophie Arana Dr Mike Katell @[email protected] Nuala Polo Stefano Faraoni Kalle Westerling, David Leslie, Jon Yong, Shakir Laher, and Karen de Cesare on this project. Really looking forward to the coming months!