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Elena Simperl

@elenasimperl.bsky.social

Academic at King's College London, co-director of the King’s Institute for AI, director of research at the Open Data Institute. Working on the sociotechnicalities of data. Views my own.

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Elena Simperl@elenasimperl.bsky.social · yesterday

Not unexpected, as many AI use cases when scoped properly will be served well by existing models, including small models. But good to have data on it.

The Information@theinformation.com · yesterday

OpenAI, Anthropic and other leading AI labs face a growing challenge: Better models aren't necessarily attracting more usage. A 10-point intelligence advantage now earns just 20% more developer traffic, down from nearly 69% in late 2025. Full story: https://thein.fo/4hGJ9jY

The Information@theinformation.com · 4d ago

AI companies are promising a future where virtual employees handle entire jobs. But a former OpenAI researcher argues that today’s models are built to assist humans, not operate independently. Read more: https://thein.fo/3TIeTvW

AI's Simmering Question: "Where the F--- Is All the Automation?"

A new age of discovery and automation is here. Can you feel it? The leading AI companies certainly can. But you may not.The rare slow news day gave us more time to marinate on the significance of Open...

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The Information@theinformation.com · 6d ago

Workday risks becoming infrastructure that stores critical HR and financial data while outside AI agents handle more of the work customers once did inside its apps. Read more: https://thein.fo/4zj9JFA

Why the SaaSpocalypse Isn’t Over For Workday

AI doesn’t seem likely to completely replace enterprise apps like Workday, which companies use to store key information about employees and financial transactions. But it is putting potential constrai...

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Henry Mance@henrymance.ft.com · 2w ago

More than 20 NHS trusts in England have stopped using Palantir’s waiting list tools, according to FT analysis that casts doubt on widely cited claims about the success of the controversial data project led by the US software giant. as.ft.com/r/6c8844ae-e...

Over 20 NHS trusts have ditched Palantir waiting-list tools, analysis shows

FT findings prompt fresh probe by statistics regulator into health service claims over controversial data project

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Helene von Bismarck@helenebismarck.bsky.social · 2w ago

Late to this, but this guy sounds absolutely fascinating, as well as constructive. In the current hyperbolic and increasingly mad debate about tech and AI, he sounds like a voice of reason, at least to me. www.ft.com/content/07ac...

Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton: ‘I’m an omni-geek’

The British tech leader on coding as the modern form of literacy, his scepticism of AI evangelists — and why ‘the p(doom) is probably Russia’

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Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · 2w ago

Daniel Stone of Diffusion.Au examines the OpenAI agent incident in Australia: "84 days, almost three months, from the first access to the warning being raised." He calls for enforceable rules, prompt notice, access to logs and a way to recover costs.

When AI Agents Break In, Governments Shouldn't Be Stuck With the Cleanup

OpenAI tasked its agent with answering a question about public spending. It has left us with a much bigger question about public power, writes Daniel Stone.

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The Information@theinformation.com · 3w ago

Google, OpenAI and Anthropic are moving ahead with plans for an AI safety standards body without government oversight. The group could launch by year-end or early 2027 and would set rules for model testing, audits and incident reporting. Read more: https://thein.fo/4yhkTe6

Google, OpenAI and Anthropic AI Safety Group Takes Shape

Google, OpenAI and Anthropic are pushing forward with a plan to create a new AI safety-focused standards body on their own, without government oversight, in hopes of launching it by the end of the yea...

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Diane Coyle@dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 3w ago

New blog by @alturobov.bsky.social on how civil servants can use AI while preserving accountability - links to our new open access paper www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/ai-arch...

AI archetypes for policy analysis - Bennett School of Public Policy

Civil servants are increasingly using language models to read and analyse policy documents. Dr Aleksei Turobov and Prof Dame Diane Coyle tested four ways of doing this on a corpus of 63 United Nations...

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