Today, we’re launching Anatomy of an AI Kill Chain with @airwars.bsky.social. AI is rapidly reshaping warfare. This project breaks down how AI is transforming every aspect of war and how militaries are offloading life and death decisions to brittle and flawed technologies: ai-killchain.airwars.org

Interactive: Anatomy Of An AI Kill Chain

Breaking down how militaries are offloading life and death decisions to flawed technologies

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Here's one we made earlier!" In all the news and late-night reshuffles, you'd be forgiven for missing that an AI Taskforce has already dropped… The London AI and Jobs Taskforce published its recommendations today after an epic three-month sprint. www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...

In a new blog post, @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social and Ada's @octavia-fr.bsky.social emphasise the importance of ongoing public legitimacy for digital IDs - and the role of good governance, clear redress mechanisms and meaningful public participation. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/buildin...

Building public legitimacy for digital ID in the UK

The digital ID consultation must signal the beginning for participatory public input rather than the end

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📣 Tomorrow: Join @aiatkings.bsky.social for a conversation with Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, on trust and knowledge in the age of GenAI. Featuring @giotita.bsky.social, @elenasimperl.bsky.social, @jamesomalley.co.uk and @gaiamarcus.bsky.social. Last few tickets left 🔽

Trust and Knowledge in the Age of GenAI: A Conversation with Jimmy Wales | King's College London

A conversation with Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia.org, on trust and knowledge.

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.@chionwurah.bsky.social on need for coherence on tech 'sovreignty'. "We need to understand what we can own, control, & lead by ourselves; what we can access that is in the hands of allies we trust; & how we manage what we must obtain from those we do not trust" giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Bloody hell. Researchers invented a disease, published two fake papers to see if LLM’s would ingest them and kick them up as fact — and then it broke containment and all the major AI’s bought in. Information pollution. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Deeply grateful to the UK AI and Robotics research community for this Leadership Award. So many wonderful researchers were honoured with me tonight - my own award would not be possible without my amazing @braiduk.bsky.social @technomoralfutures.bsky.social @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social colleagues

Gaia Marcus@gaiamarcus.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Very thoroughly earned vallor (!) - @shannonvallor.bsky.social given the Ai & Robotics Research Leadership Award!

Fabulous to hear from @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social board member @shannonvallor.bsky.social at tonight's Responsible AI Robotics and AI awards - I'm always so inspired by her morally crisp and targeted calls for AI that centres people, augmenting our agency and thinking, rather than supplanting it

I yet again would like to propose that we all carry (privacy preserving, on device, non data retaining) decible monitors on our person. Especially when conducting - often sensitive - business meetings in open plan and public places.

🧵 I recently spoke with Taylor Owen @theglobeandmail.com Machines Like Us podcast about an urgent question: How do you make a technology safe when the political will to govern it has evaporated? And what happens if we don't? www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/mac...

When did common sense AI policy become radical?

How do you make a technology safe when nobody seems particularly interested in regulating it – and what might happen if we don’t?

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Modi offers his MANAV (or human) Vision for AI @ #AIImpactSummit M: moral and ethical AI systems A: accountable AI governance N: national AI + data sovereignty A: accessible and inclusive AI V: AI should be valid and verifiable What these principles mean in practice in India remains to be seen.

Alondra Nelson@alondra.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Honored to have served on the #UN High-level Advisory Board on AI. Today @ #AIImpactSummit three of our recommendations are advancing: an International Scientific Panel and a Global Dialogue on AI Governance are just underway and a new Global Fund for AI was announced www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtSR...

So excited about our new board appointments.l: Ed Humpherson, @mmitchell.bsky.social and @geomblog.bsky.social With expertise ranging across AI research, computer science and public statistics, they are Ada values aligned w a shared focus on the public interest, accountability, fairness and rigour

Ada Lovelace Institute@adalovelaceinst.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Ada Lovelace Institute is delighted to announce that it has appointed three new members to its Oversight Board: - Ed Humpherson - Margaret Mitchell - Suresh Venkatasubramanian. Find out more: www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/news/new-ove...

Governments regulate AI and deploy it across public uses. This AI Policy & Governance Working Group panel @ #AIImpactSummit examines accountability, procurement and safety when the state is both regulator and user. @gaiamarcus.bsky.social @ruchowdh.bsky.social @futureoflife.org impact.indiaai.gov.in

For people who care about that sort of thing, the membership of the National Data Library Expert Advisory Group has been published today - including me www.gov.uk/government/g...

National Data Library Expert Advisory Group

Information about the National Data Library (NDL) Expert Advisory Group including its role and members.

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Listenng to BBCTodayProgramme - grt to hear thoughtful discussion frm parents on consequences & pitfalls of social media ban - & why we should be worried about adults screen time, too (or maybe more). Very live to the qstn of where are YP supposed to be going now, w reduction of third spaces fr thm

if you’re passionate about AI accountability research and enjoy working in a vibrant lab with a multi-disciplinary team but not interested in doing traditional academic work, this position might be for you

Dr Abeba Birhane@abeba.blacksky.app · 7mo ago

I’m looking for my right-hand person to come help me run the @aial.ie - Job Title: Lab Coordinator, AI Accountability Lab (0.8 FTE) - Pay Scale: (€58,999 - €69,325 per annum pro-rata) - Closing Date: 11-Feb-2026 12:00 Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui... Main Responsibilities👇🏾

I can choose my bank, I can choose my online supermarket, I can pick where I buy books and clothes and watch TV. I cannot choose whether or not to interact with the state, it is not the same as going shopping.

peterkwells@peterkwells.com · 7mo ago

"[The state] needs to feel more like your banking or shopping app. It’s in your hand. It’s easy to do.” www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

"One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation."

The mirage of AI deregulation

One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...

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In a new commentary in Science that I think I'll be referencing a lot on Tech Policy Press, Alondra Nelson (@alondra.bsky.social) says while the Trump's approach to AI is widely understood as "deregulation," when you zoom out, that's not really what's going on. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

are you displeased with today’s AI safety evaluation landscape and curious about what greater conceptual clarity, methodological soundness, and rigour in AI evaluation could look like? if so, consider coming to Dublin to pursue a PhD with me apply here: aial.ie/hiring/phd-a... pls repost

🤔Are these the AI futures you were hoping for?! At Ada towers we've been doing a lot of reflecting on the recent Grok scandal. It shows what happens when AI capabilities outpace our ability to manage their risks, & when people and societal impacts aren't front of mind for those developing tech. 🧵

🚂🚂Mind the gap?! The public has (great!) expectations...and doesn't think AI should be seen as being A-Exceptional.🚂🚂 Our nat repr polling shows a growing divide between public expectations and discomfort w the status quo, and govt's lack lack of action lnkd.in/e638XGXU 🧵

If you're new here and happen to see this, here's a Critical Tech starter pack, full of interesting folk to follow go.bsky.app/VFxSES6 And if you have a small account (<10k followers) and would like to be added for visibility, let me know! (Although response times may be slow)

In our last blog for 2025, @gaiamarcus.bsky.social reflects on whether the 'AI train' is on the right track: www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/mind-th...

Mind the gap: reflections on 2025

Is the ‘AI train’ on the right track?

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It is incredibly infuriating to hear caesarian birth being positioned as the other option to a 'straightforward' birth. Very very few people are having the latter, especially for first births.

"The current lack of oversight departs from established norms: regulatory mechanisms that are standard in other high-impact domains remain largely absent in AI governance" New study on public attitudes to AI regulation, from the Ada Lovelace Institute: www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...

Great (public) expectations

New polling shows the public expect AI to be governed with far more rigour than current policy delivers

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AI chatbots are already causing real harm, yet UK law offers almost no meaningful protection. New analysis from Ada Lovelace Institute shows existing regulations don’t cover the risks posed by Advanced AI Assistants, writes Julia Smakman.

UK Laws Do Not Provide Effective Protection From Chatbot Harms | TechPolicy.Press

Julia Smakman explores how the UK is falling behind on laws and policies needed to protect people from the growing risks of AI chatbots and advanced assistants.

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Our research v. much shows a growing rift between public attitudes and comfort and the actions of govt. Not for us, maybe, but a similar study contrasting senior decision making in this space (eg @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social 's FOMO is not a strategy) vs public views & comfort wld be v interesting!

Rachel Coldicutt@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Gave a talk this morning about how AI FOMO isn't a strategy and several Qs afterwards were asking if may be FOMO *should* be the driving force. But if 89% of the public think proven safety should come first, then it feels like a good idea to respect that

🚂🚂Mind the gap?! The public has (great!) expectations...and doesn't think AI should be seen as being A-Exceptional.🚂🚂 Our nat repr polling shows a growing divide between public expectations and discomfort w the status quo, and govt's lack lack of action lnkd.in/e638XGXU 🧵

Today, the Ada Lovelace Institute launched their report, The Regulation of Delegation. We at AWO (Alex Lawrence-Archer and Lucie Audibert) carried out extensive legal analysis in support of the report. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/dilem... awo.agency/articles/eff...

Effective legal protections from harms caused by advanced AI assistants

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