AI is not replacing your doctor. But it is rerouting the patient. New post for the @publicfirsttech.bsky.social substack, digging into where AI and health influencers are entering the patient pathway and what happens next... Thanks @betterimagesofai.bsky.social for the illustration.

AI is not replacing your doctor.

But it is rerouting the patient.

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Just re-discovering the wonders of Bluesky & figured it was about time I got the rest of my team over here... For the latest and greatest Public First tech research go take a look at @publicfirsttech.bsky.social (& associated substack.com/@publicfirst...). Help me prove a point ;) - thanks all!

Tech at Public First | Substack

Tech at Public First explores what’s really happening in tech, media, and telecoms. Using opinion research and economic insight, we reveal how technology shapes public life - and what it means for UK ...

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Just in time for Valentine's Day, new Public First polling has dropped! Highlights (or lowlights...) Nearly 1 in 4 UK adults have used AI in some way in their dating lives. 34% of Green supporters have ghosted someone based on their politics! substack.com/home/post/p-...

All You Need is Love (and AI)

From break up messages drafted by AI to Greens ghosting based on your political views, AI and politics are changing the world of dating

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Officially a Public First employee! (On the website and everything) Keen to coffee and connect in these first few weeks, Westminster based once more so hmu!

Hello Bluesky crew! All and any tips/leads on the job search very much welcome. Tech policy & research space is my general area of experience & interest, but I'm very open to suggestions. (In exchange I offer this vibey shot from my recent New Hampshire trip!)

Late to the game but @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social ‘s paper on AI & Education is a fantastic intro to the area! Great work @renatesamson.bsky.social & co!

Reykjavík 2025! Golden Circle completed, & icelandic nightlife attempted ❄️

Can AI support a world where people & planet flourish? Power is key to this question, both dominant forces & those that resist them. Last year, I invited @ginasue.bsky.social to host a @jrf-uk.bsky.social workshop on AI & countervailing power. Here, I reflect on what was discussed. bit.ly/40tOqCO

AI and countervailing power in the UK

Reflections, learnings and take-aways from JRF's November 2024 workshop, aimed at mapping and assessing sources of AI countervailing power in the UK.

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Happy AI Opportunities Plan day (and appointment of tech advisors in No.10 day!) 🫡

To deliver a plan for change, Keir Starmer needs to reform the way government works. Rewiring the state means getting to grips with AI. My latest ‘Insider Labour’ newsletter: www.labourtogether.uk/insights/ins...

#5 Inside Labour: Rewiring the state means getting to grips with AI — Labour Together

Congratulations to Chris Wormald on his appointment as Cabinet Secretary. As Shadow Health Secretary, I worked with Chris during the Covid-19 pandemic. I am confident he will deliver the "complete rew...

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Marrakech Dec 2024. Wonderful to visit (and to photograph!)

McFadden revealed that the government will be backing a new AI cyber lab (The Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR)) with £8.22m of public money to give the UK an advantage in the so-called “AI arms race”. Intriguing!!

Russian threat actors poised to cripple power grid, UK warns | Computer Weekly

UK government escalates cyber rhetoric in a speech at a Nato event, saying Russian advanced persistent threats (APTs) stand ready to conduct cyber attacks that could “turn off the lights for millions”...

computerweekly.com

While 'Dr Smith' admittedly doesn't narrow things down an awful lot, at least there's now one more attribute for the matching algorithms... I still can't quite believe it but, on Friday, I passed my DPhil viva—with no corrections! 👨🏼‍🎓

Regardless of take on ‘AI Jesus’, I do enjoy the naming of this project

Deus in machina: Swiss church installs AI-powered Jesus

Peter’s chapel in Lucerne swaps out its priest to set up a computer and cables in confessional booth

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Good morning. Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.

Defined my childhood (& also translated a lot of it into prose). *Obviously* I like it, but it also speaks to parents, kids, young adults who grew up in the 2000s, and anyone who just likes a good read #booksky

Crumble Tales: Amazon.co.uk: Boxall, David J: 9781480263000: Books

Buy Crumble Tales by Boxall, David J from Amazon's Fiction Books Store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.

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Davidboxall71@davidboxall71.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here’s my attempt at doing a thing….

The Other Place @ the Lyttelton… still feeling utterly overcome. Emma D’Arcy, a marvel.

We have a Kirsty Innes, Bluesky Edition … @kmeinnes.bsky.social 👀

DfE awards Faculty AI £3m contract to build a 'content store', argument for project being the administrative burden which currently keeps teachers 'outside the classroom'. Proposal suggests the store will enable 'AI to help teachers mark homework, plan lessons' and save teachers hours each week...

Labour strikes deal to use AI for lesson plans and marking homework

£3m contract will develop tools to help ease teachers’ workload

telegraph.co.uk

TransformGov Talk 01 took place yday and wow. Anyone invested in the future of government needs to come along. What a wonderful community already! Next one is 20 Nov: www.transformgov.org.uk @gavinfreeguard.bsky.social @derekalton.bsky.social @choltern.bsky.social

Perhaps I am *too* excited about the National Underground Asset Register... but also to see what else the new Bill is going to enable! www.gov.uk/government/n...

New data laws unveiled to improve public services and boost UK economy by £10 billion

New Bill to unlock the secure and effective use of data for the public interest has been introduced into Parliament.

gov.uk

The lovely organisers of @ukgovcamp.bsky.social are looking for a new venue for the next gathering...can you help? www.ukgovcamp.com/2024/10/08/u...

ukgc25 registration + venue search

Hello I’m James, lead organiser for UKGovCamp 2025 (ukgc25), an annual event for people in and around the public sector. Last time I blogged about the organiser’s kickoff meeting. Highli

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Hype hype hype

Gavin Freeguard@gavinfreeguard.com · 2y ago

Delighted to confirm @jenitennison.com as our second speaker at our first @transformgovtalks.bsky.social event on Thu 24 Oct! 🥳 Jeni will talk about the new advisory panel to DSIT's 'digital centre' design project She joins Andreas Varotsis, who will talk about the UK government's Incubator for AI

Fantastic time at CogX (and the best venue ever??)

Really pleased to be launching this new monthly meet-up with @choltern.bsky.social @derekalton.bsky.social - please come along and spread the word!

@transformgovtalks.bsky.social · 2y ago

Join us in person or online on 24th October for the first ever free TransformGov Talks meet-up! ​ Come and hear two brilliant speakers – Andreas Varotsis talking about the work of the government’s Incubator for AI and a second speaker to be announced! 1/2

Best part of conference so far …

wayoo

Flagged over on the other place, but enjoyed this piece from Tom! tomwestgarth.substack.com/p/same-but-m... 'More-ism' and its shortcomings had me thinking about the dominating phrase from @nestauk.bsky.social 's PolicyLive: Hit the target, miss the point...📌

Same but more-ism

When you rise to the top of an institution, you rarely aim to change the structure of that institution. What does this imply for public policy?

tomwestgarth.substack.com

Gov.UK App's 9 core functions to be delivered by summer 2025... the 9 being: 1. Identity 2. Store 3. Read 4. Ask 5. Apply 6. Book 7. Approve 8. Notify 9. Pay Intrigued and... optimistic 🙃 www.publictechnology.net/2024/08/13/s...

EXCL: GOV.UK App to serve ‘nine core functions’ and set for wide release in summer 2025

First trailed in 2021, an app allowing citizens to access a broad range of services and manage their interactions with departments is now less than 12 months away, PublicTechnology understands ...

publictechnology.net