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The Who's Who of AI

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Established Culture, work & education Development 13d ago
KCL survey AI popularity waning

Over 40% of people are limiting AI use, as popularity starts to wane | King's College London

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Kate Devlin Caroline Sinders

“The UK AI pushback: 42% of people are deliberately limiting their AI use and 70% of people think it would be difficult or impossible to avoid being exposed to AI even if they wanted to. New report from us at @kings-dfi.bsky.social : www.kcl.ac.uk/news/over-…”

Primary source kcl.ac.uk ↗
Established AI field signal Analysis 3d ago
facial recognition retail shops debate

The debate: Are facial recognition cameras in shops a step too far? - BBC News

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Kate Devlin

“Interestingly, the BBC got me in on a "debate" on this last year and then seemed surprised that everyone except an ex-cop was against it, and the article didn't stay visible on the website for more than a day before they sidelined it, can't think why... www…”

Primary source bbc.co.uk ↗
Established AI field signal Development 15d ago
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London Data Week AI counter-narrative event

A day of reimagining and reclaiming AI: countering narratives of AI inevitability at London Data Week - We and AI

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Kate Devlin Katie (Kathryn) Conrad

“Listening rn to the launch of the AI Resist List, w/ presentations by partner members, at London Data Week. Sometimes when you're worn down, the universe gives you precisely what you need. 😍 Congrats to @weandai.bsky.social for what sounds like it was an am…”

Primary source weandai.org ↗
Debates gaining attention

What experts are discussing without an anchoring article

2 experts · 6 posts · 4d ago
Kate Devlin Matt Davies
Matt Davies: Seeing a lot of horrified reaction to this (mostly over on The Other Place). It's true that departmental reorgs usually do hit delivery in the short term — if I were entering office midway through …
Matt Davies: Rachel is entirely correct to note that DSIT in its existing form considers tech predominantly as an economic lever, rather than as an increasingly important domain of policy in which different int…
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