#SMARTDATA #CONSENT #PURPOSE #DISCUSS Should the default access duration be capped at 24h for consent given under economic pressure? Especially in non-lending contexts (e.g. housing) where data access can 'inadvertently' create ongoing surveillance (e.g. should be a one-time check for a landlord).

"NHS England is hurriedly withdrawing all the software it has written from public view because of the perceived risk of hacking [from AI]" https://www.newscientist.com/article/2524962-nhs-england-rushes-to-hide-software-over-ai-hacking-fears An open letter to keep it open https://keepthingsopen.com

The Netherlands launches self-hosted GitHub alternative. The goal is to become a full-fledged alternative to GitHub and GitLab, as the government recognises an increasing need for digital sovereignty. https://cybernews.com/security/netherlands-self-hosted-github-alternative/

Don’t let the mediocre be the enemy of the good https://agentgav.medium.com/dont-let-the-mediocre-be-the-enemy-of-the-good-c9fa71815b69

o/h "enslickification" = the antidote to enshittification

Data is everywhere, just not where we need it https://agentgav.medium.com/data-is-everywhere-just-not-where-we-need-it-46a5da7c33fa

today in 'we're not ready' 28,000 HMRC staffers just got an AI copilot...now heading into ‘Official Sensitive’ work. I 'look forward' to the headlines over the next 12 months when... https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/27/hmrc_hands_28000_staff_ai/

Why Net Zero is impossible without Smart Data https://agentgav.medium.com/why-net-zero-is-impossible-without-smart-data-03a9cc3863b8

Today in 'we're not ready' Where one developer's AI coding impact is equivalent to a UK citizen's annual footprint. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bgamazay_according-to-the-ceo-of-nvidia-engineers-activity-7454529889153658880-xkSj

Data infrastructure as economic power https://agentgav.medium.com/data-infrastructure-as-economic-power-7a9753345e57

Hello bsky friends. I'm experimenting with a new thing in my 'spare' time. If you'd like to be an early adopter/tester, ping me https://dgen.net/0/2026/04/26/broadside/

Energy sector disruption from 'outside' the sector now accelerating This just in from Startup Coalition. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/charliemercer_uk-startups-are-building-the-energy-revolution-activity-7454544931316039680--dkO

today in both 'we're not ready' and 'say what the... now'? "Prego partnered with StoryCorps to help families sit down together and capture the moments that happen naturally over a meal" >>> Please read Bob Shaw's "Other days other eyes" https://www.campbells.com/prego/the-connection-keeper/

→ Broadside: write once, post many, keep everything Another small experiment, ping me if you'd like to join as an alpha-tester? https://dgen.net/0/2026/04/26/broadside

Today in 'we're not ready': Only out by a factor of 100? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/24/officials-hugely-underestimated-impact-of-ai-datacentres-on-uk-carbon-emissions

today in "we're not ready": a perfect story on risk and governance. "You can revoke someone’s access to a document. You cannot revoke the AI-generated summary of that document sitting in a knowledge base three systems away." https://gothburz.substack.com/p/we-removed-the-immune-system

"The French government has confirmed that its database used to secure identity documents has been breached, exposing around 19 million records containing passport, national ID card, and driver’s license data" https://cybernews.com/security/ants-hack-france-19-million-records-id-agency-breach

Overheard: Icebreaking is "cat herding as a service" Seems quite accurate to me.

Thames Environment Fund Environmental Improvement Programme: £100,000 available Local Environment Champions: £50,000 available Tidal Tributaries Stewardship Fund: £25,000 available https://pla.co.uk/thames-environment-fund

IB1 highlights 1. Perseus in the spotlight (with UK Smart Data Strategy) 2. Open Energy - Flex webinar 23 Apr 2pm BST 3. Carbon Commons - a common approach to Scope 3 4. Open role at IB1 - Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ib1-insider-april-2026-icebreaker-one-mphte

today in "we're not ready" (part two) with added political fallout https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/openai-halts-uk-stargate-project.html

today in "we're not ready" (part one) https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmarkman/2026/04/08/what-is-claude-mythos-and-why-anthropic-wont-let-anyone-use-it/

World’s largest wind farm moves forward towards lighting up 3.3 million homes https://interestingengineering.com/energy/worlds-largest-offshore-wind-farm-cable

For those wanting a different perspective on the world we live in today https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/art002e009288/

today in "we're not ready": we're not even managing expectations, or impact, with what we're already doing (regardless of what's actually going on behind the scenes here) https://thenextweb.com/news/linkedin-browsergate-extension-scanning-privacy-fingerprint

Today in "we're not ready". Someone fed videos of Campbell performing to an AI engine, replicated her voice and instrumental style, then proceeded to file copyright claims against her original source https://rudevulture.com/ai-company-clones-musicians-voice-then-copyright-strikes-her-own-songs/

Working with over 200 people across banks, software and energy companies, Perseus aims to reach over 1 million UK SMEs with impact-based and meaningful sustainable finance incentives by 2030. Want to learn more about what, how and why? https://ib1.org/2026/04/01/perseus-is-infrastructure/

Today in "we're not ready"... AI-generated fake death certificates are turning an oversight into a potential data nightmare. https://www.computerworld.com/article/4146580/what-it-leaders-need-to-know-about-ai-fueled-death-fraud.html

Google Finds Quantum Computers Could Break Bitcoin Sooner Than Expected (Don’t fall for alarmism: the timeline isn’t tomorrow, but it’s time to act.) https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/03/31/google-finds-quantum-computers-could-break-bitcoin-sooner-than-expected/

Report from the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) provides an international comparative analysis of Smart Data implementation models, and is highly aligned with the work of IB1. https://ib1.org/2026/03/31/drcf-insights-smart-data-frameworks/

Today in 'we're not ready':"human cognition is not confined to the brain but extends to the tools we use. When we write clinical notes in our own voice, we are not transcribing our thoughts after the fact: we are completing them" https://benngooch.substack.com/p/i-was-an-enthusiastic-early-adopter

UK Gov Smart Data Strategy - 20 interoperable Schemes by 2035 - £36m of Industrial Strategy investment - cross sector Trust Frameworks and data sharing interoperability https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smart-data-strategy All foundational to what we've been building at https://ib1.org

Working across climate, finance, energy, water, sustainability, policy, systems-thinking and/or data governance? Join our growing @IcebreakerOne constellation https://ib1.org/constellation (it's free) and connect with peers and fellow-travellers.

7th Carbon Budget - Every pound spent on Net Zero benefits 2.2x to 4.1x - Avoiding climate damages benefit: £40B-£130B - Energy losses halved: £30B/year - Far greater health & wellbeing co-benefits than costs https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/supplementary-analysis-of-the-seventh-carbon-budget

So, we're ready for this, yes? "The FCA considered using dummy data...but decided using real data was the only worthwhile test" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/22/palantir-extends-reach-into-british-state-as-it-gets-access-to-sensitive-fca-data

Some curious ideas here (yet familiar patterns/NDL) on a known challenge. Thoughts? Skips past data infrastructure? Underestimates market architectures? Duplicates other work? https://institute.global/insights/climate-and-energy/ai-for-climate-redesigning-the-uks-net-zero-planning

"Meta will be able to see the contents of messages between all users – which so far it only could for those who did not enable encryption." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/18/instagram-to-remove-end-to-end-encryption-for-private-messages-in-may

"You cannot manage what you refuse to see"

National Academies of Sciences says no to demands it remove climate info https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/national-academies-of-sciences-resisting-pressure-to-pull-climate-info/

Today in, no, we're not ready "people were being put at risk of harm by false and misleading health information...AI summaries are shown to 2 billion people a month..." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/16/google-scraps-ai-search-feature-that-crowdsourced-amateur-medical-advice

I made a thing. I hope you like it (feel free to share) secondpress.club here's why I made it (aside from just for the fun!) dgen.net/0/2026/02/25...

New blog Data infrastructure as economic power Those who set the rules and govern data flows, control the value agentgav.medium.com/data-infrast...

And there we have it. "Shareholders’ anxiety about Musk’s threat to quit as chief executive if the proposal was rejected outweighed governance and societal concerns around the huge pay deal for the world’s richest man"

today in _spectacular_ communication & community management from @soundcloud.dev we see the classic "we've updated our terms but won't tell you what's changed, if it's better, or why, who knows! Give us your money, and let us do whatever we want to. We don't like to build trust and we don't care."

Owen is right to highlight this. As taxpayers, we already paid. All this will do is introduce higher prices to all consumers and businesses.

curious email from @spotify.com saying they're increasing monthly fees by 8% to "invest in [their] product, develop new features and continue to bring you the best experience." 1. Really? I'd love to see how $much is invested in it 2. Stop with the AI: it's sh*t 3. Please pay artists properly

Today in opting out of more "the default is AI" nonsense: @linkedin This link should take you right to it, change from "on" to "off" www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

Can anyone explain to me why Google is breaking the concept of document permissioning by getting permission changes to cascade *up* a folder structure rather than down? workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2025/09/upco... cf www.linkedin.com/posts/gavins...

Has anyone set up a lettuce for the digitalID expiry? (digital ID will have as much impact on immigration as blockchain, or a potato) Judging by the 1.2M+ petition signatures, dozens of industry solutions, and media backlash ... a u-turn can't be far off?