📢 Applications open: #DataStudyGroup The challenge: Modelling AI competency needs in the UK labour market 📅 26 Jan – 6 Feb 2026 ➡️ Apply now: bit.ly/42EKbF3 Challenge set by the Alan Turing Institute in collaboration with @innovateuk.bsky.social #BridgeAI (supported by PwC).

What do UK citizens really think about AI-powered data processing for national security? Join CETaS' UK Public Attitudes to National Security Data Processing webinar to explore insights from their novel research. 📅 2 Oct, 15:00–16:00 📍Online ➡️ bit.ly/3VtmJXr

We’re pleased to be at #LISW2025 hosting a breakfast briefing this morning to explore AI and defence for maritime. Bringing together leaders across the global maritime sector, we'll examine AI applications and vulnerabilities, and how attackers can use AI against maritime technology.

Today we’re hosting the International Conference on Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure 2025 Global experts in digital trust, cybersecurity, digital identity and governance will share trends, results and concerns on achieving trustworthy systems. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gqNxkB

🛡️ AI Won’t Replace the General: Algorithms, Decision-making and Battlefield Command 🔎 Read the new expert report from Turing Research Fellow, Rupert Barrett-Taylor and Turing Research Associate, Natasha Karner: https://bit.ly/4pp5vIu

❄️ We’re delighted to be co-hosting a 2-day AI research workshop & networking event in Norway this week with NORA (Norwegian AI Research Consortium) & the UK Embassy in Oslo. Researchers will explore the intersection of AI & the critical domains of Arctic research, maritime applications & security.

❓ How could AI reshape military leadership? New research published today explores AI’s potential to change how the British Army commands its forces. ➡️ Learn more: https://bit.ly/42fkvi5

📈Results from our 3B parameter model How well can a small, open-weight language model succeed when using lightweight tools without huge infrastructure? Our 3B model achieved near-frontier reasoning performance on synthetically generated health queries – and is small enough to run on a laptop.

📢 Registrations now open: International Conference on Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure 2025 📅 16 Sep, 10:00–16:30 📍 Online & in-person Join global experts in digital trust, cybersecurity, digital identity and governance. 🎫 Register now: bit.ly/4leXqTq

💡Inspired by the idea of working with open-source AI to transform public services? ✅Apply for the Open Source AI fellowship (starting Jan 2026) to work on government priority projects within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. ⏰Applications close: 18 August 2025 bit.ly/4mf5iVR

🖥️ Announcing AutoEmulate v1.0: AI-accelerated emulation for scientific simulation Today we're releasing AutoEmulate v1.0, a fully PyTorch-integrated tool designed to accelerate large-scale simulations through more efficient AI-powered emulators. Learn more: bit.ly/4ofeGdP

📊 Are you wrestling with a complex data challenge that’s hard to crack internally? Join our upcoming webinar for business leaders to discover how our award-winning Data Study Groups (DSGs) can help. 📅 3 September, 12:00–13:00📍 Zoom 🎫 Register now: bit.ly/4mccPog

📢 Apply now: Open Source AI fellowship Excited by the prospect of working with open-source AI to transform public services? 💡 Apply for a 1 year fellowship (starting Jan 2026) working on government priority projects within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: bit.ly/4mf5iVR

💻 Frontier performance on local compute Our Project t0 team has shown that small, open-weight language models can deliver near-frontier reasoning performance when applied to focused, domain-specific tasks.