🚨 In our latest annual report, we set our impact in responding to the significant social, economic and technological changes shaping the UK. In a year marked by political and economic uncertainty, we continue to provide timely, authoritative evidence to inform policy and practice.

What is the value of practice-based peer research with young people – and how does it help surface opinions on digital tech? Our new blog post looks at how embedding the research process in the context of youth work changed a project's power dynamic. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/when-is...

Ada’s new peer research finds that young people want to ensure future generations are not exposed to the same online harms they have experienced, and they see policy change as key. ‘I love it, but I hate it’ centres the voices of 14–24 year-olds in the UK. www.nuffieldfoundation.org/evidence-and...

📹‘I’m glad I experienced what I experienced at a young age with tech, both being subjected to it and being away from it.’ ‘I love it, but I hate it’, our report on the digital lives of young people in the UK is publishing this Thursday. Watch this space: www.nuffieldfoundation.org/evidence-and...

Unpacking the real world impact of the Digital & AI Omnibus - what’s at stake and who benefits? Organised by @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social with Valentina Pavel (moderator), Karolina Mojzesowicz, Max von Thun, Orla Lynskey, Laura Brodahl More information: cpdp.be/127617 #CPDP2026 #CPDPPanels

Claims that AI will deliver significant productivity gains and savings in the UK public sector are shaping government policy and spending. Ada’s new briefing helps policymakers, journalists and others to evaluate AI productivity claims more robustly. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...

🌍In a new post to our blog, we explain how to turn the idea of an AI global governance floor into reality. The blog post draws on our submission to, and participation in the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance's consultation. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/the-cas...

In our latest guest post, @mbrauh.bsky.social analyses the challenges for strengthening the science of AI evaluation, from the opacity of industry evaluations to the limitations of benchmarks and the use of LLMs to judge LLMs. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/account...

📹‘I think from a lads’ point of view, it was the big man thing.’ Ada and @nuffieldfoundation.org’s research aims to understand the experiences of young people in the UK growing up online. Report out soon. Find out more and read publications to date: www.nuffieldfoundation.org/evidence-and...

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...

📹'When your whole world exists within one device.' Ada and @nuffieldfoundation.org's research aims to understand young people’s experiences with digital technologies in the UK, beyond the binary of harms and opportunities. Report out soon. Find out more: www.nuffieldfoundation.org/evidence-and...

AI is shaping young people’s transitions from education to work, according to our report with @nuffieldfoundation.org This first in-depth exploration of AI in career guidance sets out three foundations for appropriate, ethical & effective use. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/navig...

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How can we use AI to improve public services? In this ep. of the We Society Will Hutton is joined by @imogen-parker.bsky.social of @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social to share the Institute’s latest findings on public attitudes towards the use of AI in the public sector. ➡️ podfollow.com/the-we-socie...

In a new blog post, Ada's Friederike Schüür argues that simplification of rules on its own will not deliver market competitiveness and that EU policymakers should identify the real hurdles towards a tech ecosystem that benefits people and society. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/smarter...

Call for EOIs: Join @braiduk.bsky.social and Ada's Stakeholder Forum to help shape the direction of Responsible AI in the UK. Forum members will inform BRAID's activities and priority areas, and explore challenges and opportunities for Responsible AI. braiduk.org/braid-stakeh... 📅18 March 2026

Register now for our webinar on the use and impact of AI transcription tools in social care. Join us for a presentation of our recent qualitative research, followed by an expert panel discussion and Q&A. 📅 Tuesday 31 March 2026 🕛 12:00pm UK time www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/event/transc...

In our new blog post, Ada's Mavis Machirori and Oliver Bruff discuss whether the notion of vulnerability might provide the flexibility needed to conceptualise, identify and prevent AI harms across different applications, contexts and populations. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/vulnera...

A recording of Ada's panel at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 is available: www.youtube.com/live/K_Ts6D2... Thank you to our speakers: Dr. Rumman Chowdhury Guilherme Fitzgibbon Anita Gurumurthy Marielle Mumenthaler Ambassador Philip Thigo, MBS

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...

ICYMI: Our Invitation to Tender for a proposed People's Forum on Advanced AI Assistants. Full details below. We have also developed some FAQs for potential applicants ➡️https://adalovelaceinstitute.org/assistants-tender-faqs Deadline for submissions: 15 February 2026.

Invitation to Tender: The Delegation Conversation. We are looking for a partner who can design and adapt deliberative methods for a proposed People’s Forum on the use and governance of Advanced AI Assistants. Full details: adalovelaceinstitute.org/ai-assistant... Deadline: 15 February 2026.

The UK government consultation on a proposed AI Growth Lab closed recently. How can this regulatory sandbox contribute to governing AI in the public interest? Elsa Donnat highlights the key design choices for building UK regulatory capacity for AI. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/regulat...

Our new guest blog post draws on a UK market analysis of 110 AI companion platforms. It finds risks and failures associated with addictive features, age verification and the regulatory scope of the Online Safety Act. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/the-com...

🔔 We're hiring! Vacancies at the Nuffield Foundation: ➡️ Project Manager, Inclusive Grant Making ➡️ Research Grants & Programmes Manager (Welfare) ➡️ Trustee We're also looking for a Governing Board Member @nuffieldfjo.bsky.social. For more info, visit: bit.ly/3NKJhlH

🤔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. 🧵

The EU Digital Omnibus weakens GDPR and AI Act protections, closely mirroring lobbying from big tech companies. This study shows side by side how the omnibus proposals trace back to industry’s positions. Read Ada's statement on the EU Digital Omnibus: www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/news/our-res...

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...

Children’s use of agentic AI is becoming a growing concern. Our guest blog from Kathleen Anderson looks at how preventive policy should account for how children build trust and what that means for their use of conversational AI tools. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/the-tru...

Our new research finds that under current liability rules, legal and financial risk is loaded onto downstream deployers of AI, like local authorities and small businesses. Resulting harms can affect their products, services and the people who use then. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/risky...

🎄All we want for Christmas is for AI regulation to work for people and society. Our new polling shows the UK public are concerned that tech companies’ needs are being prioritised over their own when it comes to AI regulation. Read the full findings ⬇️ www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...

Our new policy briefing, based on a legal analysis from @awo.agency, finds that the law in England and Wales provides no meaningful protection against the harms of Advanced AI Assistants: www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...

Ada's @octavia-fr.bsky.social is speaking at @techuk.bsky.social's Digital Ethics Summit next week! Register to join the conversation here ➡️ www.techuk.org/what-we-deli...

If passed, the EU Omnibus covering data and AI will be the most extraordinary reversal of digital rights in a generation. Read our response to the official text of the EU Digital Omnibus Regulation Proposal⬇️ www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/news/our-res...

We have analysed the real-world consequences of the main changes proposed to the GDPR, AI Act and ePrivacy Directive in the leaked EU digital Omnibus covering data and AI. Even if some proposals are dropped, the scale of changes must be reflected on. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/keep-it...

📣We're hiring! The Research Portfolio Lead will embed oversight and quality assurance into every stage of our work. The role will ensure our research is conducted with integrity, and within a culture of care and support. Deadline: 1st December 2025. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/research...

Highly personalised and personable, Advanced AI Assistants may soon become the primary way that most people access the internet. Our research explores the challenges that could arise if their adoption is not carefully managed in the public interest. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/dilem...

📣Closing this week: We're hiring an Associate Director to lead our Emerging Technology & Industry Practice research domain. It's an exciting time to join Ada as we begin our new strategy period. Deadline: 23:59 GMT, 16 November 2025. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/associat...

Digital tech has profoundly shaped today’s 14–24-year-olds and their journeys to adulthood. Roshni Modhvadia from @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social & Grown up? project lead @careyoppenheim.bsky.social dive into what the evidence says — and, importantly, what is missing. 🎥 Watch: bit.ly/digitallives...

In a new guest post on the Ada blog, @revealingreality.bsky.social looks at the commercialisation of childhood through play and entertainment platforms over the last decade — from influencer sponsorship to product placement and in-app stores. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/the-val...

📣We engaged with communities to understand the possible impacts of two current immersive technology uses: • Immersive social worlds. • Augmented reality in warehouses. Our report summarises key benefits and risks, and makes governance recommendations: www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/lets-...

How might philosophical thinking shape research, policy, and public debate? “The point is to change it”: Essays on Philosophy in Public Life, explores this question by bringing together perspectives from 21 leading philosophers across the UK, US, and Europe. 🧵 Read essays: bit.ly/philosophyesays

For our Grown Up? programme, we asked 14–24-year-olds how digital technology shapes their lives. For many, the line between online and offline life has blurred, particularly since the pandemic. But this isn’t how they want to live. They want a greater balance; to experience the best of both worlds.

🧵 Digital technologies are part of everyday life for today’s 14–24-year-olds, the first generation to be entirely born in the digital age. Public discourse can focus on the harms of these tools, but the conclusions from our Grown Up? programme’s data commentary paint a more complex picture.

📣Job alert (no. 2)! We're hiring an Associate Director to lead our Emerging Technology & Industry Practice research domain. It's an exciting time to join Ada as begin our new strategy period. Find out more: www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/associat... Closing: 23:59 GMT, 16 November 2025.

📣Job alert: We're hiring a Public Services Research Lead! This role will develop and lead the delivery of Ada’s work on public sector use of data and AI. Closing: 09:30 GMT, 29 October 2025 www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/public-s...

Join our Oversight Board! We are looking to appoint four new members to build a diverse board with a range of skills and backgrounds. 📆 Applications close on 29 October. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/oversigh...

In our new guest post, @catherineallen.bsky.social and @crimepsychblog.bsky.social share their research with extended reality (XR) developers. They explain why UK regulators need to explain how to apply existing laws to XR tech and mitigate harm. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/xr-deve...

Amid reports of a UK AI Bill, what did we learn about AI and the 'public good' from communities across the UK? • Good is what is joyful - and not just about technology. • The diversity of 'good'. • A good society supports everyone. Read 'Making good'➡️ www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/ai-pu...