NEW: @foxglovelegal.bsky.social's investigation is published in The Guardian today. Google is hugely misstating the carbon emissions of their UK data centres. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Google understated emissions for a huge UK project by a factor of five. These 3 data centres alone will account for the same emissions as Bristol (1% of UK's total GHGs). For what, exactly? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

And we are go! 🚀 @taniaduarte.bsky.social @markwong.bsky.social

A wee bit later than we had hope but the pulse report from our People’s Panel on AI and Climate is out! Read it here! static1.squarespace.com/static/5dc00... @scottishaialliance.bsky.social #aiclimate

Can’t wait for this!

“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”

Had so much fun recording this in the summer!

Recent hostility towards refugee and asylum-seeking communities stands in direct contrast to our country's long and proud tradition of welcoming those in need of protection. This hostility is fuelled by the deliberate weaponisation of misconceptions about some of society’s most vulnerable people.

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

“… the incoherence is the point. Fascism is a temper-tantrum disguised as an ideology”

“AI isn’t taking your job, the people making the decisions are” “Responsibility must be shared, not outsourced” “Being able to ignore the doom and gloom is a privileged position” “Be hopeful AND cynical” Necessary truth bombs from @elmosmoe.bsky.social at @sdingov.bsky.social #sdingov

Fantastic talk from @elmosmoe.bsky.social about AI. "AI doesn't automatically serve the public good because it's new" I'm so glad discussions about equity and justice in AI are in a keynote at #sdingov Also, great link to artist created images of AI: betterimagesofai.org

Johnson and Cummings’ secret meeting with Palantir founder revealed Non-disclosure of apparent meeting a year before firm won NHS role raises serious questions over transparency www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Pleased this is finally published after I proposed it a few years ago. A lot of work by brilliant colleagues & some expected and some shocking findings. It’ll upset some (it’s a long time ago etc) but if a uni can’t speak truth to its own power what’s its point? www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Someone on here compared AI produced material as "digital asbestos " which in a few decades' time we will have to work out how to eradicate from the fabric of research.

📢 Open Letter to UK Govt: we're urging Keir Starmer, Peter Kyle & @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to prioritise critical AI literacy for ALL. It's time everyone had access to learning that supports them to choose how they want to engage with AI. Read here: connectedbydata.org/blog/2025/07... #AILiteracy

"In the last 24 hours in Gaza, 19 people reportedly died due to starvation, 79 were killed seeking aid, and another 40 killed by Israeli bombing - Meanwhile in the UK OAPs are being arrested on the suspicioun of holding signs supporting Palestine Action" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

How long is the world going to allow this horror to go on?

Well, Amazon just cancelled my pre order of @karenhao.bsky.social ‘s Empire of AI. Considering I pre ordered it in March, I’m trying to understand how they have no stock??

Next read arrived today! @emilybender.bsky.social #AICon

The Pope gets it. The most important question about AI isn’t a technical question. The most important a question is about how to maintain and grow a just society in the age of AI.

Here’s last night’s story about the recent deportations by the Trump administration, the flimsy pretexts behind them, and what the song “Closing Time” is actually about. Trust us, it’s not what you think: youtu.be/F2hN3JKZ-Go

Thank you @lastweektonight.com for introducing me to the most wonderful thing on the internet visdeurbel.nl/en/

Today's feature from our latest print issue is from researcher and writer Bryan McMahon about AI, and specifically the *business* of AI. Though hundreds of billions have been poured in, that money hasn't bought dominance, & a gaping hole in the public markets may result. prospect.org/power/2025-0...

Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

This week’s main story is about Facebook’s controversial new plans to eliminate certain content moderation practices. Watch the full piece at the link in our bio.

My ramblings on the Paris #AIActionSummit for the @scottishaialliance.bsky.social www.scottishai.com/news/the-par...

So grateful for @abeba.bsky.social on stage at the AI Action Summit, challenging us to be honest about the fact that we’re moving backward, not forward toward a shared social contract as Big Tech have now walked back nearly every voluntary commitment they once made to be responsible social actors.

🚨As leaders gather for the Paris #AIActionSummit, they must confront a stark reality: rapid deployment of AI in the public sector is deepening inequality, expanding mass surveillance, & violating human rights. Our analysis in @techpolicypress.bsky.social 👇

Great event on Monday and can’t wait to continue conversations around how AI and automation will impact the future of work in Scotland!

For those who missed yesterday’s #MakingTheFutureWork: The Closing Conference of the Pissarides Review, where we launched our landmark Final Report on AI, automation, and the future of work—The Guardian has you covered. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The billionaires lining up to plunder America, and the whole world if they have their way.

"We're all like detectives in life. There's something at the end of the trail that we're all looking for" - David Lynch. Rest in Peace David Lynch. Thank you for the amazing movies and television that no one but you could give the world. #DavidLynch

😢😢😢😢😢 RIP David Lynch

Just two days left to catch Kasia’s exhibition!

"A request made through ChatGPT, an AI-based virtual assistant, consumes 10 times the electricity of a Google Search" This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!! www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

Here’s a feel good (after a no so good incident) story for 🎄 #christmascheer www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We had a great day at @glasgowscience.bsky.social for our @scottishaialliance.bsky.social Glasgow Summit. Great afternoon discussing the environmental and societal sustainability of AI as well as AI and the space industry! #aiforgood #aiforall #importantAIconversations