Really enjoying Michael McMahon’s @escoeorg.bsky.social conference keynote

Thank you to the BBC’s World at One team for having me.

Last chance to book our FREE webinar Digital ID – reflecting on the UK consultation and what comes next, with Simeon Hanfling, the Deputy Director for Insights and Engagement in the Cabinet Office's Digital ID Task Force and Resham Kotecha, Global Head of Policy, the ODI. buff.ly/zTrbMnx

UK-based open data resource ‘behind £12bn productivity gain’. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...

Very proud to see this important work released today. Some interesting headlines backed by complex, nuanced views and preferences. Compelling also to see where the difference groups we spoke with agree and disagree…

NEW: Public have more fear than hope on AI and future of work Our new study with @aiatkings.bsky.social, launched today at the King's AI Summit: Workforce Futures, finds widespread fear of AI's impact on jobs and society ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/one-in-... 🧵⬇️

Seven in 10 people in the UK are worried about AI's economic impact - and six in 10 think it will cut more jobs than it creates. These findings come from a new study on attitudes to AI and the future of work, launched at the first King’s AI Summit: Workforce Futures. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/one-in-...

What's that? A free Festival of Storytelling where you can hear from award-winning authors, unleash your creativity in workshops, and experience live performances? In central London, 2-4th June? Yes! Sign up for sessions here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/serie...

Want to be the first to hear this year's Clarke Award shortlist AND see a brilliant keynote address from award-winning journalist, writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed? We have good news! Also tickets are free 🙌

“An April 30 report from NIST partner Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) noted the need for broader engagement across the standards community to help translate contextual evaluations into real-world applications.”

Very much looking forward to this. A lot to cover in an hour 🙂

New blog post: GDS weighs in on the NHS's decision to retreat from Open Source https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/gds-weighs-in-on-the-nhss-decision-to-retreat-from-open-source/ Within the UK's Civil Service you occasionally hear the expression "being invited to a meeting without biscuits". It …

Science policy is more than laws and funding. In Issues in Science and Technology, Kumar Garg from Renaissance Philanthropy discusses how #SciencePolicy can help government and #philanthropy test ambitious “big, if true” ideas in science and technology. Learn more: https://ow.ly/4YLm50Z0iPI

The Grok AI scandal may be one of the first major tests of whether existing data protection law can constrain generative AI systems. Regulators are investigating whether AI-generated deepfakes constitute unlawful processing of personal data under GDPR. privacyinternational.org/news-analysi...

We @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk have a one year assistant professor in public policy post for next academic year www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Apple’s next App Store challenge is deciding how much freedom to give AI agents. https://thein.fo/4dF6dgS

The #SummerScience Exhibition is our annual free celebration of the best that science has to offer. This year you'll get a chance to visit a microbe zoo, discover the mysteries of lightning and more. Book your priority tickets now: https://bit.ly/4f6AuWX

The (very-definitely-in-June-not-July) Festival of Storytelling from King's Digital Futures Institute invites you to... everything! Hear from experts and award-winning storytellers, join a workshop, get creative, or experience a performance. All free, just sign up! www.kcl.ac.uk/events/serie...

AI Risk and Reliability certification shouldn't be a self-assessment. That's the premise behind the AILuminate Global Assurance Program (GAP). GAP gives organizations an independent path to certify that their AI systems meet established safety standards. https://bit.ly/4kIS18x

Are you interested in ERC Starting and Consolidator Grants but don’t know where to start? Join us for an in-person ERC Reading Day on 1 June, where you’ll be able review successful past proposals and gain insight into strengthening your own application. Learn more: https://bit.ly/42DFsD5

We're thrilled to welcome Flower AI to MLCommons to help shape standards for federated AI at scale. First up: MedPerf is integrating with Flower, enabling researchers to run federated clinical AI studies without moving sensitive patient data. https://bit.ly/4nt1x0T

Nominations for the Ammodo Science Award for Fundamental Research 2027 are now open! Eligible nominators are invited to nominate outstanding scientists conducting fundamental research. You can find more information on the Ammodo Science website: shorturl.at/aggd0

Today we publish 📏𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐏📏, a new @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social briefing on AI and public sector productivity. We find: ⚖️The link between measurement and real-world outcomes is unclear 📐Workers and citizens are absent from research design ⏲️Industry shapes what gets researched Read more:

The report finds that shared challenges across European Universities include: 💶 Falling per-student funding 🌎 Global competition 📉 A shrinking graduate premium 🗳️ The political taboo on fees 🎓 Fragile dependency on international students

#TheWeekinData: Dog day afternoon *Chatbots can give misleading election advice *Apple pays out *I thought it was three minutes As millions of people in the UK headed to the polls this week - mostly accompanied by dogs from what I could see. Find out more… buff.ly/5emhw0m

Free priority tickets for the #SummerScience Exhibition 2026 are now available to book. Book now for priority entry to our annual celebration of the best science the UK has to offer, from a microbe zoo to the mysteries of lightning. https://bit.ly/4f6AuWX

We are thrilled to announce that 3 teams of 20 teams awarded #LongitudePrizeOnALS Discovery Awards are led by or collaborate with King’s researchers. @nestauk.bsky.social @kingsmaudsley.bsky.social

It is easy to feel helpless in face of the many companies that profile us online. That’s why we’ve given you some tips for how you could limit the intrusions into your online activity! ⬇️💪

Volunteers Week is coming up! 📅 1-7 June 2026 Get involved and access various resources from templates to photo props: https://volunteersweek.org/resources

Pre election wrap from team @fullfact.org It has been an interesting one and I suspect with a fair bit more still to happen

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...

Chapter 11: Luis-Daniel Ibáñez, Johanna Walker & @elenasimperl.bsky.social on open data in computational social science. Why open data is not just a technical issue, but also a question of sustainability, impact, politics, and bias. Useful data is more than available data. @aiatkings.bsky.social

📣 Join us at TRIPLET 2026 @ ESWC in Dubrovnik! 🌟 Keynote by **Paul Groth** 🏆 TRIPLET Challenge presentations 🥇 Leaderboard winners announced for Task 1 and Task 2 📅 11 May 2026 🔗 ecladatta.github.io/triplet2026/ #TRIPLET2026 #ESWC2026 #SemanticWeb #KnowledgeGraphs #NLP #MultimodalAI

It’s your last chance to book our FREE webinar on the effects of AI on visual culture! Join our experts as they discuss Image Empire, Dr. Alan Warburton’s new animation. The session examines how “large world models” fuse the real and the virtual together in potent new forms buff.ly/3pyfqsA

Poor quality or biased data are significant barriers to effective AI, leading to increased costs and reduced model performance. For more efficient and productive AI development, datasets need to be published in an "AI-ready" format. Read more.

Wie geht es mit der Nationalen Forschungsdateninfrastruktur #NFDI weiter? Mit Blick auf die anstehenden Verhandlungen in der GWK zur Zukunft der @nfdi.de fordert das Präsidium der DFG in einem Positionspapier die bedarfsgerechte Weiterentwicklung des Programms: www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles/…

🎓 Call for Tutorials: Share Your Expertise at #SEMANTiCS 2026! #SEMANTiCS 2026 is inviting Tutorial Proposals that offer fresh perspectives or address the practical challenges of the semantic community. 🔗 2026-eu.semantics.cc/page/cfp_wor...

Lead on the standards that build the ecosystem…

Michael A. Santoro highlights the denominator problem: counting harms without measuring the opportunities for harm, and attempting to draw conclusions from data that cannot support them. He argues that this measurement gap is undermining AI governance across numerous domains.

The new data.gov.uk team need folks to join its user research panel, so they can ask you about stuff portal.participantkit.com/74e3e483-044...

Application deadline is Thursday! APPLY #medsky

📢 A few spaces left for our Multi-Agent Systems for Scientific Research Hackathon on 11 May! LLMs perform well on benchmarks. The harder problem: orchestrating multiple agents across complex, multi-step research workflows. Find out more and register: bit.ly/4vTehl8

As AI rapidly integrates into our daily lives, we must remember that data is its fundamental building block. Our core mission remains the same: strengthening the infrastructure, standards, and institutions necessary for data to consistently deliver public good. Learn more. buff.ly/ZuvPz9X

A close look at Cursor’s books shows how accounting decisions can significantly alter perceived AI profitability. Read more in today's AI Agenda newsletter: https://thein.fo/4eL2BLa

“Estimates of student AI use for schoolwork range from 50% to 84%, drawing on data from the College Board, RAND, & CDT.”

📚 On 2–4 June, join us for three inspiring days exploring how we communicate what we do through the stories we tell ✨ Our Festival of Storytelling celebrates powerful communication, creativity and ideas, showcasing exceptional work from across King’s. Full programme coming soon 🔽

#citizenscience reading club New research explores how South African academic librarians can drive citizen science collaboration to support the UN SDGs. 🔬📚 www.mdpi.com/2673-9585/6/... #AcademicLibraries #OpenScience

Posters and Demos Fast-Track Submission At SEMANTiCS 2026, we've introduced a Fast-Track submission for Posters and Demos. ➡️ How it works: Submit to the R&I track. ➡️ Opt-In: ✅️ the Fast-Track box during submission. ➡️ Evaluation for P&D if not accepted at R&I. 🔗 2026-eu.semantics.cc/page/cfp_res...

The median AI benchmark longevity score is 5/100. AILuminate scored 75 - but that degrades over time, too. So we built the Continuous Prompt Stewardship System to keep it that way. New from the MLCommons AIRR team: https://bit.ly/3On4jrz