Gen AI & the novel: new report from @clemicollett.bsky.social examines how literary creatives are using (or not using) GenAI, how their work & income are affected, how this shapes their hopes & fears, & what measures govt might take to protect UK literary scene. Launch 20 Nov see linked post!

Starting shortly at 6pm GMT! Watch the live stream here - edin.ac/3VSUXUt

Join us tonight for our Technomoral Conversation on 'How will AI change science?'! 🗓️ Tues 4 Nov 18.00-19.30 GMT 📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute & online Register to attend in person or watch the livestream: edin.ac/3VSUXUt

✨📣 Excited to announce our upcoming event GENDER AND THE MACHINE! Join us on Nov 20th for an afternoon exploring gender, marginalisation and emotion in tech - talks by @haimson.bsky.social and @naz-andalibi.bsky.social, plus panel discussion and networking reception ⬇️ sign up shorturl.at/QlMfx

I had a long conversation with MIT Tech Review’s @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social about AGI; it fed into this very good read on the rise of AGI orthodoxy

Thanks to all who came out for our CTMF Flagship Lecture with Prof @jpsullins.bsky.social earlier this semester! In 'Wisdom for an Artificial Age' he explored the evolution of technology's role in shaping morality & wisdom in an increasingly automated world. Watch the recording: edin.ac/4pESnix

Still time to register for next Tuesday’s conversation on AI’s impact on science - join us in Edinburgh or online for a lively fireside chat between philosophers and scientists on the hype, the reality, and the future of AI in science, led by our CTMF Co-Director Dr. Emily Sullivan!

A few days left to register for our Technomoral Conversations event! 🗓️ Tuesday 4 November 18.00-19.30 GMT 📍 EFI & online 🎟️ http://edin.ac/3VSUXUt Join this conversation interrogating how AI has transformed science for better or worse, and whether AI can truly fulfill its promise for science 🤔🤖

There's just over one week until our Technomoral Conversations event looking at how AI will change science! Tickets are still available to join us in person or online for this free event: 🗓️ Tuesday 4 November 18.00-19.30 GMT 📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute & online 🎟️ edin.ac/3VSUXUt

Excited to be heading to Amsterdam to present some work that @loehrgui.bsky.social and I have been sketching out on AI assertion. We suggest that some AI chatbots might be answerable, thus rendering them capable of asserting. Strange stuff. #philsky #AIethics www.pt-ai.org/2025/program...

Really excited to present one of the papers coming out of my PhD at the AI, Ethics and Society (AIES) conference tomorrow called "The ‘Wild West’ of Medicine: Exploring the Emergence of ‘Grassroots’ AI Governance in Radiology". Link here: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI.... Thread on the paper below 👇

6 more days to submit to this call for papers for the inaugural Accountable AI conference at Wharton. Should be an interesting interdisciplinary conversation!

Scientists in nearly every field are reaching for new powerful machine learning & AI methods to see if AI has been the missing piece to solve longstanding problems & make new discoveries. Not only has AI started to change how science is done, but also how science is taught, organized & credited.

We're live! Watch the livestream here: edin.ac/4pESnix

There is still time to register for our CTMF Flagship Lecture, 'Wisdom for an Artificial Age,' with Professor @jpsullins.bsky.social! 🗓️ Wednesday 15 October 18.00 - 19.30 BST 📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute & online 🎟️ edin.ac/4pESnix @shannonvallor.bsky.social @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social

New research job alert! Come and join the amazing @braiduk.bsky.social team, working with me and @shannonvallor.bsky.social. The post is exploring the social return of AI investments. Feel free to reach out, and apply here - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPA010/r...

We're less than a week away from our CTMF Flagship Lecture: Wisdom for an Artificial Age, with Professor John Sullins! 🗓️ 15 October 18.00 - 19.30 BST 📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute & online 🎟️ Tickets: edin.ac/4pESnix @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social @jpsullins.bsky.social @shannonvallor.bsky.social

Looking forward to welcoming my old friend @jpsullins.bsky.social to Edinburgh! You can join his lecture online or in person

A nice companion piece to our new video reel about the exhibition, introducing the artists and their own reflections: vimeo.com/1123604736/f... with the wonderful @beverleyhood.bsky.social @esarahcook.bsky.social and @ewaluger.bsky.social

It's one month since we wrapped up Tipping Point: Artist Responses to AI, our exhibition featuring seven new artworks by artists from across the UK. Here BRAID community member Alasdair Milne offers his reflections on the exhibition in a new blog. braiduk.org/reflecting-o...

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us on Doors Open Day 2025! It was wonderful to meet so many people of all ages from our community! Thanks to our partners for joining us & sharing your amazing work with our visitors 🤩 Be the first to hear of upcoming events 👉 edin.ac/2FtIwqU

I have a little stall at the @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social Doors Open Day today! I’m sharing some early research around children’s views of AI at school. Come say hi if you’re around!!

Join us for our CTMF Flagship Lecture, where we will hear from Professor @jpsullins.bsky.social on the surprising role human wisdom is playing to help us navigate the challenges of AI technologies and create a more humane future. 🗓️ 15 October 18.00 - 19.30 BST 📍 EFI & online 🎟️ edin.ac/3Kl8em6

Thrilled to be joining @ftollon.bsky.social at RSA House and online, 9th October at 6pm (UTC+1), with @taniaduarte.bsky.social to discuss Tollon’s recent work with @shannonvallor.bsky.social on the #ResponsibleAI landscape. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-respon...

Come chat to our CTMF researchers at the Edinburgh Futures Institute this Doors Open Day!

As our debut post on BlueSky, we are delighted to announce that Professor @sramamoorthy.bsky.social has been apponted as GAIL Director. Professor Ramamoorthy will lead the next stages of GAIL's development, read more in our news story 👉 gail.ed.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

🚨 Job opportunity 🚨 @braiduk.bsky.social is seeking a Communications & Impact Officer who will play a pivotal role in enhancing BRAID’s visibility, engagement, and overall impact. The post is full-time & fixed-term until Nov 2028. Applications close on 1 Sep 2025📝. More: edin.ac/4fSpAmf

Come and visit Authenticity Unmasked at the Edinburgh Arts Fedtival and @edfringe.bsky.social! The exhibit presents three newly commissioned artworks by @dmstfctn.bsky.social, Georgia Gardner, and Kinnari Saraiya that explore how AI reshapes our understanding of authenticity, truth, and identity.

Very excited to be recruiting for a Communication and Impact Officer to work with me, @ewaluger.bsky.social and the whole @braiduk.bsky.social team in Edinburgh through late 2028! Opportunity is Grade 7 and applications close 1st Sept

Had a very lively conversation with Judy Estrin, Christopher Wylie, Justine Bateman and @antelava.bsky.social from @codastory.bsky.social, on how to challenge the increasingly authoritarian shape of Silicon Valley power

📢 Job opportunity! 📢 Opportunity to join our Edinburgh-based team as BRAID Project Administrator. Full time, til Nov 2028. Find out more: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... A pivotal role, helping ensure smooth running of BRAID. Come help us make a difference. #Edinburgh #Jobs

Open Call for Global Majority Fellowship 🌍 Only just over a week left to apply for the Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing Global Majority Fellowship Scheme, housed at Edinburgh Futures Institute! Applications close 31 July. Visit 🌐 www.responsiblenlp.org/global-major...

Join us @edbookfest.bsky.social, for 'Navigating the AI Revolution' with Richard Susskind. Chaired by Shannon Vallor, @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and sponsored by Edinburgh Futures Institute. 📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute 🗓️ 24 August | 15:15pm – 16:15pm 🎟️ Tickets £15.50: edin.ac/3TWjqar

Congratulations Dr @mussgnug.bsky.social! All of us at the CTMF are so proud of you! 🎉 You can read Alex's most recent paper, which challenges the idea of AI as a distinct territory for ethics and regulation, here: link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...

Looking forward to this panel!

Congratulations @zelny.bsky.social!

Join Dr Audrey Borowski (@edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social Visiting Fellow) for the last event of her ‘AI and the Digital’ seminar series, where she will be in conversation with @shannonvallor.bsky.social‬! 📍 Online via Zoom 📅 Monday 30 June 7.00-8.00pm BST 🎟️ Register: edin.ac/45GJgXd

One week on from the BRAID Community Gathering, and we’re still feeling the energy from a day filled with insight, authenticity and connection. Heartfelt thanks to our speakers, attendees; Our Community - your being there made it what it was.

Lovely to see this piece linking my work with that of Charles Taylor, Joseph Stiglitz, Elinor Ostrom and others who challenge our failing model of liberalism, one that enables the private enclosure of public goods and the resulting collapse of our civic virtues and capabilities for common life.

Happy to share that our Landscape Study on Responsible AI has just been published: zenodo.org/records/1519... If you can't be bothered to read the whole thing, we even summarized it for you: braiduk.org/the-responsi... @braiduk.bsky.social @technomoralfutures.bsky.social

Can’t wait for this fireside chat with the always amazing @alexhanna.bsky.social later today at Edinburgh’s Quaker Meeting House, a seminar sponsored by @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and GAIL; @lighthousebks.bsky.social will also be there with copies of The AI Con and The AI Mirror!

Excited to be in Manchester where the #BRAIDUK community is gathering. 3 years since the launch of BRAID, we look forward to celebrating the achievements of our community, & exploring together opportunities for the future @christophersmith.bsky.social #AHRC #AcademicSky #AHRC

Last week, we celebrated five years of incredible research at the Centre for Technomoral Futures with our PhD Showcase! The afternoon was a celebration of our PhD Fellow's hard work, as well as a testament to the fantastic research community we have fostered at the CTMF. @shannonvallor.bsky.social

Six PhD Journeys. One incredible community. Recap our 'Futures in Focus' series and meet our PhD Fellows working at the intersection of ethics and technology! Read their stories ▶️ edin.ac/44t6iQG @shannonvallor.bsky.social @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

🎙️ Introducing “Futures Conversations” — a new podcast from Edinburgh Futures Institute! We explore ethics, data, politics, design & media across 6 episodes. 🎧 Ep 1 with Professor @shannonvallor.bsky.social on AI ethics is out now! 🔗 Listen + learn more: efi.ed.ac.uk/futures-conv...

This conversation with @alexhanna.bsky.social in Edinburgh will be one of the highlights of my summer!

Huge congrats to @joenote.bsky.social and to @technomoralfutures.bsky.social for building such a stellar model for interdisciplinary PhD scholarship.

Congratulations to Dr. Noteboom! All of us at EFI and @technomoralfutures.bsky.social are so proud to have supported your PhD research and very grateful to get to work with you. Congrats also to your amazing supervisors @jenr.bsky.social and @karengregory.bsky.social!

Congratulations Dr Noteboom!! 🎉 You can read about @joenote.bsky.social's research and PhD journey on our website ▶️ edin.ac/43qrvtq And read his open access article on 'The student as user: mapping student perspectives on platformisation in higher ed' here ▶️ doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2024.2414055

Really excited to be in conversation with @shannonvallor.bsky.social in a few weeks!