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House of Lords: UK govt should 'issue a clear public statement setting out an expectation that commercial AI developers operating in the UK should obtain appropriate licences when using copyrighted works to train generative AI models.' publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...

How Big AI Developers are Skirting a Mandate for Training Data Transparency We need better visibility into what data AI developers are using to train their models, write Dick Blankvoort, Harshvardhan Pandit, and Maximilian Gahntz.

This work is timely and is already being covered by media:

www.techpolicy.press/how-big-ai-d...

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Despite their declared assurances or signing of codes of conduct/practice, no big provider has provided a summary. Only 4 providers have explicitly done so – and all are small orgs or open source developers. This sinks arguments against the obligation being burdensome or excessive.

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ICO writes to Meta over 'concerning' AI smart glasses report Videos, including of glasses-wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based subcontractor.

Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, “I do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...

New paper from team @aial.ie! aial.ie/research/gpa...

EU's AI Act Article 53(1)(d) is an obligation for GPAI model providers to publicly provide a 'summary' on their model’s training data. The team assessed published summaries along 6 dimensions & found that all big providers failed on all 6.

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Tech companies have until August 2026 to comply with the EU AI Act's rule requiring public summaries of AI model training data.

New analysis shows that the big AI players (OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Microsoft) have so far neglected this requirement for GPT, Gemini, Claude, and other models.

Now for a keynote from @emmahowardboyd.bsky.social and Bob Ward. Bob reminds the audience that is is free to join the London Climate Ready Partnership if you care about climate change. climatelondon.org #ukculture #climateresilience

Link to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee report on 'AI, copyright and the creative industries': publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...

- the government’s mixed public messaging on AI & copyright is hindering licensing
- the government should make a clear public statement that AI companies operating in the UK need to license their training data (which is the law)

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Unforgettable In spring 2026, the MSK offers the chance to discover the fascinating works created by women artists in the Low Countries.

These are two of around 150 paintings by 40 female artists who may have been forgotten or overlooked which are to be displayed at this exhibition at the Ghent Museum of Fine Arts. It looks worth the trip!
www.mskgent.be/en/exhibitio...

MacOS and iOS updates are released with bugs, small things that don't work as solidly as they used to. That's even before the 'glass' OS updates...

In a few months, I'm doing a talk about how computing has lots its way, and I'm looking for input.

What irks you about working with computers (be it laptops / desktops / smartphones / ...) today?

For example: "every software is a subscription now, and we own nothing."

The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer.

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The issue with updated OpenRefine on Macs is fixed! github.com/OpenRefine/O...

For the "everything is online" crowd in the back:

Important to consider that "everything" cultural heritage related that is accessible online represents only 1% (one percent) of archives, libraries, and museum collections worldwide.

The Women's Prize for Non-Fiction longlist is out! Explore this extraordinary collection and support independent bookshops. @womensprize.bsky.social 🏆 uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-20...

🧵There’s a very obvious problem with withdrawing support from asylum seekers: what happens next? Let’s consider some non mutually exclusive possibilities…

Trying to imagine the looks on the faces of the people I worked with at Google in 2018 if you’d told them that in 7 years their flagship product would be sending users to commit terrorism at airports

and that no one will do anything about it

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship – ‘Urgent rescue curation of space heritage in a time of world crisis’ with The Science Museum Group and University College London at Universi... PhD Project - AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship – ‘Urgent rescue curation of space heritage in a time of world crisis’ with The Science Museum Group and University College Lond...

We have a 4-year AHRC-funded PhD studentship on 'Rescue curation of space heritage' advertised!

Supervision by me, space scientist Lucie Green (@luciegreen.bsky.social), and curators of space and engineering at the Science Museum, Doug Millard and Ben Russell

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Join us as we reveal the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction longlist on Wednesday 4 March at 2pm GMT. The 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist!

We are thrilled to reveal the 2026 #WomensPrize for Fiction longlist. 16 titles that showcase the profound force, resonance and scale of fiction writing: from tackling turbulent global issues to examining the intensely intimate. Discover the longlist here: youtu.be/fyPfDaHddLg

If you ever want to read a paper for free and can't find it otherwise, email the lead author and politely ask for a copy. You will not be bothering the person. You will in fact make their whole entire day. I have had scientists get so excited I asked they sent me everything they ever published.

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

If anyone has questions about this role, I'm happy to answer them! I've really enjoyed supporting the digital humanities as ADHO Exec Board Secretary

ADHO @adho-org.bsky.social, the umbrella group for digital humanities organisations, has a bunch of volunteer positions open! All designed as 'deputy' posts that step up into the full role as Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Conference Officer.

adho.org/news/

Notoriously unlikely to get haircuts, in fact!

Mac OpenRefine users, I've just had an '“OpenRefine.app” Not Opened' issue with the latest 3.10.0 release, so consider holding off for an update (also this is what I get for downloading a .0 release)

That might explain why haircuts only happen at barbers

Proven that synchrotrom x-ray can be used to touchlessly read magnetic media. Now experimenting with reading degraded motion picture film without even need to unroll the film. It's even sitting in the can. [jaw dropping] 🤯🤯🤯

#JTS2026 #WorthTheTicket

A man in a hat uses a camera on a tripod by the sea, with a large ship in the background.

🌟 If you're a #CulturalHeritage professional looking to deepen your understanding of #Copyright, we have some exciting spring events planned for you! Register now to gain valuable insights, access practical guidance and support your work with #Digital collections. More info and registration ⬇️

Hoorah!! That's fabulous news - congratulations!