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By focusing on areas where cross-national collaboration can add distinct value, these projects aim to strengthen partnerships, advance shared understanding, and drive progress in responsible AI research. Explore the funded projects and collaborations: braiduk.org/uk-us-collab...

Funded by @ukri.org and delivered through the AHRC's BRAID programme, this £1.2M investment supports research on topics including:

▶️ AI’s impact on public media and discourse,
▶️ Law and regulation in relation to AI innovation, and
▶️ Resilience and sustainability in the AI ecosystem.

New projects to boost international collaboration in Responsible AI Seven new projects will establish and strengthen collaborations between US and UK researchers in research that will address the ethical, legal and societal implications of artificial intellig

We’re excited to announce seven newly funded projects that will establish and strengthen collaborations between US and UK researchers exploring and addressing the ethical, legal, and societal implications of artificial intelligence (AI): braiduk.org/new-projects...

ICYMI: we're looking for a geographically and demographically diverse group of stakeholders from academia, civil society, policy and industry to join our Stakeholder Forum. Find out more and submit your expression of interest by 30 November: braiduk.org/braid-stakeh...

A vital piece of research from BRAID fellow @clemicollett.bsky.social examining how publishing industry practitioners are experiencing AI’s significant impacts. Find out more and read the full report ⬇️

This event is organised by BRAID Fellows Anna-Maria Sichani, @paulawest.bsky.social and @nickbk.bsky.social

In the era of data-driven AI, traditional notions of “openness” are being rapidly redefined. From Big Tech branding themselves as “open,” to AI models that selectively disclose only parts of their systems, claims of “openness” often obscure more than they reveal.

EVENT INVITATION: Openness and AI roundtable, London, 24 November

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@shannonvallor.bsky.social @ewaluger.bsky.social @rhianne-j.bsky.social @octavia-fr.bsky.social

Forum members will contribute to shaping the activities of the BRAID Programme and its partners.
If you think this opportunity sounds like a good fit for you and your organisation, please do send your expression of interest to braidstakeholderforum@ed.ac.uk by Friday 30 November 2025.

The Forum will provide a geographically and demographically diverse group of stakeholders from academia, civil society, policy and industry with an opportunity to build knowledge and capabilities around key issues related to Responsible AI and the contribution of Arts and Humanities.

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NEW OPPORTUNITY:
We are seeking members to join our BRAID Stakeholder Forum, helping to shape the direction of Responsible AI in the UK.
Information and details of how to submit your expression of interest can be found here:

braiduk.org/braid-stakeh...

Can AI be truly creative? Chatbots and AI models are challenging ideas about who — or what — can create art, music and more.

Can AI be truly creative?

Great to see BRAID Fellow @caterinamoruzzi.bsky.social quoted, alongside other experts in the field, in this @nature.com feature on AI & creativity by Jo Marchant. Really enjoyed reading this, glad to hear a longer format piece on the way!

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Authors: @noortjem.bsky.social, @alex-taylor.bsky.social, @mrsbunz.bsky.social, Thao Phan, Dr. Maya Indira Ganesh, Dominique B., Yasmine Boudiaf, Rachel Coldicutt, Iain Emsley, Beatrice Gobbo, Louise Hickman, Manu Luksch, Dr @bettinanissen.bsky.social, Mukul Patel, Luis Soares.

Drawing on participatory field research in four cities, the authors discuss how AI manifests as an "absent presence" in urban environments, the "reciprocity deficits" that lead to distrust and conspiracy thinking as prominent tropes in everyday public discourse about AI.

Over the last decade, city streets have emerged as a primary site where everyday publics are confronted with new, machine-learning based technologies - in the form of automated cars, smart traffic lights, facial recognition, smart billboards, and the like.

New paper from the team behind the BRAID Scoping project "AI in the street": Reciprocity Deficits: Observing AI in the street with everyday publics.

arxiv.org/abs/2510.23342

The Contested Meanings of Responsible AI (chapter 2) speaks to 'Responsible AI' as being not a singular concept or effort with a fixed meaning & clear definitional boundaries, but a complex & dynamic ecosystem pervaded by tensions & interdependencies.

Full report: montrealethics.ai/saier-vol-7-...

This edition explores how we can move from principles to practice in AI, grounding ethics in real-world action, collaboration, and shared accountability.

BRAID researcher @ftollon.bsky.social's work features in the State of AI Ethics Report (SAIER) Vol. 7, “AI at the Crossroads: A Practitioner’s Guide to Community-Centered Solutions,” published by the Montreal AI Ethics Institute.

In many collaborative processes, AI is shifting from a tool for automation to an active collaborator. Yet, the notion of AI agency remains at the margins of most research on human–AI collaboration. The authors propose a conceptual design space for reasoning about agency in collaborative systems.

Sharing a new paper from BRAID Fellow @caterinamoruzzi.bsky.social & collaborators Steffen Holter & Mennatallah El-Assady: "Towards Agency in Human-AI Collaboration" in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications.

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It was great to see BRAID Fellow @paulawest.bsky.social contribute her research insights to this important conversation. The dialogue in full is available via webcast webtv.un.org/en/asset/k10...

Last week the United Nations Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development held a dialogue on the impact of artificial intelligence on creative industries, cultural rights, and the right to development.

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!

Coming up this Thursday, an excellent event about AI & cultural heritage research org by @amsichani.bsky.social & @braiduk.bsky.social. Reg still open! Featuring fab speakers incl @ruthahnert.bsky.social @noramcgregorbl.bsky.social @jnockels.bsky.social @danielvanstrien.bsky.social & more

The author advances an innovative and supplementary mechanism of grounding digital and data governance on the theoretical approach of human-centric design and on ideas of embedding ethics and law.

New article from BRAID fellow @bevt.bsky.social on governance-by-design as an enabler of AI in digital health in sub-Saharan Africa lthj.qut.edu.au/article/view...

What are the biggest challenges & opportunities for public service media when it comes to digital technology and innovation? New report series from our collaborators at RIC including 'Responsible AI & Public Service Journalism' from BRAID's @bronwynjo.bsky.social

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Poster of the PhAI event, featuring images of the keynote presentors Markus Kneer, Mona Simion, and Emily Sullivan.

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

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