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New SCAIL blog: What does it mean to practise endoscopy well when part of the “seeing” is shared with an algorithm? www.scail.uk/content-hub/...

Staff Spotlight - Professor John McDermid In our final staff spotlight of 2025 Director of the Centre for Assuring Autonomy, Professor John McDermid, talks about his extensive career in safety, how he came to lead the CfAA and how cross colla...

Our Centre Director, Professor John McDermid, takes the reins of our regular staff spotlight and shares how his career in safety critical systems helps shape the CfAA, the biggest changes he's witnessed and how commonalities can tackle challenges around regulation. tinyurl.com/ProfessorJoh...

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How do we tackle the growing challenges and disconnect that's emerging between adopting AI in healthcare and how tech companies design these systems? Dr Margaret Horton, presents 6 key areas of tension and how AI safety approaches could help reconcile this challenge. tinyurl.com/2acpe6vw

Staff Spotlight: Dr Sinem Getir-Yaman This month we're spotlighting the work of Dr Sinem Getir-Yaman, a CfAA researcher whose work in safety methodologies is helping to address the question of how autonomous systems operate safely in the ...

Our latest staff spotlight features Dr Sinem Getir Yaman. Her work explores how different methodologies can help us address the critical question of how #autonomous systems can operate safely in the real world. tinyurl.com/4zcn28xm

Great to see the BIG Argument cited in this International AI Safety Report. Interesting insights in this Second Key Update - particularly around greater adoption of AI Safety Frameworks and the advances being made to prevent misuse and potential harms from AI systems and tools. tinyurl.com/2s4zc8rb

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How can the rollout of #AI tools in healthcare be driven by the real problems faced in the #NHS, and avoid falling into the trap of 'solving' issues that were never the real concern? tinyurl.com/AugmentingHu...

Today we launch the Safe Clinical AI Lab (SCAIL), a new healthcare platform which will bridge the gap between AI research and safe clinical adoption. Our first two blogs are live feat. @lawtontri.bsky.social and Dr Margaret Horton: www.york.ac.uk/assuring-aut...

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Missed our Symposium? Our event video is now up on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/cIBw9GqZMHE

Frontiers | Cautious optimism: public voices on medical AI and sociotechnical harm BackgroundMedical-purpose software and Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)-enabled technologies (“medical AI”) raise important social, ethical, cultural, and regu...

A new paper published as part of a BRAID-UK AHRC Fellowship, with support from Microsoft Research Cambridge, has explored how members of the public feel about the adoption and use of AI tools in patient care: www.frontiersin.org/journals/dig...

YouTube video by Centre for Assuring Autonomy CfAA Fellowship Series - Dr Matt Osborne

The next video in our Fellow's series focuses on the work of @thefuriousengineer.bsky.social where he explains the focus of his Fellowship how the advent of autonomy has changed safety engineering. youtu.be/Eeetp74b7AU

From Innovation to Assurance: Addressing Safety Challenges in AI and Autonomy Our first Centre for Assuring Autonomy Symposium brought together over 100 professionals and academics from across the engineering, safety assurance and regulatory landscape to ask - what does the fu...

What do the next steps towards assuring autonomy look like? We've compiled the 10 major takeaways from our Symposium discussions in September - read it here: www.york.ac.uk/assuring-aut...

We've come to the end of our Symposium and it's time for closing remarks from Professor John McDermid highlighting some key takeaways from the day. #FutureOfAutonomy

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Josephine Flockton stands at the front of a large audience introducing her talk on trust, uncertain the human in AI Teaming

Insightful and thought provoking presentations from Dr Holly Sutherland and Josephine Flockton on how we design AI systems with neurodiversity and disability co sidereal at the start and how trust is the ce trial pillar of effective human AI teaming. ##FutureOfAutonomy

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Ernest Lim and Kate Preston introduce their session on automation in healthcare

Moving on to hear from Odd Ivar Haugen from DNV, Ernest Lim from Ufonia and Kate Preston from CfAA on how BIG can be applied in different domains. #FutureOfAutonomy

Dr Victoria Hodge accepts the prize for the academic poster competition and shakes the hand of Mike Parsons from the Safety Critical Systems Club

Congratulations to Dr Victoria Hodge @vjhodge.bsky.social for winning our poster competition sponsored by the Safety and Security Systems Club #FutureOfAutonomy

Professor Ibrahim Habli presents the BIG Argument to an audience in a conference room.

Day two of our Symposium is starting with our BIG Argument from Professor @ihabli.bsky.social, with speakers from Ufonia, DNV and the University York. #FutureOfAutonomy

Afternoon session is underway at our Symposium, chaired by Dr Philippa Ryan ( @flipperville.bsky.social) focusing on the industry challenges.

Andrew White of the Office of Nuclear Regulation presents to an audience in a large conference room on the benefits of Regulation of AI in the UK.

Andrew White from the Office of Nuclear Regulation setting out why UK law is an ideal foundation for regulating innovation of autonomy and AI #FutureOfAutonomy

Dr Richard Hawkins presents at the front of a conference room to a large audience.

Next up is Dr Richard Hawkins talking about the challenges of assuring through-life safety of autonomous systems. #FutureOfAutonomy

And off we go! The first CfAA Symposium kicks off with an introduction from Centre director, John McDermid #FutureOfAutonomy

And off we go! The first CfAA Symposium kicks off with an introduction from Centre director, John McDermid #FutureOfAutonomy

Event promotional image with a teal background. White text reads: Last few days to register for our Symposium! 23 - 25 September 2025. Hear from 16 guest speakers from across the safe AI and autonomy space, including regulators, industry professionals, and AI tool developers. Learn about the CfAA's latest frameworks and guidance for safe AI and autonomy. Meet and network with researchers, and safety professionals from across the maritime, healthcare, transport and energy sectors.

Registration for our Symposium closes TODAY. If you missed the list of great speakers and topics we'll be covering over the two days head to our website to see the full agenda > www.york.ac.uk/assuring-aut...

Registration is free and you can join us for our Symposium dinner on the 24th.

AI Trial Expands Patient Access with Multilingual Clinical Consultations A new collaboration is set to transform healthcare accessibility with the launch of a multilingual AI clinical assistant which will break down language barriers in healthcare, empowering patients to r...

The CfAA will support the development of a robust safety framework in a new #AI trial for a multilingual healthcare assistant which can conduct follow-up visits with patients over the phone in a safe and empathetic way. tinyurl.com/bdpjy3rw

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Announcing new speakers for our inaugural Symposium! Hear from Ofgem, DNV, Ufonia, Paige AI, Office for Nuclear Regulation, CodeScene, IEEE and the University of Cambridge across two days of thought-provoking seminars and panel discussions. 23-25 Sept 2025.
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We’re hiring! Join us as a Research Associate/Fellow in Safety and Security of #AI. Shape the future of AI adoption and connect with industry across automotive, healthcare, and maritime.
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Fellowship Series - Roger Rivett Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Our Fellows are shaping the future of safe autonomous systems, collaborating with our world-leading researchers to tackle the complex challenges of deploying autonomous technologies responsibly.

Watch the first video in our new Fellowship series featuring Dr Roger Rivett: tinyurl.com/bddhumtb

Safety assurance of Machine Learning for autonomous systems Machine Learning (ML) components are increasingly incorporated into systems, with different degrees of autonomy, where model performance is reported a…

New paper 📑
A new paper on our AMLAS methodology has been published in leading peer-reviewed academic journal for safety engineering, Reliability Engineering and System Safety journal. This milestone demonstrates the scientific rigour which underpins the AMLAS approach: tinyurl.com/5a87dhf7

To the left, an image of the York Minster behind a number of buildings. To the right, above, and below, white text reads: Announcing the first CfAA Symposium, 23-25 September 2025. Be part of our collaborative event featuring engaging speakers, presentations and panels from across industry and academia and help shape the future of safe autonomy and AI. Join our community of safe autonomy experts. Includes the logos for The University of York, The Centre for Assuring Autonomy and Lloyds Register Foundation.

Announcing the inaugural CfAA Symposium! This free-to-attend Symposium is a showcase of best practice and the latest research around AI and autonomous systems. Book your space:

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Exciting lectureship opportunity! We're looking for a proleptic lecturer in #AI Safety. This unique role offers applicants a three-year Research Fellow role within the CfAA before taking up a lectureship in AI Safety within the department of Computer Science. Closes 8th July: tinyurl.com/tm2hptwx

AI and the Future of Work Join our expert speakers from France and the UK as they discuss whether we should fear or embrace the introduction of AI in the workplace.

Join Professor John McDermid tomorrow at the York Festival of Ideas panel "AI and the Future of Work". This discussion will explore the impact of AI in the workplace, examining whether it enhances efficiency and job opportunities or threatens employment and human interaction.

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