Nicola Osborne (they/she)

New paper! "Supporting the creative industries through the AI turn: A comparative analysis of Scottish policy and the needs of Scotland’s creative practitioners" with @suzannerblack.bsky.social @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social @caterinamoruzzi.bsky.social Vikki Jones journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Data privacy and national security the top concerns for PSM in AI procurement - Public Media Alliance A new industry report explores how public service media companies procure and use AI tools off the market to aid their journalism.

“The research finds that PSM have distinctive concerns, challenges and values, which shape their efforts to procure AI ‘responsibly’ at a time of heightened security risks and rapid geopolitical change.” Prof Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social www.publicmediaalliance.org/data-privacy...

Data privacy and national security the top concerns for PSM in AI procurement - Public Media Alliance A new industry report explores how public service media companies procure and use AI tools off the market to aid their journalism.

📣 Data privacy & national security the top concerns for public service media in AI procurement. Prof Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social has just released the second report from her BRAID Fellowship, co-authored with Kristian Porter @publicmedia.bsky.social www.publicmediaalliance.org/data-privacy...

Honoured to be launching this report in partnership with @publicmedia.bsky.social. Feels timely, the day after the Head of NATO warned of the need to prepare for war with Russia...

Glorious 42: MADres Launches Its Pan-European Expert Group to Advance Design – MADres MADres is proud to announce the official selection of the Glorious 42 Expert Group (G42)—a newly established pan-European network of leading specialists whose expertise will guide, enrich and…

I'm delighted to be one of the AI and Digital Ethics experts for BEDA - The Bureau of European Design Associations' 'Glorious 42', supporting MADres, advancing design as a key enabler of Europe's transformation for sustainable growth and economic value. More info: madres.beda.org/en/news/glor...

Job klaxon 📢, please reshare: We are looking for a CoSTAR Foresight Lab Post Doc Research Associate (fixed term to March 2029, £41k+ pa) focusing on R&D in the creative industries as part of the wider CoSTAR network. Apps close 5th January - apply here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

We're hiring a new Administrator for Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing Centre for Doctoral Training. Work with exceptional (and lovely) students and staff. £29k+ (pro rata), part time (28.5 hrs/week) until April 2028. Apply beore 15th Jan: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

If you have any questions, check the FAQ on our website or contact any of us on the CDT Team (including @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social @melissaterras.bsky.social @ewaluger.bsky.social @catlai.bsky.social).

A wonderful opportunity for a truly interdisciplinary PhD working with a wonderfully diverse group of fellow students and a fantastic array of academic expertise. Do take a look, apply, and/or share onwards!

Delighted our (Vikki Jones, @ingepanneels.bsky.social, Frauke Zeller, @melissaterras.bsky.social & I) new paper "Creative Informatics: the role of ‘the university’ in Edinburgh and South East Scotland's creative cluster" is out now in City, Culture & Society! Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.cc...

with @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social, BBC Responsible Innovation Centre, Arts and Humanities Research Council at @ukri.org

This is a really exciting opportunity to surface whether, and to what extent, AI investments are delivering on their promise.

Reach out if you have any questions and please do share across your networks and pass on to anyone who you think might be interested.

We're hiring at BRAID UK!

Exciting opportunity for a Research Associate to lead work around the social return on AI investment, working closely with @ewaluger.bsky.social and @shannonvallor.bsky.social

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPA010/r...

Applications open. Closes 7 Nov, Interviews 9 Dec.

Fantastic opportunity to explore and discuss BRAID's Responsible AI Landscape Report, published earlier this year. The event is online as well as in person in London. Our blog about the report can be found here: braiduk.org/the-responsi... (and links to the report)

My pleasure! Looking forward to seeing what comes out of the research!

Just 2 days left to apply to be our new Research Centres Support Assistant (full time, open ended) working with our amazing @designinf.bsky.social @inspacegallery.bsky.social and @edincollegeofart.bsky.social OpenSpace teams! Apply by 23:59, Weds 9th Oct: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

I would strongly encourage folk working in and around the Scottish Film Exhibition sector to participate in this - do share onwards too!

A mustard yellow square with the EMCC logo top left. On the right is a graphic illustration of three women. One has purple hair and white skin, another has red hair and pink skin, and the third has brown hair and brown skin. They are smiling and wearing colourful clothes. To the left of the illustration is the text in white: Transforming Culture for a Fairer Future. Our manifesto for Holyrood 2026.

📣Today we launched our manifesto for Holyrood 2026. We're asking politicians to commit to 3 asks that will improve conditions for women working in culture, media, arts and the creative industries in Scotland. Read the manifesto: bit.ly/4mHKyWE

Delighted to be at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social today with our #DesigningResponsibleNLPCDT sharing our brilliant students work as part of Doors Open Day!

This week, consultants at Bain & Co. estimated the wave of AI infrastructure spending will require $2 trillion in annual AI revenue by 2030. By comparison, that is more than the combined 2024 revenue of Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Nvidia, and more than five times the size of the entire global subscription software market. Morgan Stanley estimates that last year there was around $45 billion of revenue for AI products. The sector makes money from a combination of subscription fees for chatbots such as ChatGPT and money paid to use these companies’ data centers. How the tech sector will cover the gap is “the trillion dollar question,” said Mark Moerdler, an analyst at Bernstein.

*The AI boom = one of the costliest building sprees in world history

* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system

* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...

Knowledge Bank The ekip Knowledge Bank is an online repository for policymakers, researchers, investors, and changemakers to shape effective innovation strategies for and with the Cultural and Creative Industries. I...

So pleased that the new #ekip Knowledge Bank has gone live - and delighted it includes a series of resources from the The @edinburghup.bsky.social ekip team and case studies and companies supported through #CreativeInformatics. #creativeindustries #openinnovation knowledge-bank.ekipengine.eu

Still time to take part in this survey - if you watch TV (in any sense including streaming, free to air etc) then we’d love to hear from you!

TV Survey Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

Do you watch TV? Please take this survey to help me understand what audiences think of TV production techniques. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/edinburgh/... Please share widely, and thanks in advance.
#FanStudies #AudienceResearch

Let's try this again. New research from myself and my lovely colleagues about dealing with unexpected AI when collecting research data:

Thanks Mia! Feedback really is appreciated too... Its an opening set of reflections and recommendations but I think there is still much to think about in this space...

I'm pleased to share that Louise Connelly,
@suzannerblack.bsky.social, @melissaterras.bsky.social & my 'Guidance for Research Ethics Committees and Researchers on Designing Research in the Age of AI' is out now under CC license: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Read, share onwards and give us your feedback!

My last show at this year's #edfringe is 11:25 tomorrow (Wed 13th) at @standcomedyclub.bsky.social. Join me to hear about #virtualproduction, #CoSTARNetwork, how film and TV is being made in new ways - and why thats interesting, challenging and exciting! Book now: www.thestand.co.uk/fringe/2551/...

Due to Storm Florian cursing my lovely co-speaker's travel 😱 this is now going to be a solo show! So, join me for a full hour on all things virtual production and what new tech means for the kinds of ways we tell stories on screen! Still tickets available here: www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...

Tomorrow! Still time to book here: www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...

Poster of no location, no location, no location! on 4th August

In @edfringe.bsky.social DI Manager @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social imagines what stories we’ll be watching as tv and film made with virtual production technologies make almost anything possible without ever leaving a studio!

📅Mon 4 Aug
⏰5:40– 6:40pm
📍Stand 4, Stand Comedy Club
🔗https://edin.ac/3HaKHD9