Centre for Technomoral Futures

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

Tipping Point Highlights Video Tipping Point is an exhibition of new Art Commissions by Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) presenting seven outstanding UK-based artists aimed at exploring…

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

Reflecting on Tipping Point: Artist Responses to AI 7 — 31 August 2025 | Inspace Gallery, EdinburghIn the summer of 2025, Bridging Responsible AI Divides staged an exhibition of newly commissioned artworks on the theme of Responsible AI by artist

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...

Wide shot of people visiting stalls in a large event space

Three people around a stall, one person is smiling

A young person is trying on a virtual headset assisted by a grown-up

People waking through a hallway with high ceilings and a large screen projector

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

A free poster boards displaying children’s drawings behind a table with colouring materials

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!!

@shannonvallor.bsky.social @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social @schoolofppls.bsky.social @zeerak.bsky.social @ftollon.bsky.social @gonzalezmarquez.bsky.social @ginahelfrich.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

Event image for our Flagship Lecture. There is headshot photo of Professor Sullins, and text reading: 'Wisdom for an Artificial Age,' Professor John P. Sullins III (Sonoma State University). Location: Edinburgh Futures Institute (in person & online), Date: Wednesday 15 October 6.00 - 7.30pm BST, There will be a reception following the lecture.

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

Poster for the responsible AI landscape event, taking place at RSA House and online on 9th October at 6pm (UTC+1).

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!

GAIL Director appointed to lead next stages of development | Generative AI Laboratory | Generative AI Laboratory In the next stage of University of Edinburgh’s Generative AI Laboratory development, Professor Subramanian Ramamoorthy has been appointed as the first Director.

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

Who decides our tomorrow? Challenging Silicon Valley’s power - Coda Story As Silicon Valley’s influence expands, a new belief system is quietly reshaping society. This piece explores how tech elites are redefining power, the risks to human agency, and what it will take to r...

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:

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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...

Richard Susskind: Navigating the AI Revolution - Edinburgh Futures Institute Supported by Edinburgh Futures Institute.

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!

How to Reclaim Our Humanity

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.

The Responsible AI Ecosystem: Seven Lessons from the BRAID Landscape Study

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

CTMF-GAIL Seminar: AI's impact on marginalized communities In this joint seminar between the Centre for Technomoral Futures and the Generative AI Laboratory, Dr Alex Hanna and Professor Shannon Vallor will explore the societal and political dynamics of AI, pa...

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!

BRAID-commissioned artists gathered at the Lowry, smiling and with bright colours in the background.

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

Professor Shannon Vallor introducing Meenakshi Mani at the CTMF PhD Showcase. Meenakshi's title slide is up on the projector screens and reads: The trifecta of colonial "isms": AI, Big Tech & Indian education

CTMF PhD Fellows are stood next to their research posters at the CTMF PhD Showcase. They are speaking with event attendees about their research.

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

@inakigoni.bsky.social @jamiedwebb.bsky.social @clairebarale.bsky.social @meenakshimani.bsky.social @joenote.bsky.social

Blue to green gradient graphic, with headshot photos of Iñaki Goñi, Jamie Webb, Claire Barale, Meenakshi Mani, Elisa Cardamone, and Joe Noteboom. Image includes the caption 'Technomoral Futures in Focus' which is the title of the campaign celebrating the success of our students.

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

You can find our PhD Fellows, as well as our Research Affiliates in our CTMF Research Community starter pack: go.bsky.app/MRccmFQ