Gaia Marcus

Social card - 89% of of the UK public believe Al products and services should not be rolled out until they are proven safe, even if this slows things down Source: A nationally representative online poll with 1,928 UK adults aged 18+ between 8-24 September 2025

91% of the public think it is important that Al systems are developed and used in ways that treat people fairly Source: A nationally representative online poll with 1,928 UK adults aged 18+ between 18-24 September 2025

89% of the UK public believe government and regulators should have the authority to halt the use or sale of any Al system found to cause harm Souurce: A nationally representative online poll with 1,928 UK adults aged 18+ between 8-24 September 2025

84% of the UK public are concerned about the government putting technology sector needs ahead of the public when regulating Al Source: A nationally representative online poll with 1,928 UK adults aged 18+ between 8-24 September 2025

📝 The UK public do not trust private companies to self-regulate

⚖️ They prioritise fairness, + social impacts and safety OVER eco gains, innovation & competition

💀The public feel disenfranchised - 84% fear govt will prioritise big tech over the public interest.

👩‍⚖️ The public expect clear rules

🚂🚂Mind the gap?! The public has (great!) expectations...and doesn't think AI should be seen as being A-Exceptional.🚂🚂

Our nat repr polling shows a growing divide between public expectations and discomfort w the status quo, and govt's lack lack of action

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Effective legal protections from harms caused by advanced AI assistants None

Today, the Ada Lovelace Institute launched their report, The Regulation of Delegation. We at AWO (Alex Lawrence-Archer and Lucie Audibert) carried out extensive legal analysis in support of the report.

www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/dilem...

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Anthony...

Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?

Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.

Here are the key take-aways 🧵

arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417

Screenshot of Jeni being shown on Parliament TV. She is a white middle aged woman with dark glasses, dark hair and is wearing a teal jumper.

Last week @jenitennison.com appeared in front of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee. In this clip she is talking about the the need for central government to engage with the public to build trust around technology, data and AI in order to support adoption.

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I agree the article is a gift... I was taking issue with your definition of female 'later life' 😅😅

Matt ...
you had me me at "messianic" and then lost me at women in their VERY EARLY 40s being described as being 'in later life'
Later Life?!

Protester holding up 'citation needed' sign, likely at a protest. From https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:%22Citation_needed%22.jpg

A full day of AI and [insert topic] panels, lunch, conference and dinners today, across London and Cambridge.

Will I need the sign?!

/Via @xkcd.com / @wikipedia.org

Will AI solve our woes?
At SciTech Committee I highlighted

- 🍏 or 🍊? Need specificity when we say 'AI'
- 🔬 narrow/specific AI usecases used to justify invsment in Gen AI
- 👩‍🔧 Dnt forget the plumbing! AI pilots =\= solving legacy IT & data issues
- 🏛️ AI What Work Centres cld help learn real lessons

Delighted to give evidence to @chionwurah.bsky.social and the UK parliament Science and Technology Committee last week

I argued that "the public hold the public sector to a higher account because they do not have the ability to opt out"

You can't just 'shop around' when accessing vital services

As someone who goes to a lot of events about AI... This was really rather special!

Transcripts for evidence given on Tuesday to Commons SITC's Digital Centre of Government inquiry committees.parliament.uk/event/25253/...

Witnesses: @njdavies.bsky.social, Jason Liggins, @gaiamarcus.bsky.social, and @jenitennison.com

#govtech #publicprocurement #techpolicy #AIpolicy #digitalID

Please tell me ... You downloaded respective files prior to departure?!

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The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee is taking evidence tomorrow for its Digital Centre of Government inquiry committees.parliament.uk/event/25253/... (video)

With @njdavies.bsky.social, Jason Liggins, @gaiamarcus.bsky.social, @jenitennison.com

#govtech #techpolicy #datapolicy etc.

Yesterday the Royal Society held a series of panels & keynotes in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test. The unanimous critical takes on AGI, big tech's power concentration & the call for urgent action left me w hope things might be turning

Watch here m.youtube.com/live/GmnBTCK...

Also. Second quick interruption from the amazing room I'm in

KD rallying the troops for what will happen next - can't wait to see what these three amazing organisers do next!

Marisol calling for the labour, hope, action and redistributive economics needed to challenge narratives of technological inevitability

And @ambakak.bsky.social echoing my thoughts - an optimistic, visceral conversation.. which brings these issues to life, which is the most dangerous conversation to be had for big tech and which is what is needed to bring our strategies to life (grossly paraphrased, sorry!)

Now @alixdunn.com ending on a note of optimism "meeting you all has been the most uplifting thing that has happened in months"

History is such a thread for this conversation "we're failing an open book test ... with AI (cue room laughter)" - we're not learning from what has come before... "We need investment in people.. in clean energy... In health equity.."

Goosebumps from the weight of history and the authenticity emerging in this conversation "community is the centre of New Orleans"...

From the mouth of babes, etc enjoyed this from mastodon.social/@Daojoan/115... h/t to @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com

Marisol calling for citizen panels, dialogue and listening to actually scope out the economic futures local communities want

KeShaun Pearson 'it is cruel to use the promise of economic prosperity to advance a project (data centres) that will just bring pain and pollution' to local people... The jobs will be 'janitorial'... Even the construction Jobs aren't for local people - they are being brought in

On the panel: KeShaun Pearson (Memphis Community Against Pollution) will break down how Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer is polluting the air of historically Black neighborhoods in Memphis, and how organizers are fighting back against yet another chapter of corporate extraction in their communities ​Marisol (No Desert Data Center) will share about their grassroots coalition’s recent win in Tucson to stop Amazon’s Project Blue data center proposal, which threatened the city’s scarce water supply, and how they’re organizing for future protections. ​KD Minor (Alliance for Affordable Energy) will demystify the energy impacts of data centers in Louisiana and share organizing strategies to mobilize community opposition to Big Tech and Big Oil infrastructure. ​Amba Kak (AI Now Institute) will talk us through the bigger picture: what’s behind Big Tech’s AI data center expansion, who stands to benefit from this boom, and what we sacrifice in return.

Amazing panel with a cross-section of the people doing grounded, community-centered organising

KeShaun Pearson - Memphis Community Against Pollution

​Marisol - No Desert Data Center

​KD Minor- Alliance for Affordable Energy

​Amba Kak @ainowinstitute.bsky.social

Let Them Eat Compute: Computer Says Maybe Climate Week Livestream · Luma Hearing a lot about AI and data center expansion? That it's happening quickly, behind closed doors, putting huge demands on strained energy grids, leading to…

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