Great to see the big turnout for our annual Flagship Lecture yesterday - now we have our regular fireside chat series coming up 4 Nov on AI and Science, led by my amazing new colleague & co-Director Emily Sullivan, with @erantal.bsky.social @arfon.bsky.social and Anna Scaife! Registration link below
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Blue to green gradient graphic with headshots of the speakers for the Technomoral Conversations event, and text reading: Technomoral Conversations, How Will AI Change Science? Join us on 4 November at 6pm in Edinburgh & online, where we will hear from: Emily Sullivan (University of Edinburgh), Eran Tal (McGill University), Arfon Smith (Schmidt Sciences), and Anna Scaife (University of Manchester).
Scientists in nearly every field are reaching for new powerful machine learning & AI methods to see if AI has been the missing piece to solve longstanding problems & make new discoveries. Not only has AI started to change how science is done, but also how science is taught, organized & credited.
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ReSA News | July 2025
π ReSA welcomes @schmidtsciences.bsky.social as our newest Organisational Member! Schmidt Sciences aims to accelerate scientific knowledge and breakthroughs with the most promising, advanced tools. Read the full announcement: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/7781...
@arfon.bsky.social
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AI for Open Science - Request for Proposals
β΄οΈ REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS! β΄οΈ @navigation.org is seeking bold projects at the intersection of AI and Open Science. We support innovative applications that make science more transparent, efficient, and trustworthy. Deadline: July 15, 2025. os.nav.fund/ai-for-os/ #openscience #AIforScience
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Software Sustainability Institute Research Software Maintenance Fund logo, a grey wavy pattern
π₯ We are happy to announce that the SSI has received Β£4.8m from @ukri.org to launch the Research Software Maintenance Fund.
Find out more about this exciting opportunity at www.software.ac.uk/news/ukri-aw...
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Cross-posting from LinkedIn as I'm going to try and be more present here going forward. tl;dr β I have a new job, at Schmidt Sciences: www.linkedin.com/posts/arfon_...
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Gimlet. Always.
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Building LLMs is probably not going be a brilliant business
The Netscapes of AI
"Building LLMs is probably not going be a brilliant business": calpaterson.com/porter.html β interesting commentary by Cal Paterson on what makes for a good business, and why building LLMs might not be a good plan...
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