Prof. Marion Oswald, MBE

Strike ballot looms at Northumbria University over attack on pay & pensions Staff at Northumbria University have taken steps towards a strike ballot over plans by the university to force staff from the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (...

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social skyrocketing and getting mobilised to fight this attack on pay and pensions @northumbriauni.bsky.social www.ucu.org.uk/article/14256

Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shuts down internet For many women, the internet was their last resource. An internet shutdown threatens to end this.

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Taliban ban books written by women from Afghan universities The decree also outlaws the teaching of 18 subjects, including human rights and sexual harassment.

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PhD in Computing Science - Responsible Usage of LLM-Based Tooling in High-Stakes Decision-Making at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - PhD in Computing Science - Responsible Usage of LLM-Based Tooling in High-Stakes Decision-Making at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com

💡 Tackle challenges like hallucinations, trust, and ethical AI deployment.

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'Met Police facial recognition tech mistook me for wanted man' Shaun Thompson is challenging the Met Police's use of live facial recognition technology.

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Sense and Sensibility - Exeter Northcott Theatre Book tickets for Sense and Sensibility at the Exeter Northcott Theatre today!

If you are in Devon this weekend, catch this show in Exeter (and in the 250th anniversary year of Jane Austen's birth too) exeternorthcott.co.uk/events/sense...

Our written evidence to Parliamentary Human Rights Ctee on the provisions in Crime and Policing Bill on mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse. We highlight 4 key weaknesses: supervisory roles, indicators of abuse, penalties, & duties of confidentiality committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...

MrBeast removes AI YouTube thumbnail tool after backlash The world's most subscribed YouTuber admits he

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BBC threatens AI firm with legal action over unauthorised content use It is first time that the BBC has taken such action regarding alleged scraping of its content for AI.

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Building AI-enabled tools and systems | College of Policing

College of Policing publishes new guidance on AI-enabled tools, in conjunction with checklist for responsible AI in policing developed by @probablefutures.bsky.social in collaboration with NPCC www.college.police.uk/guidance/bui...

Facial recognition error sees woman accused of theft An apparent mix-up with the technology led to Danielle Horan being wrongly accused of shoplifting.

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MI5 misled watchdog about neo-Nazi spy case after lying in court The regulator rewrote a draft report which had contradicted MI5’s false evidence, the BBC can reveal.

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Peers demand more protection from AI for creatives MPs have already overturned calls for more copyright protection for artists against AI once before.

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Chris Zarraga, Director of Schools North East: "Deploy AI with care, conscience and a deep understanding of our communities" #AInorthumbria

'Technology should not be something that just happens to us; it should be something that we shape' #AInorthumbria

'There is not a magical technology tree' that will solve all our problems. Important that we work with AI to shape how it is used.

Newcastle MP Chi Onwurah talks about the importance of responsible AI and of shaping new developments to be for the benefit of everyone #AInorthumbria

Getting ready for the launch of the Northumbria Centre for Responsible AI this morning #AInorthumbria @northumbriauni.bsky.social @probablefutures.bsky.social

Fantastic ending to Baroness Kidron's speech in the House of Lords yesterday, which led to the government's defeat on AI & copyright.

Speaking the UK's creators: "Their property, their labour, is worthy of your protection - because apart from anything else, it is not ours to give away."

Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."

Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

I wrote about my decision in TIME.

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""If it looked like a shooting could represent a breach of the rules of conflict, you'd get a phone call from the legal adviser or one of the staff officers in HQ. They'd pick you up on it and help you to clarify the language. 'Do you remember someone making a sudden move?' 'Oh yeah, I do now.'""

Bristol street sex workers help police to stop child abuse As darkness falls across Bristol, street sex workers are helping to protect its most at-risk children.

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There is no indication that the public find automated data processing in a
national security context to be inherently more or less intrusive than human processing. The public place just as much emphasis on accuracy, fairness & oversight as they do on intrusion cetas.turing.ac.uk/publications... 3/3

The public self-report limited understanding of national security agencies' data processing powers & v limited understanding of oversight mechanisms. There is generally high levels of support for national security data processing but young adults & vulnerable groups significantly less supportive 2/3

New CETaS report 'UK Public Attitudes to National Security Data Processing: Assessing Human and Machine Intrusion' (Powell, Oswald & Janjeva) published today. Based on a nationally representative survey and a citizens panel cetas.turing.ac.uk/publications... 1/3

Copilot Recall: Microsoft rolls out AI screenshot tool Recall had been dubbed a

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An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole. A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm B...

4/ From Aug. 1 — when the law took effect — to Dec. 13, 2024, at least 70 Louisiana prisoners’ parole hearings were canceled just like that, ProPublica and @veritenews.org found:

Spring roofs

Thanks Tom, it was a lovely surprise

UK tech scheme includes AI tool to mark homework as ministers weigh selling data Public records my be monetised as part of National Data Library within a decade, says science secretary Peter Kyle

National Data Library continues to be nebulous but this piece suggests whatever it is, it won’t happen in this Parliament
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