Responsible Ai UK

Huge congratulations to Prof. Marion Oswald, MBE, Professor of Law at Northumbria University, on being awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Statistical Society! This prestigious recognition reflects her outstanding contributions to statistics, AI ethics, and responsible innovation- key pillars in shaping trustworthy AI for society. And to the other recipients of this year #RSS honorary fellowships, Fiona Fox of Science Media Centre and Dr Annette Southgate of UK Home Office. Prof Oswald leads our Keystone Project, "PROBabLE Futures," which explores how AI-driven predictions influence law, security, and justice. Her work is instrumental in ensuring #AI is developed and deployed responsibly, with fairness and transparency at its core. For full details of the honor, read the press release: https://lnkd.in/eNR9SGaJ https://lnkd.in/gQV9sgrB At Responsible Ai UK, we champion groundbreaking #research and proud to collaborate with visionaries like Prof Oswald on the project that is shaping the future of AI governance and strengthening public trust. Her dedication to #ResponsibleAI is truly inspiring, join us in celebrating this well-deserved honor! Sarvapali (Gopal) Ramchurn Muffy Calder Tom Rodden Joel Fischer Gina Neff Wendy Hall Kate Devlin Matt Jones Shoaib Ehsan Jack Stilgoe Aled Lloyd Owen Angela W. Prokar Dasgupta OBE Caitlin Bentley Lucy Veale King's College London University of Southampton University of Nottingham EPSRC UK Research and Innovation Centre for Emerging Technology and Security The Alan Turing Institute Office of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner West Midlands Police Peter Style #ResponsibleAI #AIStatistics #Leadership #Innovation #EthicalAI #TrustworthyAI

📢 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁: 𝗔𝗜 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ‘𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡’ 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻! Are you an early career researcher #ECR #PhD #Postdoc #lecturer with a game-changing #AI idea? Looking for co-founders, collaborators, or the right skills to bring your AI start-up to life? This is your moment!   In partnership with Future Worlds and UCL Centre for Digital Innovation (CDI), Responsible Ai UK invite you to apply for its first ‘IGNITION’ hackathon!   The ‘IGNITION’ #Hackathon, an exciting opportunity to test your concept, build your team, and tackle real-world #AIchallenges. Plus, get a chance to be part of an #accelerator programme designed to fuel your start-up journey! Key Dates: 📅 Briefing Session: 22 April 2025 (with Future Worlds & UCL's Centre for Digital Innovation) 📅 EOI Submission Deadline: 28 April 2025 🌐 Apply now https://lnkd.in/g4CakrV7 Who is it for ⁉️ Early career researchers from ANY discipline! You don’t need to be an AI expert to launch an AI start-up nor do you need to be an AI expert with all the answers. The hackathon aims to help you find co-founders with matched skills and challenges you to develop a business idea and an associated prototype.   What’s in it for you ⁉️ ✅ Get your idea out of the labs – Form new teams (or bring an existing team) and collaborate with fellow researchers & innovators from different disciplines ✅ Fast-track into a Bootcamp programme delivered by Future Worlds (www.futureworlds.com) – mentorship, business skills training, technical help. ✅ Get feedback– the best teams will get a chance to present their ideas to business leaders. ✅ Funding & Partnerships – the top 10-15 ideas progress to the finals (prizes will be announced in due course) Mark your calendars, what's coming up next: 👉 15th May – Hackathon datasets released & Matchmaking kick-off 👉 16th June – Final presentations (Online/In-Person) & Prize awards 👉 Week commencing 30th June – Intensive Bootcamp begins Take the first step toward your #AIstartup journey! Tag your fellow AI innovators, share this opportunity! Sarvapali (Gopal) Ramchurn Ben Clark Dr Alice Iles Graça Carvalho Aled Lloyd Owen UCL INFORMED-AI Hub AI For Collective Intelligence (AI4CI) APRIL AI Hub Prob_AI Research Hub AIchemy AI Hub in Generative Models University of Southampton University of Oxford National Edge Artificial Intelligence Hub Gina Neff Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy Matt Jones Lucy Veale Muffy Calder Tom Rodden Joel Fischer Wendy Hall Prokar Dasgupta OBE Jack Stilgoe Angela W. Kate Devlin Lucy Veale Department for Science, Innovation and Technology University of Nottingham King's College London Horizon Digital Economy Research Royal Academy of Engineering Innovate UK BRAID UK BBC Research & Development Department #ResponsibleAI #AIInnovation #StartupHackathon #AIEntrepreneurs #FutureTech #FutureWorlds

How can AI be used as a productive metaphor and intellectual tool for the humanities? A new volume of essays explores a novel approach to the intersection of AI and the #humanities, proposing that instead of merely writing about AI, scholars should think with AI. Our Affiliate Audrey Borowski has contributed an essay on the parallels between #algorithmic systems in addressing the unpredictability of the world and the function of myth. Available open access ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gsZ2NTYY

🚨 Calling all researchers from diverse disciplines! Could you help tackle current and future epidemic threats to animal, human, and plant health?   Phase 2 of our epidemic preparedness flagship investment is now open for applications, and we’re inviting a wide range of disciplines to apply - whether you’re in engineering, medicine, environmental, or social science. This is a fantastic opportunity to collaborate and build relationships across disciplines and institutions beyond your usual remit! 💡Join our webinar on 24 April to learn more: https://lnkd.in/e8N__3dU 📧 Have questions? Email them in advance to: TacklingEpidemics@ukri.org 📝 Or apply now: https://lnkd.in/eZxXHwYD ⏰ Closes on 19 June 2025 at 4pm You don’t need to have phase one funding to apply and we welcome applications from new or established groups.   This opportunity is part of the wider UKRI Tackling Infections strategic theme that aims to enhance our prediction and prevention of infectious diseases that pose threats to people, livestock, crops, and natural resources. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

"The best way to predict the future is to make it." This could have been the motto for the incredible launch of the AI Security Institute Societal Resilience cohort of research grants. We've spent the last two days at the gorgeous Digital Catapult offices learning about the cutting edge of socio-technical AI safety and security research. Key ideas: ➡️ UK AI Minister Feryal Clark reminded everyone that innovation and growth depends on getting AI safety and security right: we need to "Bake safety into AI from the start". Really grateful she could join us and made time to speak with us. ➡️James Dracott UKRI EPSRC Deputy Head for AI & Data said that we are "really contributing to one of the defining challenges of our time" and connected to the UK's incredible history in AI starting with Alan Turing: "The choices we make today will shape what the UK looks like in 50 and 100 years." You know, no pressure or anything! ➡️Andrew Strait gave his maiden speech as Head of Societal Resilience at AISI with the vivid metaphor of frontier AI companies the "rocket engines of the future without working on the steering or the brakes." ➡️ EY partner Chris Dobson welcomed us into their stunning Thames-view offices (see my obligatory photo of flowers glowing in the late afternoon sun). ➡️ Louise Marshall head of academic partnerships at AISI summed up how and why we are connecting this research to the work inside AISI and across with one another. Such great conversations! My fellow AISI Societal Resilience grantees are thoughtful and interesting and some friends old and new including Jack Stilgoe Shoaib Ehsan and Caitlin Bentley from Responsible Ai UK, Dr. Maya Indira Ganesh from Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (who was also celebrating the launch of her new book Auto Correct) Carl Macrae Nick Hawes Sam Stockwell Adam Mahdi. At the reception I really enjoyed speaking to Lisa Coles and Esra Kasapoglu and coming up with ideas to build the UK AI ecosystem into the 🚀 we are. Thanks to Shahar Avin for all the work bringing us together. My project is Work for AI Safety working with trade unions in the UK, US and EU to develop training materials for identifying emerging AI risks. You can read about it and all the projects of this new programme in the link below.

📢 Ethical aspects of #artificialintelligence: what urologists need to know! We’re thrilled to share the latest #article in Current Opinion in Urology titled "Ethical Aspects of Artificial Intelligence: What Urologists Need to Know" by Rounak Verma, Fin MacAskill, Anna Kyungha Kim, Nicholas Raison, and Prokar Dasgupta OBE, with funding support from EPSRC, Responsible Ai UK UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) Hub UK Research and Innovation and support from leading #healthcare institutions Wellcome EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences London Institute for Healthcare Engineering Hinduja-King's Academy, King's-Vattikuti Institute, The Urology Foundation and King's College London. 🔗 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gwenrMJK #AI is transforming #urology and #surgical interventions in a big way, but ethical considerations must remain at the forefront. This paper explores key challenges, from bias in datasets to transparency and accountability in AI-driven decision-making. Prof Prokar Dasgupta, RAi UK Chair Health and Social Care Working Group is also leading our Responsible AI NHS Champions initiative that acts as advocates and facilitators for responsible, safe, and equitable AI use within NHS organisations - primary, secondary and social care. Expressions of interest are open for Responsible AI NHS Champions, a unique opportunity to contribute to AI-driven health and social care advancements. Get involved! 🔗 Join our NHS Champions #network: https://lnkd.in/gH6udG4T. Wolters Kluwer Health Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Imperial College London The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust University of Hertfordshire East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Institute of Medicine at the University of Bolton York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust University of York University of Southampton, University Hospital Southampton NHS FT Sarvapali (Gopal) Ramchurn Professor Ian Abbs Muffy Calder Tom Rodden Joel Fischer Gina Neff Wendy Hall Kate Devlin Matt Jones Jack Stilgoe King's Health Partners Department of Health and Social Care Fin MacAskill Nitin Shrotri #ResponsibleAI #AIChampions #NHSInnovation #AIinHealthcare #EthicalAI #NHS #Urology #HealthTech #AIEthics #TASHub #RAIUK #UKRI #SurgicalInnovation

Loved cheering on folks at the Responsible Ai UK AI and Robotics Research Awards night with the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) Hub !! ⭐ Really enjoyed the keynotes which provided more then a few brain sparks... I have tried my best to capture them below :) On what Art can do for AI - flipping the script! (by Steve Benford): - Art has traditionally excelled at embracing ambiguity, contradiction, and the ineffable aspects of human experience that AI systems struggle to quantify. Perhaps art serves as an essential mirror, reflecting back to AI development what it means to create with intention beyond optimisation. - Art's relationship with uncertainty is particularly relevant. While AI systems typically aim to reduce uncertainty, artists often deliberately preserves and explores it. I think this tension suggests that artistic sensibilities might help AI systems develop a more nuanced understanding of human interpretation and meaning-making that extends beyond statistical patterns. - Reflecting on my artistic process — I embrace happy accidents, follow intuitive leaps, and work within constraints— perhaps this offers valuable lessons for AI development that purely technical approaches might miss. Perhaps the future of truly intelligent systems lies not just in their ability to analyse but in their capacity to synthesise in ways that surprise even their creators. - Beyond passive contribution, artists actively shape how data is collected, organised, and interpreted. Their curatorial decisions—what to emphasise, what to juxtapose, what to exclude—represent a form of embodied knowledge that influences AI development. Unlike randomly collected data, artistically curated datasets can highlight specific human values, aesthetic traditions, or cultural narratives. On Capacity Loss and Identity (Subramanian Ramamoorthy's question) - Our answer to the question of 'which capacity's loss would make us particularly sad as we age' reveals what we consider essential to our identity and dignity and invites us to articulate what is core to our humanity, revealing values that might otherwise remain implicit in our daily lives. - For me, I think the loss of memory would be most devastating—not just factual recall but the autobiographical narrative that gives life coherence and meaning. Without memory, are we still the same person? The continuity of self depends partly on remembering who we were. - As a musician I also think the loss of creative expression might be most painful—the ability to externalise my inner world and communicate it to others. The gradual narrowing of expressive capacity would feel like a shrinking of the self. - Finally the loss of recognition—the ability to know and be known by those I love. This mutual recognition forms the foundation of our deepest relationships and connects to our fundamental need to be witnessed by others. 😊 Thank you for the thoughts and congrats to the winners :)

Have you received UKRI funding for AI research in the last three years? Here's a great chance to shine a spotlight on your impact. Submit your contributions by 30th April and be part of shaping the future of AI! 

What does an AI-powered healthcare system look like? How can AI enhance thinking and education? Can AI transform mental health care in adults and children? How does AI decipher ancient languages? All this and more will be explored at the King’s Festival of Artificial Intelligence which is returning to King's College London from Tuesday 20 May to Saturday 24 May. Find out more about what we've got planned and check out the full programme of free, public events. Registration is open now! ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eyKTJFNC

Just over a week to go until our Technomoral Conversation on AI & Creative Labour! We’ll be looking at issues ranging from the AI industry’s copyright violations, responses from creatives, and the wider ethical and political questions about the role of AI in creative practice and culture. Chaired by our CTMF Director, Professor Shannon Vallor, this event will feature Caroline Sinders, Dr Paula Westenberger and Richard Combes! 📅 Thursday, 10 April at 18.00  📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute & online  🎟️ Tickets & more info ▶️ https://edin.ac/3WJhuUH This free event is part of the Edinburgh Futures Institute's Making Waves Event Season, and is run in collaboration with BRAID UK. University of Edinburgh School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences | Edinburgh College of Art | University of Edinburgh College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | The University of Edinburgh | Data-Driven Innovation Initiative | Scottish AI Alliance | #ChallengeCreateChange