It has been called everything from ‘crackpot’ to ‘radical and necessary’, but whichever side of the debate you fall o…
Why the UK needs a national strategy around AI and work
News this week that the Ministry of Justice’s AI tool for prisoners may increase the risk of discriminatory outcomes …
Sir Nigel Shadbolt on data privacy, the ODI at seven and virtue signalling in AI
Seven years ago Sir Tim Berners-Lee and I founded the Open Data Institute (ODI). I’m often asked whether we’ve achiev…
As the future of mobility becomes smarter, we must treat people’s data as a public good
As Minister for Transport in 1969, Richard Marsh and his contemporaries oversaw the UK’s role in a defining era for g…
An alternative Queen’s Speech: four bills to unlock the potential of UK tech
For the past three years, parliamentary and public debate has been dominated by a single issue: Brexit. With a new pr…
Tech’s missing a trick by not designing for disability
When Domino’s was sued earlier in the year for having a website that wasn’t accessible for the blind, the pizza chain…
Priti Patel’s letter to Facebook proves we need to rethink digital governance
This week, the US, UK and Australian governments have written an open letter to Facebook urging the company to create…
UK-US attack on WhatsApp encryption may have unsettling consequences
The home secretary, Priti Patel, has joined forces with her American and Australian counterparts to call on Mark Zuck…
Will the government’s new AI procurement guidelines work?
The Office for AI has published its draft guidelines for the procurement of AI systems across the public sector. This…
The tech industry is finally taking its environmental responsibilities seriously
In what has been recognised as the largest renewable energy deal in modern history, US tech giant Google has signed o…