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We are the Arts & Humanities Research Council programme working to enable a healthy Responsible AI ecosystem in the UK. You can also keep up to date via our newsletter: braiduk.org/#newsletter

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Creative Commissions: We're offering around seven UK-based artists commissions of £8,000–£12,000 to create curious and unexpected work that challenges, complicates and reimagines responsible AI. Info ⏩ braiduk.org/creative-com...
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Creative Commissions
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Our 2026 round of fellowships is now open with £620,000 available to fund a series of collaborative projects that pair arts and humanities researchers with non-academic partners to advance responsible AI in practice. Full info ⏩ braiduk.org/open-funding...
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Open Opportunities
Working in partnership with the Ada Lovelace Institute and BBC, the BRAID team brings together expertise in human-computer interaction, moral philosophy, arts, design, law, social sciences, journalism...
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
BRAID's new funding calls are now open 🎉 Visit our website for information on Fellowships opportunities, Creative Commissions and our Edinburgh Festivals Access Challenge: braiduk.org/open-funding...
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Open Opportunities
Working in partnership with the Ada Lovelace Institute and BBC, the BRAID team brings together expertise in human-computer interaction, moral philosophy, arts, design, law, social sciences, journalism...
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Launching soon! On 3 Sep, BRAID will open new funding opportunities to explore, challenge and shape the future of responsible AI. ⏩ BRAID Research Fellowships ⏩ Creative Commissions ⏩ Edinburgh Festivals Responsible AI Accessibility Challenge More info: braiduk.org/braid-to-lau...
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BRAID to launch new funding calls on Thursday 3 September
On Thursday 3 September, BRAID will open new funding opportunities to explore, challenge and shape the future of responsible AI.Over the past three years, BRAID's funded projects have helped t
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We’re really pleased to be supporting the Creators Emergency Summit on Tuesday 13 October. Join creators and their allies in law, politics, and ethical tech to discuss strategies and solutions to defending livelihoods in the era of generative AI. Info and tickets: edin.ac/3UchXQN
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Creators Emergency Summit
Join creators and their allies in law, politics, and ethical tech for a day of practical tips on defending livelihoods in the era of gen AI.
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
BRAID's Creative Industries Lead, Nicola Osborne, is back @edfringe.bsky.social on Sunday 23 August asking: can you create a new and exciting innovative business and still be ethical? Info and tickets: www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...
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The Provocateurs: Ethical innovators? / Satellites destroy privacy - Edinburgh, 23 Aug 2026 | The Stand
The Provocateurs: Ethical innovators? / Satellites destroy privacy Can you create a new and exciting innovative business and still be ethical? Join Provocateu...
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Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I'm immensely pleased to share that today @braiduk.bsky.social with Festivals Edinburgh and working with Deaf Action are announcing a new £200k call to support #responsibleAI and accessibility for D/deaf audiences and creatives at Edinburgh's Festivals. More info here: braiduk.org/responsible-...
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£200,000 funding challenge to support Responsible AI and accessibility at Edinburgh’s Festivals
BRAID, in partnership with the Edinburgh Festivals and working with Deaf Action (the organisation that produces Edinburgh Deaf Festival), is delighted to announce that it will soon open a new f
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
📣 Coming soon: Edinburgh Festivals Responsible AI Access Challenge! A new funding call for interdisciplinary teams to develop innovative, responsible AI solutions that improve the way cultural festivals support and enable deaf community participation: braiduk.org/responsible-...
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£200,000 funding challenge to support Responsible AI and accessibility at Edinburgh’s Festivals
BRAID, in partnership with the Edinburgh Festivals and working with Deaf Action (the organisation that produces Edinburgh Deaf Festival), is delighted to announce that it will soon open a new f
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
New funding call: Want to work directly with policymakers on pressing public policy challenges? We're delighted to be working once again in partnership with The British Academy co-funding their next Digital Society Innovation Fellowship cohort. Find out more, apply by 6 August: edin.ac/4bEHLL9
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
More Edinburgh festival goodies: film screening of the new Ghost in the Machine, from our friends at @our-ai-collective.bsky.social and the fabulous @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
New workshop report. In early April, BRAID's Sustainable AI Futures team and Digital Catapult hosted a day workshop on AI and the future of sustainability reporting. Link to report in thread. To note, there are a couple of calls to action at the end.
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Webinar 6 Aug - Join artist and educator Jazmin Morris as she discusses her new work 'Strands of Information,' exploring data storage & data surveillance through the medium of hair. The webinar accompanies an exhibition of at Sussex Uni. Part of the BRAID Sustainable AI Futures Demonstrator project.
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Pleased to share a new paper from @noortjem.bsky.social and team, with findings from the BRAID Scoping project: AI in the street: scoping everyday observatories for public engagement with connected and automated urban environments. www.careful.industries/ai-in-the-st...
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AI in the Street — Careful Industries
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
As AI becomes increasingly embedded in #PublicServices, how do we measure its impact beyond efficiency/cost savings? New BRAID blog! @drdarcyluke.bsky.social explores, & considers how impact assessment could support #ResponsibleAI adoption & better outcomes for the public braiduk.org/learning-les...
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How can we better measure the social value of AI? Learning lessons for UK public services
Efficiency savings. Productivity gains. Headcount reduction. This is the language commonly used to describe the proposed economic benefits artificial intelligence (AI) will bring.This commerci
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
In #Edinburgh for the #Fringe? Now booking: from @BRAID creative sector lead @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social Wonder if our new free short course for small businesses will get a mention? braiduk.org/responsible-...
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
From advocating for the protection of creative rights, to developing deepfake detection tools and creating medical robots that respond to the needs of diverse communities; over the past two years the BRAID fellowship programme has helped shape how the UK thinks about, develops and governs AI ⏬
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Can you seek out what’s true in today’s tsunami of AI slop? Dr Bronwyn Jones, BRAID's Public Media and Democracy Lead, hosted a session on Truth, Trust and Trickery in the AI Age at this year's Edinburgh Science Festival. Find out more: braiduk.org/public-views... vimeo.com/1187589697?f...
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Truth, Trust and Trickery in the AI Age at Edinburgh Science Festival
Dr Bronwyn Jones, BRAID’s Public Media and Democracy Lead, hosted a session on Truth, Trust and Trickery in the AI Age at this year's Edinburgh Science Festival. The event brought together 70 people...
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
We are delighted to welcome Professor Karen Salt as Independent Chair of our new Stakeholder Forum, a group set up to help shape the direction of Responsible AI in the UK. Find out more about the BRAID Stakeholder Forum and Professor Salt’s appointment ⏩ braiduk.org/professor-ka...
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Professor Karen Salt to chair BRAID’s new Stakeholder Forum
Professor Karen Salt has been appointed Independent Chair of BRAID’s new Stakeholder Forum, a group set up to help shape the direction of Responsible AI in the UK. Professor Salt is currently
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
📅 Upcoming event! On Wednesday 1 April, the team @sustainableai.bsky.social are bringing together experts, innovators, and practitioners for a thought-provoking exploration of the future of AI in sustainability reporting and disclosure. Find out more ⬇️
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Join us for Truth, Trust and Trickery in the AI Age on Thu 15 Apr at the Edinburgh Science Festival. Explore how generative AI is prompting an information crisis and learn from the BBC Blue Room about the latest tools journalists use to seek out the truth. www.edinburghscience.co.uk/event/truth-...
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Truth, Trust and Trickery in the AI Age - Edinburgh Science
Can you seek out what’s true in today’s tsunami of AI slop? Generative AI is prompting an information crisis as fakes and fiction flood social media and chatbot hallucinations pollute our news streams...
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Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This February, we look forward to hosting @abeba.bsky.social for one week as our Distinguished Visiting Scholar! Dr Birhane founded and leads @aial.ie and is assistant professor of AI @tcddublin.bsky.social. She researches AI accountability with a focus on audits of AI models and training datasets.
Headshot photo of Dr Abeba Birhane in front of a bright blue background. She has long black hair, worn in braids. She is wearing glasses and a silky, pale grey dress shirt. Text reads: Dr Abeba Birhane, Trinity College Dublin.
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Responsible AI Innovation for SMEs is available now! Enrol via @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social online learning: shortcourses.ed.ac.uk/course/respo... @ukri.org
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Responsible AI Innovation for SMEs | Short Online Course | Short Courses - University of Edinburgh
Learn how to effectively and responsibly use AI to drive business growth in smaller business contexts.
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
📣We've launched a new responsible AI course designed specifically to help UK business leaders make informed, grounded decisions about the design and use of AI. Responsible AI for SMEs is a free online course spanning five accessible modules. Find out more and register: braiduk.org/braid-launch...
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BRAID launches new responsible AI course to help UK SMEs bridge the AI trust gap
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in everyday business operations, many UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are grappling with an increasingly pressing question: should
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
We're excited to share our first event of 2026! Felicity Hammond: END-OF-LIFE SERVICE on Thu 29 Jan imagines the death of AI through a funeral procession and wake. Join us as we reflect on all that we have gained and all that we have lost: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/end-of-lif...
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END-OF-LIFE-SERVICE Procession and Wake
An experimental and playful event in the form of an early evening procession & wake where you are encouraged to explore the challenges of AI
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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Honoured to be launching this report in partnership with @publicmedia.bsky.social. Feels timely, the day after the Head of NATO warned of the need to prepare for war with Russia...
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
📣 Data privacy & national security the top concerns for public service media in AI procurement. Prof Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social has just released the second report from her BRAID Fellowship, co-authored with Kristian Porter @publicmedia.bsky.social www.publicmediaalliance.org/data-privacy...
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Data privacy and national security the top concerns for PSM in AI procurement - Public Media Alliance
A new industry report explores how public service media companies procure and use AI tools off the market to aid their journalism.
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
We’re excited to announce seven newly funded projects that will establish and strengthen collaborations between US and UK researchers exploring and addressing the ethical, legal, and societal implications of artificial intelligence (AI): braiduk.org/new-projects...
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New projects to boost international collaboration in Responsible AI
Seven new projects will establish and strengthen collaborations between US and UK researchers in research that will address the ethical, legal and societal implications of artificial intellig
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
ICYMI: we're looking for a geographically and demographically diverse group of stakeholders from academia, civil society, policy and industry to join our Stakeholder Forum. Find out more and submit your expression of interest by 30 November: braiduk.org/braid-stakeh...
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Stakeholder Forum
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
A vital piece of research from BRAID fellow @clemicollett.bsky.social examining how publishing industry practitioners are experiencing AI’s significant impacts. Find out more and read the full report ⬇️
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
EVENT INVITATION: Openness and AI roundtable, London, 24 November www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/openness-a...
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Openness and AI in culture, arts and humanities: a BRAID roundtable
Join us for a roundtable discussion to critically engage with the evolving intersections of openness, AI, and cultural knowledge.
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
NEW OPPORTUNITY: We are seeking members to join our BRAID Stakeholder Forum, helping to shape the direction of Responsible AI in the UK. Information and details of how to submit your expression of interest can be found here: braiduk.org/braid-stakeh...
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Can AI be truly creative? Great to see BRAID Fellow @caterinamoruzzi.bsky.social quoted, alongside other experts in the field, in this @nature.com feature on AI & creativity by Jo Marchant. Really enjoyed reading this, glad to hear a longer format piece on the way! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Can AI be truly creative?
Chatbots and AI models are challenging ideas about who — or what — can create art, music and more.
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
New paper from the team behind the BRAID Scoping project "AI in the street": Reciprocity Deficits: Observing AI in the street with everyday publics. arxiv.org/abs/2510.23342
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
BRAID researcher @ftollon.bsky.social's work features in the State of AI Ethics Report (SAIER) Vol. 7, “AI at the Crossroads: A Practitioner’s Guide to Community-Centered Solutions,” published by the Montreal AI Ethics Institute.
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Sharing a new paper from BRAID Fellow @caterinamoruzzi.bsky.social & collaborators Steffen Holter & Mennatallah El-Assady: "Towards Agency in Human-AI Collaboration" in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. www.computer.org/csdl/magazin...
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Last week the United Nations Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development held a dialogue on the impact of artificial intelligence on creative industries, cultural rights, and the right to development.
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Gen AI & the novel: new report from @clemicollett.bsky.social examines how literary creatives are using (or not using) GenAI, how their work & income are affected, how this shapes their hopes & fears, & what measures govt might take to protect UK literary scene. Launch 20 Nov see linked post!
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Katie McDonough @kmcdono.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Coming up this Thursday, an excellent event about AI & cultural heritage research org by @amsichani.bsky.social & @braiduk.bsky.social. Reg still open! Featuring fab speakers incl @ruthahnert.bsky.social @noramcgregorbl.bsky.social @jnockels.bsky.social @danielvanstrien.bsky.social & more
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
New article from BRAID fellow @bevt.bsky.social on governance-by-design as an enabler of AI in digital health in sub-Saharan Africa lthj.qut.edu.au/article/view...
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Law, Technology and Humans
Law, Technology and Humans provides an inclusive and unique forum for exploration of the broader connections, history and emergent future of law and technology through supporting research that takes s...
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
What are the biggest challenges & opportunities for public service media when it comes to digital technology and innovation? New report series from our collaborators at RIC including 'Responsible AI & Public Service Journalism' from BRAID's @bronwynjo.bsky.social downloads.bbc.co.uk/rd/responsib...
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Fabio Tollon @ftollon.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Excited to be heading to Amsterdam to present some work that @loehrgui.bsky.social and I have been sketching out on AI assertion. We suggest that some AI chatbots might be answerable, thus rendering them capable of asserting. Strange stuff. #philsky #AIethics www.pt-ai.org/2025/program...
Poster of the PhAI event, featuring images of the keynote presentors Markus Kneer, Mona Simion, and Emily Sullivan.
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
How does artificial intelligence “see” us, and what does it tell us about who we are? On 1 Nov at Mockingbird Cinema, Birmingham, explore new works by Kiki Shervington-White and Luca Zheng that examine how machine vision classifies, interprets, and (mis)recognises people. bit.ly/3Lk10zb
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The AI Gaze - Seeing Ourselves Through Machines: Film Screening and Interactive Installation · Luma
How does artificial intelligence “see” us, and what does it tell us about who we are? The AI Gaze brings together two connected works that examine how machine…
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Are you involved in sustainability reporting, ESG, or carbon accounting? As part of the BRAID Sustainable AI Futures project, & together with Digital Catapult, the team are holding an exploratory in-person workshop to understand what happens when reporting meets AI. Register here: bit.ly/4nWPp7J
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
We're hiring at BRAID UK! Exciting opportunity for a Research Associate to lead work around the social return on AI investment, working closely with @ewaluger.bsky.social and @shannonvallor.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPA010/r... Applications open. Closes 7 Nov, Interviews 9 Dec.
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Leaky bodies and touchy software - a concert and exhibition opening featuring new music that explores instruments, bodies, software and hardware. This new work from BRAID Fellow Martin Parker and Xenia Pestova is live at St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh, on Wednesday 15 October. bit.ly/46W1CCl
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
A short satirical play, 'Page Against the Machine', by BRAID Fellow @pipt.bsky.social & @Clare Duffy (Civic Digits C.I.C), will showcase at @byleaveswelive.bsky.social in Edinburgh on 6/7 Nov as part of this year's @beinghumanfest.bsky.social Find out more/book here: bit.ly/47fyzeh
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Page Against The Machine
A comedy-drama about AI by Clare Duffy (Civic Digits Theatre Company) & Pip Thornton, brought to the SPL as part of the Being Human Festival
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Brilliant to see BRAID Scoping project 'Shared-Posthuman Imagination: Human-AI Collaboration in Media Creation' outcomes moving forward via new funding. Coming soon: UK's 1st responsible AI e-learning course for Film&TV professionals. Congrats @ruszev.bsky.social & team on industry implementation!
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
New forum ‘Responsible AI and Cultural Heritage Forum’ on Thu 6 Nov 2025, Senate House (hybrid) from BRAID Fellow @amsichani.bsky.social with @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy Find out more/register here: bit.ly/4mUdESC
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BRAID Responsible AI and Cultural Heritage forum
This forum brings together the cultural heritage and research community to discuss current and future challenges of embracing AI in cultural heritage responsibly and ethically.
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Congratulations to artists Identity 2.0, selected as the first guest zine to be included in the @dairinstitute.bsky.social Zine Library. 'Conversations about resistance and generative AI' can be downloaded here: zines.dair-institute.org/ai-z Image courtesy of the DAIR website.
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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
It's one month since we wrapped up Tipping Point: Artist Responses to AI, our exhibition featuring seven new artworks by artists from across the UK. Here BRAID community member Alasdair Milne offers his reflections on the exhibition in a new blog. braiduk.org/reflecting-o...
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Reflecting on Tipping Point: Artist Responses to AI
7 — 31 August 2025 | Inspace Gallery, EdinburghIn the summer of 2025, Bridging Responsible AI Divides staged an exhibition of newly commissioned artworks on the theme of Responsible AI by artist
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