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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Join our webinar on Monday 7 September to hear from Deaf Action, BRAID and the Edinburgh Festivals, find out more about the challenge and ask questions about developing your application: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1997690281...

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Info Session: Edinburgh Festivals Responsible AI Access Challenge

Join Deaf Action, along with BRAID and representatives from Edinburgh Festivals, to find our more about the Responsible AI Access Challenge.

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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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Amicable Animal - New CRT7 demo OUT NOW! 🦝🏳️‍🌈 @amicableanimal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Our MDes Graduation Showcase will be on the 6th of August 17:00 to 19:30 at CodeBase, Edinburgh. We'll have student games, plus games from local developers! Alt controllers! Physical Puzzle Games! Nibbles if I get those sorted in time! Free tickets and deets here: buytickets.at/mdesingames/...

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Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

New books on the to read pile - some of which I’m overdue catching up on! Excited to read @suzannerblack.bsky.social, @sjartt.bsky.social, @shannonvallor.bsky.social, @ruha9.bsky.social, Shoshana Zuboff, and the new edition of @drdaveobrien.bsky.social, @orianbrook.bsky.social & Mark Taylor’s books!

Picture of a pile of new academic books looking at equality, diversity and inclusion, ethics, fan fiction and women filmmakers.

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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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Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Can you create a new and exciting innovative business and still be ethical? Bookings are now open for my The Provocateurs @edfringe.bsky.social shows drawing on @braiduk.bsky.social, and Creative Informatics work: 15th Aug: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... 23rd Aug: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

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Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

If you work with cultural heritage collections we’d love you to take part in this survey on management and reuse of collections!

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

“The research finds that PSM have distinctive concerns, challenges and values, which shape their efforts to procure AI ‘responsibly’ at a time of heightened security risks and rapid geopolitical change.” Prof Kate Wright @newsprof1.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 · 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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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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Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I'm delighted to be one of the AI and Digital Ethics experts for BEDA - The Bureau of European Design Associations' 'Glorious 42', supporting MADres, advancing design as a key enabler of Europe's transformation for sustainable growth and economic value. More info: madres.beda.org/en/news/glor...

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Glorious 42: MADres Launches Its Pan-European Expert Group to Advance Design – MADres

MADres is proud to announce the official selection of the Glorious 42 Expert Group (G42)—a newly established pan-European network of leading specialists whose expertise will guide, enrich and…

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Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Job klaxon 📢, please reshare: We are looking for a CoSTAR Foresight Lab Post Doc Research Associate (fixed term to March 2029, £41k+ pa) focusing on R&D in the creative industries as part of the wider CoSTAR network. Apps close 5th January - apply here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Post Doctoral Research Associate (CoSTAR Foresight Lab)

Edinburgh College of Art is seeking to recruit a Post Doctoral Research Associate in CoSTAR Foresight Lab

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Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

We're hiring a new Administrator for Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing Centre for Doctoral Training. Work with exceptional (and lovely) students and staff. £29k+ (pro rata), part time (28.5 hrs/week) until April 2028. Apply beore 15th Jan: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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CDT Administrator for Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing CDT

The School of Informatics is looking for one part time CDT Administrator to support the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing (NLP), based at the Univ...

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johnvines.bsky.social @johnvines.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

If you have any questions, check the FAQ on our website or contact any of us on the CDT Team (including @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social @melissaterras.bsky.social @ewaluger.bsky.social @catlai.bsky.social).

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Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

A wonderful opportunity for a truly interdisciplinary PhD working with a wonderfully diverse group of fellow students and a fantastic array of academic expertise. Do take a look, apply, and/or share onwards!

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Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Delighted our (Vikki Jones, @ingepanneels.bsky.social, Frauke Zeller, @melissaterras.bsky.social & I) new paper "Creative Informatics: the role of ‘the university’ in Edinburgh and South East Scotland's creative cluster" is out now in City, Culture & Society! Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.cc...

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

with @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social, BBC Responsible Innovation Centre, Arts and Humanities Research Council at @ukri.org

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

This is a really exciting opportunity to surface whether, and to what extent, AI investments are delivering on their promise. Reach out if you have any questions and please do share across your networks and pass on to anyone who you think might be interested.

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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 · 22/09/2025

Fantastic opportunity to explore and discuss BRAID's Responsible AI Landscape Report, published earlier this year. The event is online as well as in person in London. Our blog about the report can be found here: braiduk.org/the-responsi... (and links to the report)

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Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I would strongly encourage folk working in and around the Scottish Film Exhibition sector to participate in this - do share onwards too!

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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

📣Today we launched our manifesto for Holyrood 2026. We're asking politicians to commit to 3 asks that will improve conditions for women working in culture, media, arts and the creative industries in Scotland. Read the manifesto: bit.ly/4mHKyWE

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Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Delighted to be at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social today with our #DesigningResponsibleNLPCDT sharing our brilliant students work as part of Doors Open Day!

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

*The AI boom = one of the costliest building sprees in world history * Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system * Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...

This week, consultants at Bain & Co. estimated the wave of AI infrastructure spending will require $2 trillion in annual AI revenue by 2030. By comparison, that is more than the combined 2024 revenue of Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Nvidia, and more than five times the size of the entire global subscription software market.

Morgan Stanley estimates that last year there was around $45 billion of revenue for AI products. The sector makes money from a combination of subscription fees for chatbots such as ChatGPT and money paid to use these companies’ data centers.

How the tech sector will cover the gap is “the trillion dollar question,” said Mark Moerdler, an analyst at Bernstein.

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Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Still time to take part in this survey - if you watch TV (in any sense including streaming, free to air etc) then we’d love to hear from you!

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Dr Suzanne Black @suzannerblack.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Do you watch TV? Please take this survey to help me understand what audiences think of TV production techniques. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/edinburgh/... Please share widely, and thanks in advance. #FanStudies #AudienceResearch

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TV Survey

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

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Dr Suzanne Black @suzannerblack.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Let's try this again. New research from myself and my lovely colleagues about dealing with unexpected AI when collecting research data:

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Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

My last show at this year's #edfringe is 11:25 tomorrow (Wed 13th) at @standcomedyclub.bsky.social. Join me to hear about #virtualproduction, #CoSTARNetwork, how film and TV is being made in new ways - and why thats interesting, challenging and exciting! Book now: www.thestand.co.uk/fringe/2551/...

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The Provocateurs: Voices of hope, and No location, no location, no location! Hosted by comedian Susan Morrison. Roseminu Varghese (Edinburgh Napier Universit...

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Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Due to Storm Florian cursing my lovely co-speaker's travel 😱 this is now going to be a solo show! So, join me for a full hour on all things virtual production and what new tech means for the kinds of ways we tell stories on screen! Still tickets available here: www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...

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The Provocateurs: Beneficial Stress / No Location, No Location, No Location! - The Stand Comedy Club

The Provocateurs: Beneficial stress, and No location, no location, no location! Hosted by comedian Jojo Sutherland. Erin Sanchez (The University of Edinburgh...

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

In @edfringe.bsky.social DI Manager @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social imagines what stories we’ll be watching as tv and film made with virtual production technologies make almost anything possible without ever leaving a studio! 📅Mon 4 Aug ⏰5:40– 6:40pm 📍Stand 4, Stand Comedy Club 🔗https://edin.ac/3HaKHD9

Poster of no location, no location, no location! on 4th August

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Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Join me at @standcomedyclub.bsky.social at @edfringe.bsky.social for my #theprovocateurs2025 show, No Location, No Location, No Location! exploring the R&D possibilities of virtual production! Book now for 4th Aug: www.thestand.co.uk/performance/... 13th August: www.thestand.co.uk/fringe/2551/...

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Nicola will also perform on 13 August: 📅 Wed 13 Aug 2025 ⏰ 11:25am– 12:25pm | Ticketed 📍 Stand 2, The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh 🔗https://www.thestand.co.uk/fringe/2551/the-provocateurs-voices-of-hope-no-location-no-location-no-location

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Fringe

The Provocateurs: Voices of hope, and No location, no location, no location! Hosted by comedian Susan Morrison. Roseminu Varghese (Edinburgh Napier Universit...

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

We are delighted to share this special edition of our Newsletter which features our upcoming Summer Festival’s programming as part of the 2025 Edinburgh Art Festival and @edfringe.bsky.social. Read here ➡ edin.ac/3TtPEd5 @edincollegeofart.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @braiduk.bsky.social

Crowds of visitors viewing the The Sounds of Deep Fake exhibition at Inspace.

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

If you are not already on our mailing list and would like to hear updates from us then sign-up here: 🔗https://forms.office.com/e/ZrqT88ryZN Image Credit: The Sounds of Deep Fake exhibition at Inspace. Photography by Beth Chalmers @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social @caterinamoruzzi.bsky.social

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Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Wonderful to be in Glasgow for the (I think) final #CreativeInformatics supported event, @scottishaialliance.bsky.social’s “AI Can’t Write Symphonies and Neither Can You”. Fab opening talks from Lily Higham and Jess Aslan so far! Looking forward to the exhibition www.scottishai.com/ai-cant-writ...

Gordon Johnstone (a white man in an event t-shirt) from Scottish AI Alliance, introducing the event.

Lily Higham (a white woman with ginger hair in a retro dress) beginning her talk with the title slide which reads “the rebirth of the author”.

An image of very strange ai images of horse medicine, shown in Lily Higham’s talk

Jess Aslan (a white woman with long dark hair and glasses) discussing her AI video and performance art work sub-Merged

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Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Huge congratulations to @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social of @designinf.bsky.social for this well deserved recognition 👏

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

@suchprettyeyes.bsky.social received the Impact Festival 2025 Research Impact Prize. She has demonstrated exceptional leadership in managing Creative Informatics. Their expertise has been central to the transformative impact of this initiative on Scotland’s creative industries. edin.ac/4ncIszD

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DI Manager Nicola Osborne awarded The Research Impact Prize 2025

This is "DI Manager Nicola Osborne awarded The Research Impact Prize 2025" by Design Informatics on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people…

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Inspace @inspaceedinburgh.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

We’re delighted to meet-in person today the BRAID-commissioned artists (see photo!) to see work-in-progress of the seven new artworks commissioned by @braiduk.bsky.social for the upcoming exhibition ‘Tipping Point’ in Inspace for the 2025 Edinburgh Art Festival this August Read more edin.ac/4kydJea

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Tipping Point: Artist Responses to AI – Inspace

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

With 7 new innovation fellows, we are not only able to support crucial policy and regulatory work being done across the public sector, but we also hope to facilitate unique opportunities for knowledge exchange across academia, industry and government by bringing our two fellowship cohorts together.

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Coinciding with our gathering, today we announce that the wonderful BRAID fellowships cohort is expanding. An exciting new partnership with the British Academy marks a significant step in our shared commitment to promote Responsible AI in the UK. #AcademicSky #AHRC @ukri.org

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

You can find the reports here: attitudestoai.uk and www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/ai-pu...

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