
Three proposals to strengthen EU AI Act
Important new doc from Ada Lovelace Inst - Particularly good on citizen involvement

What does trustworthy regulation look like? Not this.
Quite shocking article about the ineffectiveness water pollution regulation due to perverse incentives & underfunding

My thoughts on Edelman Trust Barometer 2022
Trust in democracies falls dramatically because of lack of perceived trustworthiness of and trust in governments and politicians. Toldja.

My workshop on Bullsh*t & Jargon!
Thoroughly enjoyed researching, writing and presenting this to 550 folks with 1342 registered. Wow, BS is a problem!

What do people think should happen with location data?
Regarding tech ethics, just take ‘location data’ out of 3 citizen recommendations, & put your own tech in & do what they suggest.

What gets in the way of ethics?
Me asking questions of LinkedIn buddies about barriers and what they need.

How can we trust regulators who don’t do their job?
MPs attack regulators for turning blind-eye to sewage pollution

Straight forward apology wins plaudits
Business leader being honest. Big headlines.

What we say isn’t always what we mean!
Funny - what Brits say, what they mean, what everyone else thinks they mean.

Algorithmic Reparation - strikes fear into heart of AI developers!
Great phrase crystallises the issues so well.

It's easier for the law to protect investors and much harder to protect the public…
Interesting article on how skewed the legal system is, making it hard to create legal challenge in the public good

How 'pissing people off' is not going to get them to change their attitudes to vaccines
Macron is going to piss people off so they will get the vaccine. Has getting people angry with you ever made them agree with you and change behaviour? I think not.

Intent and integrity in bullsh*t
Current views on why we bullsh*t we forget that competence and laziness are also part of the rationale.

The disappointing topicality of the Tomorrow’s Company report - published in 1995!
Great report. Disappointing we are still having the identical conversation.

Back to Bullsh*t eroding trust….
New workshop with the great folks at Apolitical about understanding why we use BS and what to do instead

8 ways to institutionalise deliberative democracy
New report from the excellent folks at OECD Open Government

Regulate to innovate - new report
New report on AI governance with 6 additional points from me for the new White Paper on AI Regulation.

Values and Identities, a policy makers guide
Great new publication from the Joint Research Centre of the EC mapping values and identifies - tools to help as well.

Great project: Better images of AI library
Fed up of the white robot? Then here is a joint venture between We and AI and the BBC R&D dept and other great partners

Our article in IEEE journal on Trust, Soft Law & AI
Academic article which I am not allowed to republish.