Skills-based digital literacy has failed to provide public benefit. So why is upskilling the UK’s only plan? As part of a range of bombastic statements about the UK’s uncritical embracing of AI in everything, the Government recently announced the AI Skills Boost. It promised “free AI training for all,” and claimed that the courses will […]
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A broad taxonomy of AI chatbot harms caused to individual users Introduction At We and AI we have been concerned by the lack of awareness of the wide range of harms caused by AI chatbots for a long time. Despite the huge encouragement to use chatbots as companions, coworkers, doctors, teachers, counsellors, life advisors, friends, […]
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A curated research session at the Hype Studies Conference, “(Don’t) Believe the Hype?!” 10-12 September 2025, Barcelona By Cinzia Pusceddu Better Images of AI and We and AI have been exploring the role of visual and narrative metaphors in shaping our understanding of AI. As part of this we invited some researchers who have been […]
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Zoya is currently pursuing a DPhil in law at the University of Oxford. Previously, she completed an MPhil in the Ethics of AI, Data, and Algorithms at the University of Cambridge and an LLB at LSE. Her thesis focuses on legal overlaps in UK intellectual property and data protection laws and their implications for mitigating […]
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Steph has a diverse background ranging from astrophysics to genomics in academia, film & TV, dance and the third sector. A leader in, and advocate for, ethical, inclusive and responsible AI, she works to ensure that technology benefits the many and not the few. She is currently leading on the delivery of Scotland’s national AI […]
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Mark is a highly experienced communications professional and Group Director of PR, Communications, and Marketing at Harrow, Richmond, and Uxbridge Colleges (HRUC) — one of the largest college groups in England. He brings extensive experience from roles at esteemed organisations including The Alan Turing Institute, the national institute for data science and AI, where he […]
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Marc had many years in tech leadership in the creative industries and at Accenture. He shifted to focusing fully on inclusive technology and supporting neurodivergent, disabled and social causes as a result of advocating for his daughter’s services and his own late assessment of autism and ADHD, in addition to ethical tech. He founded Tech […]
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Tania is the Founder of We and AI – a UK non-profit focusing on critical AI literacy, which runs the Better Images of AI library. She is on the Founding Editorial Board of the AI and Ethics Journal, the Editorial Board of the RSA (Royal Society of Arts) Journal, a Lead for the RSA Responsible […]
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Ismael has been working in the AI ethics space since 2020, when he worked on establishing the Alan Turing Institute’s research ethics committee. He believes that responsible AI cultures can be promoted through practical organisational mechanisms, as informed by his studies in business and philosophy. Since 2022, Ismael has been offering AI ethics and research […]
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