Anna Dent
@annadent.bsky.social
Research and policy adviser www.abdconsultancy.co.uk
Futures of work, digital welfare state, tech ethics, public sector innovation
Also cats, telly, general silliness
Now with added newsletter! https://www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/digital-welfare-state
Futures of work, digital welfare state, tech ethics, public sector innovation
Also cats, telly, general silliness
Now with added newsletter! https://www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/digital-welfare-state
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Anna Dent
@annadent.bsky.social
· May 20
Digital welfare state: origins, controversies, research — ABD Consultancy
How are governments worldwise using AI and other tech to administer the welfare state? Find out about research, policy and investigations into the digital welfare state, including digital surveillance...
www.abdconsultancy.co.uk
I've done a NEW page on my website 🖥️
And I'm starting NEWSLETTER ✉️
If you are interested in the use of AI and other tech in how govts the world over administer the welfare state you should sign up!
Monthly-ish insights, analysis, gossip, thrills and more ⤵️
And I'm starting NEWSLETTER ✉️
If you are interested in the use of AI and other tech in how govts the world over administer the welfare state you should sign up!
Monthly-ish insights, analysis, gossip, thrills and more ⤵️
Given the story the other day about how she was learning and revising using ChatGPT should we be surprised?
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All fucking full of shit'
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All f---ing full of s---'
'All f---ing full of s---': Kim Kardashian has some choice words for the psychics who predicted she'd pass the bar exam.
ew.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Given the story the other day about how she was learning and revising using ChatGPT should we be surprised?
Tiktok Harmonies Against Fascism!
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Tiktok Harmonies Against Fascism!
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They're really having fun with it on tiktok.
November 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
They're really having fun with it on tiktok.
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This is brilliant
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This is brilliant
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Fifth edition of my digital welfare state newsletter now up on my website.
Reflections and news on the role of digital ID in welfare systems, the latest on the child benefit f*ck-up and how the UK is learning lessons, good and bad, from India
www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/blog/digital...
Reflections and news on the role of digital ID in welfare systems, the latest on the child benefit f*ck-up and how the UK is learning lessons, good and bad, from India
www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/blog/digital...
Digital Welfare State edition 005 — ABD Consultancy
Edition oo5 of the Digital Welfare State newsletter. Digital ID and fraud prevention among other topics
www.abdconsultancy.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Fifth edition of my digital welfare state newsletter now up on my website.
Reflections and news on the role of digital ID in welfare systems, the latest on the child benefit f*ck-up and how the UK is learning lessons, good and bad, from India
www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/blog/digital...
Reflections and news on the role of digital ID in welfare systems, the latest on the child benefit f*ck-up and how the UK is learning lessons, good and bad, from India
www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/blog/digital...
One benefit of digital ID for teenagers (from age 13 is what's being suggested) would be so they could verify their age as part of the online safety act, according to the MP working on ID.
I expect many people will point out many potential problems with this idea
I expect many people will point out many potential problems with this idea
Digital ID for 13-year-olds could ‘streamline processes and support children’s safety’
Ahead of a key public consultation process, a minister has provided insight on government’s perceived potential benefits of offering virtual identity documents to the youngest UK citizens in legal emp...
www.publictechnology.net
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
One benefit of digital ID for teenagers (from age 13 is what's being suggested) would be so they could verify their age as part of the online safety act, according to the MP working on ID.
I expect many people will point out many potential problems with this idea
I expect many people will point out many potential problems with this idea
Just dealt with 7 emails that have been haunting my inbox. Took me 5 minutes. Will I learn from this next time? Probably not.
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Just dealt with 7 emails that have been haunting my inbox. Took me 5 minutes. Will I learn from this next time? Probably not.
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We @connectedbydata.org are planning a conference next year (early March, in Manchester) about people, power and participation in (public sector) data and AI.
If you were coming, who would you really like to hear from as a keynote speaker to kick off the day?
If you were coming, who would you really like to hear from as a keynote speaker to kick off the day?
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We @connectedbydata.org are planning a conference next year (early March, in Manchester) about people, power and participation in (public sector) data and AI.
If you were coming, who would you really like to hear from as a keynote speaker to kick off the day?
If you were coming, who would you really like to hear from as a keynote speaker to kick off the day?
Cat coming home minus 2 teeth 😥
We have a very angry cat who has had nothing to eat since midnight that we need to get into a cat carrier soon. Pray for us.
a black and white cat is peeking out from behind a curtain .
ALT: a black and white cat is peeking out from behind a curtain .
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Cat coming home minus 2 teeth 😥
Fifth edition of my digital welfare state newsletter now up on my website.
Reflections and news on the role of digital ID in welfare systems, the latest on the child benefit f*ck-up and how the UK is learning lessons, good and bad, from India
www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/blog/digital...
Reflections and news on the role of digital ID in welfare systems, the latest on the child benefit f*ck-up and how the UK is learning lessons, good and bad, from India
www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/blog/digital...
Digital Welfare State edition 005 — ABD Consultancy
Edition oo5 of the Digital Welfare State newsletter. Digital ID and fraud prevention among other topics
www.abdconsultancy.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Fifth edition of my digital welfare state newsletter now up on my website.
Reflections and news on the role of digital ID in welfare systems, the latest on the child benefit f*ck-up and how the UK is learning lessons, good and bad, from India
www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/blog/digital...
Reflections and news on the role of digital ID in welfare systems, the latest on the child benefit f*ck-up and how the UK is learning lessons, good and bad, from India
www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/blog/digital...
We have a very angry cat who has had nothing to eat since midnight that we need to get into a cat carrier soon. Pray for us.
a black and white cat is peeking out from behind a curtain .
ALT: a black and white cat is peeking out from behind a curtain .
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
We have a very angry cat who has had nothing to eat since midnight that we need to get into a cat carrier soon. Pray for us.
Had a covid booster on Friday afternoon. My weekend has mostly been like this
a minion wearing goggles is saying `` so sleepy `` .
ALT: a minion wearing goggles is saying `` so sleepy `` .
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Had a covid booster on Friday afternoon. My weekend has mostly been like this
Two articles that articulate the dehumanising reality and the brilliantly human possibilities of AI (and other tech) and the importance of where we direct and attention and energy.
Guardian piece on medical AI and below in 🧵and great interview with the relational tech project in the US.
Guardian piece on medical AI and below in 🧵and great interview with the relational tech project in the US.
“The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.”
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Two articles that articulate the dehumanising reality and the brilliantly human possibilities of AI (and other tech) and the importance of where we direct and attention and energy.
Guardian piece on medical AI and below in 🧵and great interview with the relational tech project in the US.
Guardian piece on medical AI and below in 🧵and great interview with the relational tech project in the US.
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the most French teenager who ever lived
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
the most French teenager who ever lived
This *should* act as a warning to further experiments with automating consequential decisions.
Should.
Should.
I’m old enough to remember when I got scolded on this here website by people who claimed a 3% false positive rate was good actually and well now it turns out to be an order of magnitude bigger! Still good guys?
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This *should* act as a warning to further experiments with automating consequential decisions.
Should.
Should.
Reposted by Anna Dent
I’m old enough to remember when I got scolded on this here website by people who claimed a 3% false positive rate was good actually and well now it turns out to be an order of magnitude bigger! Still good guys?
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I’m old enough to remember when I got scolded on this here website by people who claimed a 3% false positive rate was good actually and well now it turns out to be an order of magnitude bigger! Still good guys?
I'm going to suggest less poking of the enormous spiderweb. Just as a precaution.
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I'm going to suggest less poking of the enormous spiderweb. Just as a precaution.
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OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
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I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
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I have five tickets for Starlight Express TODAY at 14:30 (theatre is near Wembley). If you can use all / any please shout - would love them not to go to waste. 🚂💫
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I have five tickets for Starlight Express TODAY at 14:30 (theatre is near Wembley). If you can use all / any please shout - would love them not to go to waste. 🚂💫
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AI peas peas with AI www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Give peas a chance – even AI peas: the Stephen Collins cartoon
AI can transform all areas of our lives – even boiling a bag of frozen veg
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
AI peas peas with AI www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Scheduled for Monday - you've got a few days to sign up! It's painless I promise
Working on the Nov issue of my Digital Welfare State newsletter - what did Kier Starmer learn from his trip to Mumbai that might shape the UK's digital ID system?
Why did thousands of families have their child benefit suspended when they went on holiday?
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Why did thousands of families have their child benefit suspended when they went on holiday?
Sign up for all this and more
Digital welfare state: origins, controversies, research — ABD Consultancy
How are governments worldwise using AI and other tech to administer the welfare state? Find out about research, policy and investigations into the digital welfare state, including digital surveillance...
www.abdconsultancy.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Scheduled for Monday - you've got a few days to sign up! It's painless I promise
Yes the same Palantir that's been welcomed into UK public services by our tech-deranged government.
What does this even mean?
What does this even mean?
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Yes the same Palantir that's been welcomed into UK public services by our tech-deranged government.
What does this even mean?
What does this even mean?
