Professor Tom Crick
@proftomcrick.com
Chief Scientific Adviser at the UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport; and Professor of Digital Policy at Swansea University. All views my own, etc.
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UPCOMING 📚 The Impact of GenAI on the Novel
Join us for the (online) launch of a new report from Dr @clemicollett.bsky.social @braiduk.bsky.social (in assoc with @ifow.org) on how generative AI is impacting novelists and the publishing industry.
Book your spot ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/gener...
Join us for the (online) launch of a new report from Dr @clemicollett.bsky.social @braiduk.bsky.social (in assoc with @ifow.org) on how generative AI is impacting novelists and the publishing industry.
Book your spot ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/gener...
November 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
UPCOMING 📚 The Impact of GenAI on the Novel
Join us for the (online) launch of a new report from Dr @clemicollett.bsky.social @braiduk.bsky.social (in assoc with @ifow.org) on how generative AI is impacting novelists and the publishing industry.
Book your spot ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/gener...
Join us for the (online) launch of a new report from Dr @clemicollett.bsky.social @braiduk.bsky.social (in assoc with @ifow.org) on how generative AI is impacting novelists and the publishing industry.
Book your spot ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/gener...
Da iawn Aberystwyth! www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/arch...
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Da iawn Aberystwyth! www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/arch...
Nvidia Is Now Worth $5 Trillion as It Consolidates Power in A.I. Boom www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/t...
Nvidia Is Now Worth $5 Trillion as It Consolidates Power in A.I. Boom
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October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Nvidia Is Now Worth $5 Trillion as It Consolidates Power in A.I. Boom www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/t...
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🚨Breaking Dsit funding news🚨
UKRI allocated £39bn budget over next four years.
National funder will receive around £9.2 billion next year, as Dsit plans “more agile” R&D funding.
More details: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
UKRI allocated £39bn budget over next four years.
National funder will receive around £9.2 billion next year, as Dsit plans “more agile” R&D funding.
More details: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
UKRI allocated £39bn budget over next four years - Research Professional News
National funder will receive around £9.2 billion next year, as Dsit plans “more agile” R&D funding
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
🚨Breaking Dsit funding news🚨
UKRI allocated £39bn budget over next four years.
National funder will receive around £9.2 billion next year, as Dsit plans “more agile” R&D funding.
More details: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
UKRI allocated £39bn budget over next four years.
National funder will receive around £9.2 billion next year, as Dsit plans “more agile” R&D funding.
More details: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Nexperia: The Small Company in Europe Caught in the Big Trade War Between the U.S. and China www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b...
The Small Company in Europe Caught in the Big Trade War Between the U.S. and China
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October 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Nexperia: The Small Company in Europe Caught in the Big Trade War Between the U.S. and China www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b...
STFC launches powerful new AI supercomputer for industry www.ukri.org/news/stfc-la... <— “From new medicines to clean energy, the Mary Coombs supercomputer will help UK industry make breakthroughs through AI and advanced computing...” @ukri.org
STFC launches powerful new AI supercomputer for industry
From new medicines to clean energy, the Mary Coombs supercomputer will help UK industry make breakthroughs through AI and advanced computing.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
STFC launches powerful new AI supercomputer for industry www.ukri.org/news/stfc-la... <— “From new medicines to clean energy, the Mary Coombs supercomputer will help UK industry make breakthroughs through AI and advanced computing...” @ukri.org
The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist
The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...
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October 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
NCSC calls for action after rise in ‘nationally significant’ cyber incidents www.computerweekly.com/news/3666326...
NCSC calls for action after rise in ‘nationally significant’ cyber incidents | Computer Weekly
National Cyber Security Centre says businesses should take action now as the number of nationally significant cyber incidents doubles.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
NCSC calls for action after rise in ‘nationally significant’ cyber incidents www.computerweekly.com/news/3666326...
From BBC World Service: The secretary who made millions from her typos www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Witness History - The secretary who made millions from her typos - BBC Sounds
In the 1950s, secretary Bette Graham invented correction fluid to cover up her errors
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October 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
From BBC World Service: The secretary who made millions from her typos www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
![As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ugcmot4f3ool6cottht63wx4/bafkreierpoqvjgg5hqx3zhtlfmvrfq3vaakb3h5wppcdzrvs5jh3zr7ce4@jpeg)
October 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Major Talent Agencies Circle the Wagons As Sora 2 Destabilizes Hollywood www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Major Talent Agencies Circle the Wagons As Sora 2 Destabilizes Hollywood
CAA and UTA call the AI-powered, hyperrealistic video app a "misuse" of emerging technology and "exploitation, not innovation," respectively, while WME opted all its clients out.
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October 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Major Talent Agencies Circle the Wagons As Sora 2 Destabilizes Hollywood www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
EU pushes new AI strategy to reduce tech reliance on US and China www.ft.com/content/ea3d...
EU pushes new AI strategy to reduce tech reliance on US and China
Brussels to unveil plan targeting digital sovereignty as it warns technology can be ‘weaponised’ by geopolitical rivals
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October 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
EU pushes new AI strategy to reduce tech reliance on US and China www.ft.com/content/ea3d...
MTV to axe its music TV channels in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
MTV to axe its music TV channels in the UK
The broadcaster will stop showing music videos in December, but its main channel will remain on air.
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October 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
MTV to axe its music TV channels in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
International fellowships to explore AI’s impact on science www.ukri.org/news/interna... @ukri.org
International fellowships to explore AI’s impact on science
New £4 million programme funds early career researchers in the UK, US and Canada to investigate how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming science.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
International fellowships to explore AI’s impact on science www.ukri.org/news/interna... @ukri.org
Really enjoyed speaking at this GDS/DSIT/MMU event on “AI in Government and Academia” in Manchester in September cddo.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/03/t...
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October 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Really enjoyed speaking at this GDS/DSIT/MMU event on “AI in Government and Academia” in Manchester in September cddo.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/03/t...
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‘The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year… Outside of the AI plays, even European stock markets have been outperforming the US this decade’
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America is now one big bet on AI
It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy
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October 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
‘The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year… Outside of the AI plays, even European stock markets have been outperforming the US this decade’
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Eddies in the space-time continuum proftomcrick.com/2011/06/01/e...
Eddies in the space-time continuum
In what may turn into a semi-regular series of HHGTTG quotes, I was reminded of this little gem from Life, the Universe and Everything (Chapter 2): “I have detected,” he said, “di…
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October 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Eddies in the space-time continuum proftomcrick.com/2011/06/01/e...
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The world produces enough food, yet billions lack access to healthy & sustainable diets. A new EAT–Lancet report presents a science-based approach to improve health, safeguard our environment & provide for a projected 9.6 billion people by 2050.
🔗 bit.ly/3W7rxlP
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October 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The world produces enough food, yet billions lack access to healthy & sustainable diets. A new EAT–Lancet report presents a science-based approach to improve health, safeguard our environment & provide for a projected 9.6 billion people by 2050.
🔗 bit.ly/3W7rxlP
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Why a new birth cohort study matters for civil servants across the UK www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article... @ukri.org
Why a new birth cohort study matters for civil servants across the UK
The first long-term birth cohort study in 25 years will help civil servants to design good policies – officials can also help make it a success
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October 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Why a new birth cohort study matters for civil servants across the UK www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article... @ukri.org
Reposted by Professor Tom Crick
We’re pleased to announce the 74 leading figures from the world of engineering and technology elected to our Fellowship at yesterday’s AGM. Meet them all now: https://raeng.org.uk/news/royal-academy-of-engineering-welcomes-74-new-fellows/
#RAEngFellows
#RAEngFellows
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We’re pleased to announce the 74 leading figures from the world of engineering and technology elected to our Fellowship at yesterday’s AGM. Meet them all now: https://raeng.org.uk/news/royal-academy-of-engineering-welcomes-74-new-fellows/
#RAEngFellows
#RAEngFellows
'You'll never need to work again': Criminals offer reporter money to hack BBC www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
'You'll never need to work again': Criminals offer reporter money to hack BBC - BBC News
Reporter Joe Tidy was offered money if he would help cyber criminals access BBC systems.
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September 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
'You'll never need to work again': Criminals offer reporter money to hack BBC www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
Reposted by Professor Tom Crick
Last week on Wonkhe: The KEF dashboards are out and there is a trove of evidence about how universities make their places better and the economy stronger. James Coe asks whether it's time to better reward this work and fund knowledge exchange differently.
KEF deserves a boost
The KEF dashboards are out and there is a trove of evidence about how universities make their places better and the economy stronger. James Coe asks whether it's time to better reward this work and fund...
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September 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Last week on Wonkhe: The KEF dashboards are out and there is a trove of evidence about how universities make their places better and the economy stronger. James Coe asks whether it's time to better reward this work and fund knowledge exchange differently.
A brush with the ‘world’s best art forger’ observer.co.uk/culture/art/...
A brush with the ‘world’s best art forger’ | The Observer
David Henty sells copies of masterworks to financiers, footballers and gangsters. Is it art or opportunism?
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September 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A brush with the ‘world’s best art forger’ observer.co.uk/culture/art/...
Revisiting the "dead internet" theory www.popularmechanics.com/science/a659...
The Internet Will Be More Dead Than Alive Within 3 Years, Trend Shows
All signs point to a future internet where bot-driven interactions far outnumber human ones.
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September 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Revisiting the "dead internet" theory www.popularmechanics.com/science/a659...
Reposted by Professor Tom Crick
We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with @expeditions.bsky.social, the Philip Leverhulme Prize Collection, highlighting the importance of sharing knowledge as widely as possible. Read more about this exciting partnership: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/EXPedit... @annavignoles.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with @expeditions.bsky.social, the Philip Leverhulme Prize Collection, highlighting the importance of sharing knowledge as widely as possible. Read more about this exciting partnership: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/EXPedit... @annavignoles.bsky.social