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📣Closing this week: We're hiring an Associate Director to lead our Emerging Technology & Industry Practice research domain.

It's an exciting time to join Ada as we begin our new strategy period.

Deadline: 23:59 GMT, 16 November 2025.
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Ada Lovelace Institute Associate Director, Emerging Technology & Industry Practice
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November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Digital tech has profoundly shaped today’s 14–24-year-olds and their journeys to adulthood.

Roshni Modhvadia from @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social & Grown up? project lead @careyoppenheim.bsky.social dive into what the evidence says — and, importantly, what is missing.

🎥 Watch: bit.ly/digitallives...
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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In a new guest post on the Ada blog, @revealingreality.bsky.social looks at the commercialisation of childhood through play and entertainment platforms over the last decade — from influencer sponsorship to product placement and in-app stores.

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The value of childhood
The commercialisation of children's play and entertainment on data-driven platforms
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November 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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📣We engaged with communities to understand the possible impacts of two current immersive technology uses:

• Immersive social worlds.
• Augmented reality in warehouses.

Our report summarises key benefits and risks, and makes governance recommendations: www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/lets-...
Let’s get real
The benefits and risks of immersive technologies for impacted communities
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November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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How might philosophical thinking shape research, policy, and public debate?

“The point is to change it”: Essays on Philosophy in Public Life, explores this question by bringing together perspectives from 21 leading philosophers across the UK, US, and Europe. 🧵

Read essays: bit.ly/philosophyesays
Quote on a red block that reads: “It seems to me, then, that this is one of the key contributions of academic philosophy in relation to public life: drawing out, reconstructing and scrutinising existing moral arguments that are already informing significant political work. This requires academic philosophers to relinquish any remaining notion that moral and political philosophy exists solely in the work we produce, and, until very recently, have almost exclusively studied.” Quote on a red block that reads: “…our morality, and thus our moral decision-making, is anchored in a shared history of human plurality and human social relations. It is this condition that makes us not just functional actors, but moral actors." Quote on a red block that reads: "…while everyday political change tends to take place through incremental reforms, mobilising people often requires a radical and emancipatory vision – one committed to the idea that other worlds are possible."
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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For our Grown Up? programme, we asked 14–24-year-olds how digital technology shapes their lives.

For many, the line between online and offline life has blurred, particularly since the pandemic. But this isn’t how they want to live. They want a greater balance; to experience the best of both worlds.
Split image with two sections. On the left, a colourful collage of magazine clippings featuring words like “Slow down you’re doing fine”, “Fake news”, “Routine”, and “Celebrate community”. On the right, a hand-drawn illustration of a person in a top hat, with one side showing a normal face and the other a masked face, captioned “Not everyone is who they seem online”. Bottom text reads: “How digital technology is shaping young people’s lives”.
October 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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🧵 Digital technologies are part of everyday life for today’s 14–24-year-olds, the first generation to be entirely born in the digital age.

Public discourse can focus on the harms of these tools, but the conclusions from our Grown Up? programme’s data commentary paint a more complex picture.
October 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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📣Job alert (no. 2)! We're hiring an Associate Director to lead our Emerging Technology & Industry Practice research domain.

It's an exciting time to join Ada as begin our new strategy period.

Find out more: www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/associat...

Closing: 23:59 GMT, 16 November 2025.
Ada Lovelace Institute Associate Director, Emerging Technology & Industry Practice
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October 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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📣Job alert: We're hiring a Public Services Research Lead!

This role will develop and lead the delivery of Ada’s work on public sector use of data and AI.

Closing: 09:30 GMT, 29 October 2025

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Public Services Research Lead
The Ada Lovelace Institute is hiring a Public Services Research Lead to evaluate and shape UK public service decisions about the use of data and AI.
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October 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Join our Oversight Board! We are looking to appoint four new members to build a diverse board with a range of skills and backgrounds.

📆 Applications close on 29 October.

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October 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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In our new guest post, @catherineallen.bsky.social and @crimepsychblog.bsky.social share their research with extended reality (XR) developers.

They explain why UK regulators need to explain how to apply existing laws to XR tech and mitigate harm.

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Why XR developers in the UK need accessible and authoritative guidance
The role of regulators in mapping existing laws on to the risks of immersive technologies
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October 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Amid reports of a UK AI Bill, what did we learn about AI and the 'public good' from communities across the UK?

• Good is what is joyful - and not just about technology.
• The diversity of 'good'.
• A good society supports everyone.

Read 'Making good'➡️ www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/ai-pu...
This is an output from our community research project on public good and AI - a hand drawn postcard from the future. It shows some trees with a cable car travelling above. There is also a bird next to the trees. On the right-hand side of the drawing it says: "Took the monorail to the coast over the common today. Stopping to feed the birds!" This is an output from our community research project on public good and AI - a hand drawn postcard from the future. The background is a sun in the top-right corner, looking over the sea and sand. There are some green bushes at the bottom of the drawing too. Overlaid are the words: Happy, helpful, smiley, empathetic, supportive, diversity, inclusion, enthusiastic, kind, generous and cheerful. Dotted throughout are four red hearts. This is an output from our community research project on public good and AI - a hand drawn postcard from the future. It shows four people peering over a wall. However, three people are on a platform of differing heights and one person is not on a platform. Above them it says "Good for all". The sun is also shining in the top-right corner. This is an output from our community research project on public good and AI - a hand drawn postcard from the future. It shows a town scene of 5 buildings that represent: home/family, GP/hospital, faith/spirituality/reflection, education, and work. At the top of the image there flowers, representing outside spaces and nature. There are also 2 trees, next to which there are people smiling. One person has a heart and the word 'love' next to them.
September 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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In our new guest post, @danishanley.bsky.social examines how and why synthetic data is being used in AI development, and why this creates a need to move beyond traditional auditing approaches.

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Synthetic data, real harm
Why is synthetic data used and what challenges does it raise for AI assurance mechanisms?
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September 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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The headlines — £31bn in investment, new jobs, faster medical treatments — sound almost too good to be true. What are we giving up in return?

Me in @theguardian.com on today's US-UK Tech Deal:
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The UK’s £31bn tech deal with the US might sound great – but the government has to answer these questions | Matt Davies
The big firms making these pledges are not charities. We know there will be a quid pro quo; we just don’t know what it is yet, says Matt Davies of the Ada Lovelace Institute
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September 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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The US and UK have signed a Technology Prosperity Deal. But will it deliver public benefit or private profits? Is the UK an AI taker or an AI maker?

@halcyene.bsky.social, our Economic and Social Policy Lead, outlines the challenges for the UK's approach.

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The UK’s £31bn tech deal with the US might sound great – but the government has to answer these questions | Matt Davies
The big firms making these pledges are not charities. We know there will be a quid pro quo; we just don’t know what it is yet, says Matt Davies of the Ada Lovelace Institute
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September 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Ada’s new strategy for 2025-28 highlights the need to understand how AI and data could support a positive vision for society, and the policy choices and institutions this will require.

Read our strategy here:
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Our strategy
Our strategy highlights the need to understand how AI and data can support a positive vision for society, and the policy choices this will require
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September 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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📣New Ada research finds that the adoption of immersive technologies – an umbrella term for virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and immersive virtual worlds – has largely been for niche applications in specific sectors.

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Reality check
Key trends in the development and adoption of immersive technologies
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September 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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How should we assess the credibility of a future UK AI Bill?

In our new blog post, @nualapolo.bsky.social, UK Public Policy Lead, lays out five critical tests for forthcoming legislative proposals.

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Will the UK AI Bill protect people and society?
Assessing the credibility of forthcoming legislative proposals
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August 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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📣Job alert (no. 2)!

We are looking for a strategic, curious and well-connected Head of EU and Global AI Governance to lead our international policy work from our Brussels base.

Closing: 9:30am BST, Monday 8 September 2025.

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Head of EU and Global AI Governance
The Ada Lovelace Institute is recruiting a Head of EU and Global AI Governance to lead our EU and international policy work.
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August 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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📣Job alert! We're hiring a Policy Researcher.

Join us to work on projects looking at how AI governance, including regulations, assurance and standards, helps ensure that AI works for people and society.

Closing: 9:30am BST, Monday 15 September.

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Policy Researcher
The Ada Lovelace Institute is hiring a Policy Researcher to support our research on the impacts of AI and data on people and society.
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August 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Can AI contribute to social isolation amongst young people? What social skills might be lost through the use of advanced AI assistants?

In our new post Meelina Isayas reflects on how AI might contribute to social deskilling.

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Relation generation
How AI assistants are impacting the way young people socialise
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August 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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As AI systems grow more widespread, ensuring they’re safe, fair, and effective is critical. CDT’s report with
@adalovelaceinst.bsky.social explores how “AI assurance” — audits, red teaming, impact assessments, & more — can support oversight & innovation.

Read the report: cdt.org/insights/goi...
Ada Lovelace and Center for Democracy Technology.
August 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬! 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 £𝟏𝟓𝟎𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊’𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰

In response to global and domestic pressures, our 5 focus questions prioritise prosperity, inclusion and fairness as we renew our aim to improve lives through research & innovation👇🧵
July 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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When can an AI system really be labelled 'open source'?

Our latest guest blog post examines the Open Source Initiative's definition and how it might intersect with AI regulation, such as the EU AI Act.

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How ‘open’ is open-source AI?
Exploring how the AI Act regulates open-source AI
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July 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM