Imogen Parker
@imogen-parker.bsky.social
Associate Director, Ada Lovelace Institute. Mainly posting about AI, society and social policy.
Previously IPPR, Citizens Advice, 5Rights, Fabian Society.
image cred: Yutong Liu & Kingston School of Art / Better Images of AI / Talking to AI 2.0 / CC-BY
Previously IPPR, Citizens Advice, 5Rights, Fabian Society.
image cred: Yutong Liu & Kingston School of Art / Better Images of AI / Talking to AI 2.0 / CC-BY
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"The point is to change it" — a volume of new essays from 21 leading academics exploring the role of philosophy in public life — launches today!
Contributors include @tariqmodood.bsky.social, @martinoneill.bsky.social, @jowolff.bsky.social, @elkeschwarz.bsky.social and more.
Click below to read 👇🦉
Contributors include @tariqmodood.bsky.social, @martinoneill.bsky.social, @jowolff.bsky.social, @elkeschwarz.bsky.social and more.
Click below to read 👇🦉
Essays on philosophy in public life - Nuffield Foundation
www.nuffieldfoundation.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"The point is to change it" — a volume of new essays from 21 leading academics exploring the role of philosophy in public life — launches today!
Contributors include @tariqmodood.bsky.social, @martinoneill.bsky.social, @jowolff.bsky.social, @elkeschwarz.bsky.social and more.
Click below to read 👇🦉
Contributors include @tariqmodood.bsky.social, @martinoneill.bsky.social, @jowolff.bsky.social, @elkeschwarz.bsky.social and more.
Click below to read 👇🦉
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ICO orders DWP to
"disclose the list of all AI tools DWP plans to place on the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standards Hub"
I.e. publish details of all the AI they are using unless there is a valid reason to keep it secret
h/t @rightsnet.org.uk
"disclose the list of all AI tools DWP plans to place on the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standards Hub"
I.e. publish details of all the AI they are using unless there is a valid reason to keep it secret
h/t @rightsnet.org.uk
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
ico.org.uk
October 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
ICO orders DWP to
"disclose the list of all AI tools DWP plans to place on the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standards Hub"
I.e. publish details of all the AI they are using unless there is a valid reason to keep it secret
h/t @rightsnet.org.uk
"disclose the list of all AI tools DWP plans to place on the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standards Hub"
I.e. publish details of all the AI they are using unless there is a valid reason to keep it secret
h/t @rightsnet.org.uk
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"In terms of its impacts on people and planet, AI is as physical as any other industry."
Thoughtful piece by @imogen-parker.bsky.social reflecting on last week's Global Fund for a New Economy convening in Nairobi:
www.globalgovernmentforum.com/lessons-from...
Thoughtful piece by @imogen-parker.bsky.social reflecting on last week's Global Fund for a New Economy convening in Nairobi:
www.globalgovernmentforum.com/lessons-from...
Lessons from Nairobi: Why we must not forget the material realities of AI - Global Government Forum
For Imogen Parker of the Ada Lovelace Institute, a Nairobi event on the global labour supply chains involved in AI and its environmental impacts re-anchored her mental image of the […]
www.globalgovernmentforum.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"In terms of its impacts on people and planet, AI is as physical as any other industry."
Thoughtful piece by @imogen-parker.bsky.social reflecting on last week's Global Fund for a New Economy convening in Nairobi:
www.globalgovernmentforum.com/lessons-from...
Thoughtful piece by @imogen-parker.bsky.social reflecting on last week's Global Fund for a New Economy convening in Nairobi:
www.globalgovernmentforum.com/lessons-from...
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We at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk have coordinated a letter in @thetimes.com today in which numerous individuals and organisations call on the government to withdraw its mistaken rules which are having a serious chilling effect on civil servants speaking in public…
July 14, 2025 at 5:10 AM
We at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk have coordinated a letter in @thetimes.com today in which numerous individuals and organisations call on the government to withdraw its mistaken rules which are having a serious chilling effect on civil servants speaking in public…
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Government departments and local authorities are looking to accelerate AI use in the public sector.
Our new policy briefing presents six findings from six years of Ada’s research on public attitudes towards the use of data and AI in public services.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...
Our new policy briefing presents six findings from six years of Ada’s research on public attitudes towards the use of data and AI in public services.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...
License to build
Public attitudes to public sector AI
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org
June 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Government departments and local authorities are looking to accelerate AI use in the public sector.
Our new policy briefing presents six findings from six years of Ada’s research on public attitudes towards the use of data and AI in public services.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...
Our new policy briefing presents six findings from six years of Ada’s research on public attitudes towards the use of data and AI in public services.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...
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Brilliant work from my @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social colleagues @imogen-parker.bsky.social and @lauracarter.bsky.social on what the UK public expect from AI deployment in the public sector
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...
License to build
Public attitudes to public sector AI
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Brilliant work from my @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social colleagues @imogen-parker.bsky.social and @lauracarter.bsky.social on what the UK public expect from AI deployment in the public sector
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...
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Rapidly deploying AI has become one of the government’s top priorities.
Read our new blog from @elliotmjones.bsky.social and @imogen-parker.bsky.social proposing four targeted recommendations to strengthen the foundations for AI in the public sector ⬇️
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/four-re...
Read our new blog from @elliotmjones.bsky.social and @imogen-parker.bsky.social proposing four targeted recommendations to strengthen the foundations for AI in the public sector ⬇️
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/four-re...
Building blocks: four recommendations to strengthen the foundations for AI in the public sector
How can government ensure trustworthy use of AI and deliver public value?
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org
May 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Rapidly deploying AI has become one of the government’s top priorities.
Read our new blog from @elliotmjones.bsky.social and @imogen-parker.bsky.social proposing four targeted recommendations to strengthen the foundations for AI in the public sector ⬇️
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/four-re...
Read our new blog from @elliotmjones.bsky.social and @imogen-parker.bsky.social proposing four targeted recommendations to strengthen the foundations for AI in the public sector ⬇️
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/four-re...
If Ada's public services research landed on the desk of those leading digital transformation within government – alongside an extensive to-do list and a myriad of competing pressures – where should they start?
@adalovelaceinst.bsky.social
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/four-re...
@adalovelaceinst.bsky.social
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/four-re...
Building blocks: four recommendations to strengthen the foundations for AI in the public sector
How can government ensure trustworthy use of AI and deliver public value?
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org
May 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
If Ada's public services research landed on the desk of those leading digital transformation within government – alongside an extensive to-do list and a myriad of competing pressures – where should they start?
@adalovelaceinst.bsky.social
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/four-re...
@adalovelaceinst.bsky.social
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/four-re...
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I failed to post this last week, but it’s one of the best op-eds you’ll read all year. Two politicians with *wildly* different orientations but a common thread of belief in the nature of citizenship and nationality. (They’re also 100% right obvs.)
on.ft.com/3GS1rPl
on.ft.com/3GS1rPl
Alf Dubs and Jacob Rees-Mogg: citizenship stripping is fundamentally unBritish
Shamima Begum made grave mistakes. But she is our responsibility and no one else’s
on.ft.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I failed to post this last week, but it’s one of the best op-eds you’ll read all year. Two politicians with *wildly* different orientations but a common thread of belief in the nature of citizenship and nationality. (They’re also 100% right obvs.)
on.ft.com/3GS1rPl
on.ft.com/3GS1rPl
Highly sensitive information, relating to people in moments of vulnerability, has been hacked.
The advice warning people of scams is important but only part of it. It's not hard to imagine harms arising if this type of information circulates or is weaponised.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The advice warning people of scams is important but only part of it. It's not hard to imagine harms arising if this type of information circulates or is weaponised.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Private data including criminal records stolen in Legal Aid hack
MoJ says data includes addresses, national ID numbers, criminal histories and financial details dating to 2010.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Highly sensitive information, relating to people in moments of vulnerability, has been hacked.
The advice warning people of scams is important but only part of it. It's not hard to imagine harms arising if this type of information circulates or is weaponised.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The advice warning people of scams is important but only part of it. It's not hard to imagine harms arising if this type of information circulates or is weaponised.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why public legitimacy isn't just a 'nice to have'.
My new column for Global Government Forum on public sector AI - and risks of moving out of step from the public.
www.globalgovernmentforum.com/why-public-l...
My new column for Global Government Forum on public sector AI - and risks of moving out of step from the public.
www.globalgovernmentforum.com/why-public-l...
Why public legitimacy for AI in the public sector isn’t just a ‘nice to have’ - Global Government Forum
Imogen Parker of the Ada Lovelace Institute argues that if the public are not convinced that the government is using their data, and AI, in their best interests, it could have big implications – inclu...
www.globalgovernmentforum.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Why public legitimacy isn't just a 'nice to have'.
My new column for Global Government Forum on public sector AI - and risks of moving out of step from the public.
www.globalgovernmentforum.com/why-public-l...
My new column for Global Government Forum on public sector AI - and risks of moving out of step from the public.
www.globalgovernmentforum.com/why-public-l...
Interested to see how this pans out...
Can anyone help me trace down an astonishing number?
Starting with @reformthinktank.bsky.social work on "Building State Capacity for Economic Growth" reform.uk/wp-content/u... I have been astonished by this wonderful news: £45bn of savings to be found! sorts all the fiscal problems. 1/
Starting with @reformthinktank.bsky.social work on "Building State Capacity for Economic Growth" reform.uk/wp-content/u... I have been astonished by this wonderful news: £45bn of savings to be found! sorts all the fiscal problems. 1/
March 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Interested to see how this pans out...
PAC have published their Use of AI in Government report.
Lots of valuable insight, acknowledging potential for transformation while warning Gov "faces significant challenges if it to grasp these opportunities, & we remain concerned at the scale of the task." committees.parliament.uk/work/8580/us...
Lots of valuable insight, acknowledging potential for transformation while warning Gov "faces significant challenges if it to grasp these opportunities, & we remain concerned at the scale of the task." committees.parliament.uk/work/8580/us...
Use of AI in Government - Committees - UK Parliament
Government’s ambition is for the public sector to set an example in the safe and ethical deployment of artificial intelligence (AI), which both has the potential to transform services for the taxpayer...
committees.parliament.uk
March 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
PAC have published their Use of AI in Government report.
Lots of valuable insight, acknowledging potential for transformation while warning Gov "faces significant challenges if it to grasp these opportunities, & we remain concerned at the scale of the task." committees.parliament.uk/work/8580/us...
Lots of valuable insight, acknowledging potential for transformation while warning Gov "faces significant challenges if it to grasp these opportunities, & we remain concerned at the scale of the task." committees.parliament.uk/work/8580/us...
Want to know how the public feel about AI?
We've got you.
Here's the next wave of Ada and Turing's UK public attitudes survey published today 📢
attitudestoai.uk
We've got you.
Here's the next wave of Ada and Turing's UK public attitudes survey published today 📢
attitudestoai.uk
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attitudestoai.uk
March 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Want to know how the public feel about AI?
We've got you.
Here's the next wave of Ada and Turing's UK public attitudes survey published today 📢
attitudestoai.uk
We've got you.
Here's the next wave of Ada and Turing's UK public attitudes survey published today 📢
attitudestoai.uk
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Job alert!!
Could you be Ada's new Associate Director in Emerging Tech & Industry Practice, leading a fab team and a highly impactful research programme?
It's a pretty amazing gig, @agstrait.bsky.social has built something incredible (no pressure). Get in touch if you have Qs!
Could you be Ada's new Associate Director in Emerging Tech & Industry Practice, leading a fab team and a highly impactful research programme?
It's a pretty amazing gig, @agstrait.bsky.social has built something incredible (no pressure). Get in touch if you have Qs!
Associate Director, Emerging Technology and Industry Practice - Ada Lovelace Institute
The Ada Lovelace Institute (Ada) is a hiring an Associate Director to lead our Emerging Technology & Industry Practice research directorate and collectively set its agenda and workplan in our next...
app.beapplied.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Job alert!!
Could you be Ada's new Associate Director in Emerging Tech & Industry Practice, leading a fab team and a highly impactful research programme?
It's a pretty amazing gig, @agstrait.bsky.social has built something incredible (no pressure). Get in touch if you have Qs!
Could you be Ada's new Associate Director in Emerging Tech & Industry Practice, leading a fab team and a highly impactful research programme?
It's a pretty amazing gig, @agstrait.bsky.social has built something incredible (no pressure). Get in touch if you have Qs!
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“There is this terrible misconception that disabled people just take, but actually by taking from us, you prevent us from being able to give – we want to be able to participate in life equally the same as anyone else, and that includes going to work.” Disability campaigner Tanni Gray-Thompson
March 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“There is this terrible misconception that disabled people just take, but actually by taking from us, you prevent us from being able to give – we want to be able to participate in life equally the same as anyone else, and that includes going to work.” Disability campaigner Tanni Gray-Thompson
Really like this list of questions to consider in the context of public sector AI. And lots of resonance with findings from Ada's research synthesis.
A big +1 to sorting out the building blocks.
A big +1 to sorting out the building blocks.
March 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Really like this list of questions to consider in the context of public sector AI. And lots of resonance with findings from Ada's research synthesis.
A big +1 to sorting out the building blocks.
A big +1 to sorting out the building blocks.
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I'm delighted to say our highly secure and productive OpenSAFELY platform has received a further £17 million in funding from Wellcome, including for a new mental health data project. More here, and clips from Today on Radio4 this morning too!
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...
Game-changing new funding from Wellcome for OpenSAFELY and mental health data | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
This morning the Today programme on Radio 4 did two great spots on OpenSAFELY.
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk
February 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I'm delighted to say our highly secure and productive OpenSAFELY platform has received a further £17 million in funding from Wellcome, including for a new mental health data project. More here, and clips from Today on Radio4 this morning too!
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...
📢 New report out (and offering serious competition for best Ada title).
Today we publish Learn Fast and Build Things. It's a synthesis of the 6 years and 30+ publications on public sector data and AI.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...
Today we publish Learn Fast and Build Things. It's a synthesis of the 6 years and 30+ publications on public sector data and AI.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...
Learn fast and build things
Lessons from six years of studying AI in the public sector
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org
March 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
📢 New report out (and offering serious competition for best Ada title).
Today we publish Learn Fast and Build Things. It's a synthesis of the 6 years and 30+ publications on public sector data and AI.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...
Today we publish Learn Fast and Build Things. It's a synthesis of the 6 years and 30+ publications on public sector data and AI.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...
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X has become an extraordinary case study in irresponsible innovation. The lesson is that carelessness does not just make a technology less nice, it also makes it less useful.
February 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
X has become an extraordinary case study in irresponsible innovation. The lesson is that carelessness does not just make a technology less nice, it also makes it less useful.
I know everyone was hoping for a quiet Friday, but...
UK Gov has announced a step back from AI safety, by rebranding AISI as the AI 'Security' Institute.
Really thoughtful commentary from colleague @mbirtwistle.bsky.social here & short 🧵below on key changes
www.ukauthority.com/articles/ai-...
UK Gov has announced a step back from AI safety, by rebranding AISI as the AI 'Security' Institute.
Really thoughtful commentary from colleague @mbirtwistle.bsky.social here & short 🧵below on key changes
www.ukauthority.com/articles/ai-...
AI Safety Institute becomes AI Security Institute | UKAuthority
www.ukauthority.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I know everyone was hoping for a quiet Friday, but...
UK Gov has announced a step back from AI safety, by rebranding AISI as the AI 'Security' Institute.
Really thoughtful commentary from colleague @mbirtwistle.bsky.social here & short 🧵below on key changes
www.ukauthority.com/articles/ai-...
UK Gov has announced a step back from AI safety, by rebranding AISI as the AI 'Security' Institute.
Really thoughtful commentary from colleague @mbirtwistle.bsky.social here & short 🧵below on key changes
www.ukauthority.com/articles/ai-...
Looking forward to the (only marginally less glamorous) UK leg of the Paris AI Summit today. Speaking with a great line up on AI in public services - come say hi if you're around.
aifringe.org
@adalovelaceinst.bsky.social
aifringe.org
@adalovelaceinst.bsky.social
AI Fringe 2025: 11–12 February
The AI Fringe will return to mark the Paris AI Action Summit with a two day live event at the British Library Knowledge Centre in London.
aifringe.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Looking forward to the (only marginally less glamorous) UK leg of the Paris AI Summit today. Speaking with a great line up on AI in public services - come say hi if you're around.
aifringe.org
@adalovelaceinst.bsky.social
aifringe.org
@adalovelaceinst.bsky.social
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The Paris AI Action Summit is almost upon us, but will it actually move the needle towards AI that works for people and society?
In our latest blog post we share some of our key questions for the Summit ⬇️
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/a-piece...
In our latest blog post we share some of our key questions for the Summit ⬇️
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/a-piece...
A piece of the action
The questions we’re asking ahead of the AI Action Summit
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org
February 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The Paris AI Action Summit is almost upon us, but will it actually move the needle towards AI that works for people and society?
In our latest blog post we share some of our key questions for the Summit ⬇️
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/a-piece...
In our latest blog post we share some of our key questions for the Summit ⬇️
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/a-piece...
Two pieces of essential reading from Ada colleagues in advance of the AI Summit
First, the excellently titled 'Delegation Nation'
A primer for policymakers on Advanced AI Assistants
by @juulsm.bsky.social @harryfarmer.bsky.social
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...
First, the excellently titled 'Delegation Nation'
A primer for policymakers on Advanced AI Assistants
by @juulsm.bsky.social @harryfarmer.bsky.social
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...
Delegation Nation
Advanced AI Assistants and why they matter
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org
February 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Two pieces of essential reading from Ada colleagues in advance of the AI Summit
First, the excellently titled 'Delegation Nation'
A primer for policymakers on Advanced AI Assistants
by @juulsm.bsky.social @harryfarmer.bsky.social
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...
First, the excellently titled 'Delegation Nation'
A primer for policymakers on Advanced AI Assistants
by @juulsm.bsky.social @harryfarmer.bsky.social
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...