📣 Announcing The Silver LAIning: a SAINTS Podcast! 📣

The future of care is here, but is it safe? Dive into conversations to analyse the benefits and risks AI presents, particularly for older adults🎙️
@ihabli.bsky.social explains more➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/3zXbFxPpWd4AL28hru9bDK

📣Fully-funded PhD Studentships in Safe AI!

Prompted by further partner support, we’re launching an additional SAINTS recruitment round for PhD students starting in Sept 25. We welcome applicants with backgrounds in Computer Science or Sociology.

Apply 👉saints-cdt.ai/2025-studentships/

We recently hosted our second SAINTS Quarterly workshop, which allowed our doctoral researchers to present their research progress, discuss the motivation behind their work and share initial plans for carrying out their PhD projects.

Find out more 👉 lnkd.in/euHV332c

💻 Understanding the BIG argument for AI safety cases 💻

Join the authors of our new Balanced, Integrated and Grounded Argument at our upcoming webinar as they explore the development of the paper and it's approach to creating comprehensive AI safety cases.

⏲️12PM–1PM GMT
➡️Register: lnkd.in/ekmUs_wj

As part of the "Building Global Futures - AI and Healthcare" event at the Guildhall in York earlier this week, SAINTS' Professor Ibrahim Habli (@ihabli.bsky.social) emphasised the importance of a whole-system and human-centric approach to ensuring the safe deployment of clinical AI. #AI #AIHealth

This week, SAINTS is participating in SSS'25:

▶️ Prof Ibrahim Habli (ihabli.bsky.social) introduced the Centre, its focus on AI safety research & training, and SAINTS’ partners.
▶️ Prof John McDermid (SAINTS Partnerships co-lead) delivered a keynote on AI Safety and Security👉 buff.ly/4gyxaRA

Listen to Dr Jenn Chubb (SAINTS Responsible AI lead) & Dr Peter Harrison (Department of Law, University of York) on The Last Human Voice podcast. The episode 'What's in a Voice?' explored AI voice cloning in the creative industries. #SAINTSCDT #SafeAIPhD

Listen now👉

SAINTS Ethics Lead and Professor of Philosophy, Tom Stoneham (@tomstoneham.dair-community.social.ap.brid.gy) recently hosted a webinar for the UK Council for Graduate Education in which he explored the ethics of generative AI in research.

Read more: ukcge.ac.uk/news-and-blo...

We're pleased to announce that our Open Research Awards scheme is back for 2025! 🏆

We are offering prizes of £400 each to projects and initiatives which engage with open research practices and principles

Read the full terms and submit your work for consideration by Mon 28 April 👉 bit.ly/OR-awards

Announcing the success of the official launch of the SAINTS CDT.

Guests included key colleagues from industry, academia, & the regulatory community, alongside our first cohort of 11 postgraduate researchers.

Read more: www.saints-cdt.ai/news/the-off...

#AI #UniofYork #SAINTSCDT

In response to the UK Government's AI Opportunities Action Plan, Prof Ibrahim Habli (@ihabli.bsky.social) explains why it's a positive move for AI and the UK.

Read more👉https://lnkd.in/enQHb7Dq

Follow the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe AI Systems (SAINTS) at the University of York on Bluesky: @saints-cdt.bsky.social.
Applications are now open for funded studentships to start in September 2025. Deadline: Wednesday 15 January 2025
www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Applications are now open for fully-funded PhD positions at the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe AI Systems (SAINTS) at the University of York.

Applications close on Wednesday 15 January 2025

www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...

#AI #AISafety #PhD #scholarship #academicsky