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Elena Simperl

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Academic at King's College London, co-director of the King’s Institute for AI, director of research at the Open Data Institute. Working on the sociotechnicalities of data. Views my own.

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Lots to unpack, very much looking forward to this!

11.03.2026 16:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Future Leaders Fellowships: round 11 Funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s remit. You must be a researcher or innovator who is looking to establish or transition to independence.

Interested in the Future Leaders Fellowship Scheme?

Join our upcoming webinars to learn more about the scheme, application process and what support is available.

24 March: webinar for host organisations
26 March: webinar for applicants

Register via the ‘additional information’ section ⬇️

11.03.2026 15:30 👍 10 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0

We need more user-centric benchmarks and evaluations like this to guide development and help us understand what AI is good or not good at.

10.03.2026 11:58 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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MPs reject ban on social media for under-16s Ban could still be introduced in future after Commons back government bid to give extra powers to secretary of state

HoL amendment to bring in a #socialmedia ban rejected last night in favour of the Government's alternative to leave options open post-consultation. 107 Labour MPs abstained. Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill now goes back to the Lords. #onlinesafetyact www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

10.03.2026 07:46 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Scientific datasets built over decades can vanish when access has a single point of failure. IOI secured funding from Global Impact to help coordinate resilient open infrastructure solutions.

More on this project: investinopen.org/blog/investi...

09.03.2026 17:30 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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We are delighted to announce that @emranmian.bsky.social, Permanent Secretary of DSIT, joins us as Visiting Professor

Applications now open for this Autumn’s MA Government Studies: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

09.03.2026 09:54 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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07.03.2026 22:37 👍 13345 🔁 5042 💬 88 📌 246

🚨 Today is the final day to apply for our Student Research Assistant (Summer 2026) who will join a new project examining AI and the future of content markets. kgi.georgetown.edu/student-rese...

06.03.2026 20:24 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Common Crawl - Blog - Web Graph Statistics Gets a Proper Upgrade Our Web Graph Statistics site has been updated with interactive charts, a domain lookup tool for tracking harmonic centrality and PageRank over time, mobile improvements, unified rank tables with OR f...

Our Web Graph Statistics site has been updated with interactive charts, a domain lookup tool for tracking harmonic centrality and PageRank over time, mobile improvements, unified rank tables with OR filtering, and merged degree plots.

commoncrawl.org/blog/web-gra...

07.03.2026 00:55 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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How ready is open data for AI? Found out what happened when we used the ODI’s framework for AI-ready data to assess the AI readiness of 10 open datasets.

How ready is open data for AI? To reap the benefits of AI, organisations need to prepare and transform their data to make it directly useful and usable in AI tasks. Learn more.

04.03.2026 11:45 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Technology and AI are central to improving the NHS as set out in the 10-Year Health Plan. But take-up and effective use of tech will depend on the confidence and support of public and staff.

Our latest survey findings explore attitudes to technology and AI in health care 👇
https://bit.ly/407xoJG

04.03.2026 09:57 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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LatamGPT Navigates the Gap Between Regional Aspiration and Market Realities The question is whether Latin American governments can sustain commitment to this collaborative infrastructure, writes Ezequiel Rivero.

Only 2-3% of existing AI training data is in Spanish or Portuguese. LatamGPT is a collaboration across 15 countries to fix that — and to keep Latin America from being purely a consumer of AI built elsewhere, writes Ezequiel Rivero. But is the project sustainable?

03.03.2026 12:54 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2

🗂️ Library of AI experiments!

Check out our growing collection of 30+ AI experiments, shared by 20+ orgs.

Topics include user research, AI policy creation, data analysis & transcription - with contributors sharing what worked well, what didn’t, and the advice they’d give to others 👉 buff.ly/GFZP45O

02.03.2026 16:35 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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King's study finds AI chose nuclear signalling in 95% of simulated crises | King's College London Artificial intelligence (AI) models used for a simulated war game escalated conflicts by threatening nuclear strikes in 95% of scenarios, according to new research from King’s College London.

AI bots threatened nuclear strikes in 95% of simulated wargames.

A study by Prof Kenneth Payne, School of Security Studies, examines how these systems reason under pressure - as militaries & security institutions increasingly experiment with AI for analysis & planning.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/artific...

02.03.2026 16:52 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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What does the future of ageing look like in a world shaped by AI? One month until our fireside chat and Q&A with Lara Lewington and Prokar Dasgupta.

Sign up to attend in person (Guy's Campus, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) or online: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/what-...

@kingshealth.bsky.social

26.02.2026 15:20 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Technical Specialist - AI Hardware Systems Job Opening: Technical Specialist - AI Hardware Systems at ARIA in London.

We're also looking for a Technical Specialist in Scaling Compute. Specialising in AI hardware systems, you'll work with the Programme Director to shape and deliver a bold programme of research aimed at reducing the cost of AI hardware by 1000x.

Apply by 15 March: aria.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...

26.02.2026 09:18 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
DEEM: Workshop on Data Management for End-to-End Machine Learning @ ACM SIGMOD 2026

📢 Deadline extension for DEEM 2026!

Following requests, we're extending the submission deadline to March 6, 5pm Pacific Time.

More info at: deemworkshop.github.io

25.02.2026 19:04 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Quentin Reul: solving business problems with neuro-symbolic AI Quentin Reul is an expert at solving business problems with neuro-symbolic AI, combining LLMs and knowledge graphs in hybrid AI systems.

The complementary nature of #knowledgeGraphs and #LLMs is now clear and long-time knowledge engineering professionals like @unlockdatawithq.bsky.social are combining them in hybrid #neurosymbolicAI systems. Lots of pragmatic advice in this conversation.

knowledgegraphinsights.com/quentin-reul/

17.02.2026 12:09 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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We've published a paper that reviews our progress three years into our 5 Year Strategy. It takes stock of delivery to date, examines how external conditions have continued to evolve, and sets out how the ODI is adapting for the remainder of the strategy period. Find out more.
buff.ly/cbgFeHO

25.02.2026 11:45 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Common Crawl - Blog - Host- and Domain-Level Web Graphs December 2025 and January/February 2026 We're happy to announce the release of the Web Graphs for December 2025 and January/February 2026, consisting of 288.6 million nodes and 12.4 billion edges at the host level, and 134.2 million nodes a...

We're happy to announce the release of the Web Graphs for December 2025 and January/February 2026, consisting of 288.6 million nodes and 12.4 billion edges at the host level, and 134.2 million nodes and 5.4 billion edges at the domain level.

www.commoncrawl.org/blog/host--a...

24.02.2026 13:15 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
AI SURVEY: FIVE DAYS LEFT! Please take 10 minutes to share your AI views, experiences and support needs via our anonymous survey. Closes 28th February

AI SURVEY: FIVE DAYS LEFT! Please take 10 minutes to share your AI views, experiences and support needs via our anonymous survey. Closes 28th February

⌛ 5 days left to share your AI needs in our survey!

We use the results of our annual AI survey to develop new support resources - and influence the wider sector response.

The survey takes ten minutes, and all responses are anonymous.

Closes 28 Feb 👉 buff.ly/fsvJaZr

#AI #survey #charity #support

24.02.2026 10:26 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Common Crawl - Blog - February 2026 Crawl Archive Now Available We are pleased to announce the release of the February 2026 crawl, consisting of 2.1 billion web pages (or 363 TiB of uncompressed content). Captures are from 45.5 million hosts or 37.1 million regist...

We are pleased to announce the release of the February 2026 crawl, consisting of 2.1 billion web pages (or 363 TiB of uncompressed content). Captures are from 45.5 million hosts or 37.1 million registered domains.

blog.commoncrawl.org/blog/februar...

23.02.2026 15:50 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Common Crawl - Blog - Introducing the New Examples & Resources Browser We've replaced our old Examples and Use Cases pages with a single searchable, filterable browser. 119 resources from 115 contributors, all in one place. Search, filter by type or language, sort, and s...

We've replaced our old Examples and Use Cases pages with a single searchable, filterable browser. 119 resources from 115 contributors, all in one place. Search, filter by type or language, sort, and share links. We welcome community submissions.

blog.commoncrawl.org/blog/introdu...

23.02.2026 15:51 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

This move is a declaration of war on UK-European families like mine and makes joint trips to the UK impossible for the foreseeable future. It was abysmally communicated. The message from this Labour (!) government to the British diaspora: f-off and don’t come back.

22.02.2026 19:50 👍 90 🔁 25 💬 10 📌 2
This is not the AI we were promised | The Royal Society
This is not the AI we were promised | The Royal Society YouTube video by The Royal Society

This week saw Professor Michael Wooldridge deliver our Michael Faraday Prize Lecture, exploring the gulf between popular expectations of what AI should be like and the realities of the LLMs that we use today. Watch the full lecture now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyyL0yDhr7I

21.02.2026 11:52 👍 33 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 6
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Global spotlight on King's AI expertise at India AI Impact Summit | King's College London As global leaders, including UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, gathered in New Delhi for the India AI Impact Summit, King’s College London showcased its expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) e...

We're proud to see King's represented on the global stage at this week's India AI Impact Summit.

Dr Caitlin Bentley of @kingsnmes.bsky.social & @aiatkings.bsky.social shared cutting-edge research & discussed AI’s societal impact with industry leaders.

Full story ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/global-...

20.02.2026 15:48 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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International Placement Scheme 2026 Apply to undertake a placement at an international cultural institution. You must either be:

Applications are now open for the International Placement Scheme 2026

Funded global research placements at leading cultural institutions for early career researchers and doctoral students - build expertise, networks and policy impact.

Apply by 19 March 2026

More info: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

20.02.2026 12:46 👍 11 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0

Love the title!

20.02.2026 09:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of Brewster Kahle speaking.

Photo of Brewster Kahle speaking.

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📣 Co-create #DWebCamp 2026 in #Berlin next week!

Join the Unconference + Meetup exploring #decentralization & the future of public knowledge in Europe. Meetup features a live fireside chat with Brewster Kahle.

📅 Feb 28, 2026
📍c-base in Berlin
🎟️🆓 dwebcamp.org/berlin-2026/

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20.02.2026 09:00 👍 76 🔁 23 💬 4 📌 0

Congratulations @gavinfreeguard.com. It’s a perfect day to launch!

20.02.2026 09:53 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0