AI UK: Creating an International Ecosystem for Responsible AI Research and Innovation
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Southampton
Department Name: Sch of Electronics and Computer Sci
Abstract
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can have dramatic effects on industrial sectors and societies (e.g., Generative AI, facial recognition, autonomous vehicles). AI UK will pioneer a reflective, inclusive approach to responsible AI development that does not ignore AI's potential harms but acknowledges, understands and mitigates them for diverse societies. AI UK adopts a strong human-centred approach to ensure societies deploy and use AI in a responsible way by providing the AI community with a toolkit of technological innovations, case studies, guidelines, policies and frameworks for all key sectors of the economy. To achieve this, AI UK will deliver and drive a collaborative ecosystem of researchers, industry, policymakers and stakeholders that will be responsive to the needs of society, led by a team of experienced, well-connected leaders from all four nations of the UK, committed to an inclusive approach to the management of the programme.
AI UK grows an interdisciplinary ecosystem that adopts Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI), Trusted Research, and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) as fundamental principles. AI UK will champion a research culture where everyone is respected, valued and able to contribute and benefit and coordinate the UK's AI research networks and programmes, working with key Research Council (and other funding) programmes, The Alan Turing Institute, The Ada Lovelace Institute, AI Standards hub, Centres for Doctoral Training, UKRI AI Research Hubs, Public Sector Research Establishments (PSREs) as well as the wider landscape of university-based Responsible/Ethical AI research institutes. AI UK will connect UK research to internationally leading research centres and institutions around the world. Ultimately, through this ecosystem, AI UK will deliver world-leading best practices for the design, evaluation, regulation and operation of AI-systems that benefit the nation and society. AI UK will invest in the following strands:
Ecosystem Creation and Management: to define the portfolio of thematic areas, translational activities, and strategic partnerships with academia, business and government and associated impact metrics. This will broaden and consolidate the network nationally and internationally and identify course corrections to national policy (e.g., industrial strategy).
Research & Innovation Programmes: to deliver consortia-led research that address fundamental challenges with multi-disciplinary and industrial perspectives, integrative research projects that link connected and established research teams across the community, and early stage and industry-led research and innovation projects to expand the UK's ecosystem and develop the next generation of leaders.
Skills Programme: to translate research into skills frameworks and training for users, customers, and developers of AI, and to contribute to the call for the UK AI Strategy's Online Academy.
Public and Policy Engagement: working with the network of policy makers, regulators, and key stakeholders to respond to arising concerns, need for new standards, build capacity for public accountability and provide evidence-based advice to the public and policymakers.
AI UK grows an interdisciplinary ecosystem that adopts Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI), Trusted Research, and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) as fundamental principles. AI UK will champion a research culture where everyone is respected, valued and able to contribute and benefit and coordinate the UK's AI research networks and programmes, working with key Research Council (and other funding) programmes, The Alan Turing Institute, The Ada Lovelace Institute, AI Standards hub, Centres for Doctoral Training, UKRI AI Research Hubs, Public Sector Research Establishments (PSREs) as well as the wider landscape of university-based Responsible/Ethical AI research institutes. AI UK will connect UK research to internationally leading research centres and institutions around the world. Ultimately, through this ecosystem, AI UK will deliver world-leading best practices for the design, evaluation, regulation and operation of AI-systems that benefit the nation and society. AI UK will invest in the following strands:
Ecosystem Creation and Management: to define the portfolio of thematic areas, translational activities, and strategic partnerships with academia, business and government and associated impact metrics. This will broaden and consolidate the network nationally and internationally and identify course corrections to national policy (e.g., industrial strategy).
Research & Innovation Programmes: to deliver consortia-led research that address fundamental challenges with multi-disciplinary and industrial perspectives, integrative research projects that link connected and established research teams across the community, and early stage and industry-led research and innovation projects to expand the UK's ecosystem and develop the next generation of leaders.
Skills Programme: to translate research into skills frameworks and training for users, customers, and developers of AI, and to contribute to the call for the UK AI Strategy's Online Academy.
Public and Policy Engagement: working with the network of policy makers, regulators, and key stakeholders to respond to arising concerns, need for new standards, build capacity for public accountability and provide evidence-based advice to the public and policymakers.
Organisations
- University of Southampton (Lead Research Organisation)
- Newton Europe (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (Collaboration)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (Collaboration)
- George Washington University (Collaboration)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (Collaboration)
- Australian National University (ANU) (Collaboration)
- QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (Collaboration)
- SWANSEA UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- National Institute of Informatics (NII) (Collaboration)
- KING'S COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- Medtronic (United States) (Project Partner)
- HORIZON Digital Economy Research (Project Partner)
- Johns Hopkins University (Project Partner)
- BT Group (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Sensata Technologies (Project Partner)
- Partnership on AI (Project Partner)
- University of Southern California (Project Partner)
- Centre for Data Science and AI (Project Partner)
- Google (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency (Project Partner)
- Schmidt Futures (Project Partner)
- Government of the United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Department for Transport (Project Partner)
- Metropolitan Police Service (Project Partner)
- Lester Aldridge LLP (Project Partner)
- Ministry of Sound (Project Partner)
- Black Swan Data (Project Partner)
- Royal College of Surgeons of England (Project Partner)
- ARC Centre of Excellence (Project Partner)
- Privitar (Project Partner)
- Dragonfly Labs (Project Partner)
- The University of Texas at Austin (Project Partner)
- Prime Minister's Office (Project Partner)
Publications
Arcanjo B
(2024)
Aggregating Multiple Bio-Inspired Image Region Classifiers for Effective and Lightweight Visual Place Recognition
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Eke D
(2024)
Ethics in the Governance of Data and Digital Technology: An Analysis of European Data Regulations and Policies
in Digital Society
Grainge O
(2024)
Design Space Exploration of Low-Bit Quantized Neural Networks for Visual Place Recognition
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Ito-Jaeger S
(2023)
Young People's Trust in Cocreated Web-Based Resources to Promote Mental Health Literacy: Focus Group Study.
in JMIR mental health
Milligan G
(2023)
Generating a Single Session Outcome Measure from Digital Mental Health Platform Footprints Using Natural Language Processing
in International Journal of Population Data Science
| Description | Evidence and Specialist Adviser to House of Lords Committee on AI and Weapons System |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | asfdasdf |
| URL | http://fake.fake@gmail.com |
| Description | Evidence to House of Lords Committee on Digital and Communications -- on Large Language Models |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | House of Lords Communications Committee (WH/MC) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Automated Empathy - Globalising International Standards (AEGIS): Japan and Ethically Aligned Regions |
| Amount | £363,427 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Responsible AI IA008 Grant Ref: EP/Y009800/1 |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2023 |
| End | 05/2025 |
| Description | International Partnership (UK, US, Australia) with Australia National University and George Washington University |
| Organisation | Australian National University (ANU) |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | University of Southampton is leading this partnership and organising the team of core members, advisor network, and extended network. We also contribute deep expertise in AI from the communications sector. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contribute their expertise for AI in maritime and aerospace sectors. |
| Impact | The collaboration is multidisciplinary. Outputs and outcomes are in-progress as the project has just started several weeks ago. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | International Partnership (UK, US, Australia) with Australia National University and George Washington University |
| Organisation | George Washington University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | University of Southampton is leading this partnership and organising the team of core members, advisor network, and extended network. We also contribute deep expertise in AI from the communications sector. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners contribute their expertise for AI in maritime and aerospace sectors. |
| Impact | The collaboration is multidisciplinary. Outputs and outcomes are in-progress as the project has just started several weeks ago. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Newton Europe responsible AI framework |
| Organisation | Newton Europe |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We are working with this industrial partner to test the value of RRI in the innovation chain - in particular at the commercial end when companies are expanding their user-base and are under pressure to perform in a competitive marketplace. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner is testing our RRI Prompts & Practice cards as well as working with us to build out their Responsible AI framework |
| Impact | Still underway |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Partnership with IEEE |
| Organisation | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| PI Contribution | Forming a Working Group (WG) to develop an ethical technical standard for GPAI, emulated empathy and "partners". |
| Collaborator Contribution | IEEE SA has made introductions, advised and facilitated speedy progress of our Working Group application to the New Standards Committee (NesCom). Seeing this as a priority area, they will assist in internal and external promotion of the work. |
| Impact | Application for the multidisciplinary Working Group has been made to the New Standards Committee (NesCom), with a positive response anticipated end of March 2024. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Partnership with Japan's National Institute of Informatics |
| Organisation | National Institute of Informatics (NII) |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To visit and host workshops with regional expert delegates on AI, robotics and emulated empathy. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of space, accommodation, regional connections and logistics. |
| Impact | None yet (workshops planned for June). |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | RAI UK - King's College London |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around the challenges and opportunities of responsible AI |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions around the challenges and opportunities of responsible AI |
| Impact | RAI UK is multi-disciplinary. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | RAI UK - Queen's University Belfast |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around responsible AI challenges and opportunities |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions around responsible AI challenges and opportunities |
| Impact | RAI is multi-disciplinary |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | RAI UK - Swansea University |
| Organisation | Swansea University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around responsible AI challenges and opportunities |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions around responsible AI challenges and opportunities |
| Impact | RAI is multi-disciplinary |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | RAI UK - University College London |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around responsible AI challenges and opportunities |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions around responsible AI challenges and opportunities |
| Impact | RAI is multi-disciplinary |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | RAI UK - University of Cambridge |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around responsible AI challenges and opportunities |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions around responsible AI challenges and opportunities |
| Impact | RAI is multi-disciplinary. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | RAI UK - University of Glasgow |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around the challenges and opportunities of responsible AI |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions around the challenges and opportunities of responsible AI |
| Impact | RAI is multi-disciplinary |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | RAI UK - University of Nottingham |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around the challenges and opportunities of responsible AI |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions around the challenges and opportunities of responsible AI |
| Impact | RAI UK is a multi-disciplinary consortium. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Responsible AI UK |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Jack Stilgoe was invited to be a co-investigator for a proposal to run the UKRI Responsible AI Programme. This bid, led by Gopal Ramchurn, was successful. This is a 5-year, £31 million programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Support |
| Impact | Responsible AI programme |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Title | The UnMute Toolkit |
| Description | The UnMute Toolkit is a collection of tools, methodologies and pipelines tailored to minority language technology design and development. It contains components to engage community members, collect spoken language recordings, train information retrieval models and deploy those models in community contexts. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | The toolkit has helped gather data, train models and quickly deploy speech-driven services in community contexts. |
| URL | https://unmute.tech/toolkit/ |
| Description | AI + National Security Symposium (SDR) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An expert-led discussion about the opportunities and challenges that AI creates for national security. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://aifringe.org/events/ai-national-security-symposium |
| Description | AI Fringe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Responsible AI co-organised the AI Fringe, a series of events hosted across London and the UK to complement the UK Government's AI Safety Summit, bringing a broad and diverse range of voices, from industry, civil society and academia, into the conversation. It provided both a platform for all communities - including those historically underrepresented - to engage in the discussion and enhanced understanding of AI and its impacts so organisations may harness its benefits. One, of the many outputs and impacts, from this event will be a white paper. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://aifringe.org/ |
| Description | AI and Blockchain: Challenges and Opportunities for Open Education and Lifelong Learning |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This annual event serves as a platform for global collaboration and learning in the field of Open Education. Our webinar aims to explore the evolving landscape of education in the digital age, focusing on the impact of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology. Through meaningful discussions, we will delve into the potential synergies and implications of these technologies, aligning with UNESCO's 2019 Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/unlocking-knowledge-oer-ai-blockchain/ |
| Description | AI and rare disease: with great power comes great responsibility! |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This is an informative meeting to present Responsible AI UK and bring awareness about incorporating AI into the treatment and diagnosis of rare medical conditions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | AI in Healthcare (Leeds) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was a general talk about Responsible AI UK given in a community space in Leeds. The audience was diverse and interested to understand the pros and cons of applying AI into the healthcare sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | AIPAS Presentation in Responsible AI UK Webinar Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Introduction of the AIPAS project to academic and general audiences intererested in Responsible AI |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/84314e6f-229b-4e0a-8292-157d3cb4ddba@8370cf14-16f3-4c16-b83... |
| Description | Children and Screens webinar on Algorithms 'Youth and AI driven tech' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was an online webinar 'Ask the Experts' that brought panelists with expertise in computer science, human-computer learning, communications, and mental health health. The aims was to survey the current state of data driven media online, how algorithms work to increase and solidify bias, and what families need to know to develop essential skills to cope with the growing influence of algorithmically-delivered content on youth's development, preferences and minds. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.childrenandscreens.org |
| Description | Critical Conversations: Artificial Intelligence - a critical technology for a critical time? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE, Academy CEO, will chair this discussion on the fast-moving developments in artificial intelligence and regulatory approaches that enable its safe and equitable use. Our expert guest speakers are Dr Simon Baker, University of Cambridge; Enterprise Hub Fellow, and Professor Sana Khareghani, King's College London; Responsible AI UK. The panel will discuss the rapidly evolving challenges and opportunities the tech poses, the international policy dialogues that are taking place to harness it, and will explore how the UK is positioned relative to international comparators. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://raeng.org.uk/events/2024/jan/artificial-intelligence-a-critical-technology-for-a-critical-ti... |
| Description | DP World AI in Practice: Challenges and Use cases |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This was a follow-up event from the Tech Solent PWC event last year. We were invited to DP World Southampton to discuss AI in practice. We presented our research work on Swarm Robotics. They also presented us with use cases for adopting AI in their business and the challenges they are currently facing with deploying AI. We are currently discussing partnership opportunities based on this. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.techsolent.org/event-details/ai-in-practice-dp-world |
| Description | Demystifying Artificial Intelligence Conference MK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Empowering Milton Keynes Businesses to Apply and Navigate Artificial Intelligence Effectively. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/demystifying-artificial-intelligence-conference-mk-tickets-7595573655... |
| Description | Gender Equity in AI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | It is vital to address the gender disparities and exclusions that persist within the field of AI, acknowledging the critical role that gender diversity plays in ensuring the responsible design, development, implementation and use of AI. We must move beyond potential and rhetoric, and take further tangible and transformative action towards gender equity in AI. This event brings together EDI experts, artists, industry innovators and gender advocates to share their experience and to propose provocations to spark discussion. Participants will have an opportunity to engage in group discussions surrounding these provocations and to explore concrete actions we can foster and support within the Responsible AI UK ecosystem. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.rai.ac.uk/events/gender-equity-in-ai |
| Description | Gender Equity in AI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The intended purpose was to bring awareness about the lack of diversity in AI. The outcomes from this event feed a white paper. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Generative AI: Hopes and Fears - Dumfries |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Artificial Intelligence will solve all our problems. Artificial Intelligence will take away all of our jobs. Which is it? And what is it, anyway? Join a team of AI researchers from the Open University to explore recent developments in "Generative AI", covering what it is and what it can do, how it's being used in education and research, and reasons to be cautious, or optimistic, about it. Interactive lectures will be followed by discussion and Q&A with Prof. John Domingue (@johndmk), Dr. Aisling Third (@thirda), and Dr. David Pride (@davejavupride), of the OU's Knowledge Media Institute as well as Michael Gardiner, Digital Development Specialist for South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/generative-ai-hopes-and-fears-dumfries-tickets-827084099807 |
| Description | Guardian special podcast series about artificial intelligence (KD) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Guardian special podcast series about artificial intelligence - mentioned Responsible AI UK and importance of responsibility. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | IEEE training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAKE project team-members worked with a third-party consultant and IEEE on the CertifAIEd training |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Navigating the Future - AI's Impact on Education |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The event targets a diverse audience of 50 to 100 individuals, drawing participants from various disciplines, including AI researchers, developers, and educational researchers, as well as practitioners and policymakers. This inclusive approach ensures a multifaceted exploration of AIEd, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://events.kmi.open.ac.uk/ai-and-ed/ |
| Description | Panelist at Turing AI UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Jennifer Williams was invited to speak on a panel at Turing AI UK on Responsible AI |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://ai-uk.turing.ac.uk/ |
| Description | Perspectives on AI Risks in Light of the UK's AI Safety Summit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Monday, October 23 2023 In the early days of World War II, the British Service repurposed mansions at Bletchley Park to house a large team of codebreakers. These individuals, mainly academics, used an early form of artificial intelligence to break German code and in so doing, protect the British people. Some 80 years later, the UK government announced it would host the first international summit on AI Safety at Bletchley Park on November 1-2 UK officials stated that they had identified two very broad types of AI risks- misuse (as example using AI to cause chaos or harm) and loss of control risks. Some NGOs criticised the planners for not focusing on more immediate risks to individuals. In this webinar, our three speakers will examine if these are the most important and immediate risks; what risks should be the central concerns of policymakers, and what are the best regulatory policies to mitigate such risks. The moderator will discuss these issues for the first 30 minutes and the next 30 will be open to audience questions. Speakers: -Gina Neff, Professor and Director, Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge - Katie Shilton, Associate Professor Information Science, University of Maryland -Tom Goldstein, Professor and Director of Center for Machine Learning, University of Maryland Moderator: -Susan Ariel Aaronson, Research Professor and Director, Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, GWU |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | RAI Press Release Dec 23 - How are Responsible AI UK connecting the AI ecosystem both nationally and internationally? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release published by collaborator universities. Increased engagement was reported across all channels (social media/website etc.) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/news/7138 |
| Description | RAI UK Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAI UK webinar to present Impacty Project RAKE to audience of partners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | RAI UK presentation at TeenTech |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Presenting Responsible AI at TeenTech |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | RAKE & Newton workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The workshop was designed to advance the industry collaboration with the partner and to help develop a co-designed framework for responsible AI within their organisation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | RRI and EDI in RAI UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Seminar on the RRI and EDI approach taken in RAI UK Impact project RAKE |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Responsible AI Town Halls 2023 (London, Belfast, Glasgow and Cardiff) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attending a RAI UK Town hall provided the opportunity to help shape the future of Responsible AI in the UK. Stakeholders and academics of all disciplines were invited to hear more about the programme, opportunities to engage and network with the team and each other. Feedback from these events directly influenced the development of the Keystone Projects call, which was launched in December 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.rai.ac.uk/events |
| Description | Responsible AI Webinar Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The initial webinar series will present our successful Impact Accelerator partners and International Partnerships with the RAI UK research programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.rai.ac.uk/events |
| Description | Roundtable on Generative AI in Writing and Publishing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The roundtable on Generative AI in Writing and Publishing was held on 19 Sept. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | TAS 2024 Showcase Demo on Dynamically Adaptive Human-Swarm Interaction |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We presented a demo of our research on dynamically adaptive human-swarm interaction at the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) 2024 Showcase Event held in London, United Kingdom from the 5th - 6th of March 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://uos-haris.online/demo/tas2024/ |
| Description | Tech Solent Event (Round Table Discussion) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This Tech Solent event was hosted at the PWC office in Southampton. We were invited to talk about our work in the areas of responsible AI. We presented some research on human swarm teaming. We led a roundtable discussion session to gather their challenges with the regulation and adoption of artificial intelligence in their businesses. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.techsolent.org/event-details/techsolent-december-event-with-rai-uk |
| Description | Tech Wales Week 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Responsible AI participation in the panel - Building Responsible and Trustworthy AI through International Collaboration: A Global Perspective |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.walestechweek.com/ |
| Description | The Paradigm Shift is here: Using AI to improve teaching and learning |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Prof. John Domingue participated in a panel discussion on how Generative Al is supporting both teachers and students, while putting forward a critical analysis to evaluate the actual pedagogical gains and the quality of the learning experience augmented by Al. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://oeb.global/conference#agenda |
| Description | The future of UAVs: towards trustworthy applications and development tools (Workshop) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | We organised the workshop to bring together experts from academia, government, and industry to establish connections and form groups for future research projects centered around the use of UAVs. The workshop was organised as part of the EPSRC Autonomy Project on Smart Solutions Towards Cellular-Connected Unmanned Aerial Vehicles System (EP/W004364/1). The workshop was organised by Dr Ayodeji O. Abioye, Dr Sergio A. Araujo-Estrada, and Dr Mohammad D. Soorati with the support of Prof Jim Scanlan and Prof Gopal Ramchurn. The "Future of UAVs: towards trustworthy applications and development tools" workshop was a national event hosted at the University of Southampton, on Monday 20th November 2023, 09:30 - 16:30 Hrs (BST). We invited four speakers to kick start the roundtable sessions with the talks on "Future UAVs" by Prof Jim Scanlan (SOTON UAV), "Trustworthy & Responsible use of AI" by Prof Gopal Ramchurn (TAS Hub and RAI UK), "Future Industry Applications of UAVs" by Prof Henry Tse (Connected Places Catapult), and "Public perception and ethical concerns on using drones" by Prof Christian Enemark (DRONETHICS). The event had three round table sessions to discuss novel applications of UAVs, as well as the ethical use, and development tools. The discussion was guided around themes ranging from agile economy (e.g. parcel delivery), emergency response (e.g. medical delivery), and environment monitoring. New ideas for potential future applications, such as long-range drones with perch and recharge capability, were identified. Areas for future research and funding such as the development of an all-weather drone and better airspace management were also discussed. Attendees were able to expand their network for future collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Transforming University Education with Generative AI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | It has been a little over a year since ChatGPT burst onto the world. This high exposure of Generative AI has forced universities to reflect upon and rethink many aspects of the way they teach and assess. Building on AI research, innovation and deployment which stretches over many decades, since the beginning of 2023 we have been exploring the potential of Generative AI to aid in OU teaching and learning. In this talk I will report on early results, including proof of concepts in the areas of content generation and digital assistants for students, the views of our students on these technologies, and outline possible future directions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://siks.nl/activities/activities/siks-symposium-on-advancing-education-and-knowledge-exploring-... |
| Description | Trust in AI (workshop in Singapore) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | During this workshop organised by the NTU Institute of Science and Technology for Humanity I provided a talk on 'Why diversity in AI is everyone's responsibility'. This networking event was very successful and there are plans to organise a second workshop aiming to solidify the relationships and apply together for funding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | UnMute toolkit launch, IIT Guwahati |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 51 people from a mix of industry, academia and third-sector attended a day-long workshop to learn about the UnMute toolkit. Attendees reported a positive change in views, and were highly complimentary about the event and the toolkit itself. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://unmute.tech/toolkit-event/ |