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We are a growing inter-disciplinary research group and are looking to recruit a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computer and Information Sciences based at Northumbria University in Newcastle, UK. Find out more about the role and how to apply here: tinyurl.com/35enbdrf closing on 20/03/2025

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"there were "dangers" in using them if lawyers "don't already have a good idea of the answer"." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Thomson Reuters has won the first major AI copyright case in the US. The decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rightsholders.

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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: A Big Issue investigation has found that some of the UK’s most recognised companies, including Morrisons and John Lewis, still use personality tests for retail roles. 💻 Charities say the use of personality tests for entry-level roles could be discriminatory. 💬 ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4jROcNk

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🚨🚨 Timely statement from the American Bar Association on the looming Constitutional Crisis in the US: "The ABA supports the rule of law". Well worth to read the statement in full. 🧵 www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

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What does it mean for the UK to follow the US and not sign the French AI Summit Statement? Blog post on the descent of global AI policy in to WWE-style showmanship, and where that leaves the UK.

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The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.

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'Falling behind the PACE: lie detectors, policing and lack of foreseeability – an FOI-based study', highlighting non-statutory uses of the polygraph by police in England & Wales, now published open access in Legal Studies journal www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Lawyers and judges must embrace generative artificial intelligence, the head of civil justice for England and Wales said yesterday. rozenberg.substack.com/p/embracing-...

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‘I lost 10 years of my life’: how UK betting giant’s unlawful marketing kept suicidal gambler hooked

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Deletion of ‘gang matrix’ database will destroy evidence against police, say campaigners

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AI child sexual abuse material made illegal in UK after huge rise www.channel4.com/news/ai-chil...

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‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’: here is the sermon that enraged Donald Trump | Mariann Edgar Budde

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It took me nearly two years to report on Suella Braverman's use of private email accounts in government. I've obtained some of the internal government emails around my FOIs, showing attempts at obfuscation and the request by an official to "gather intel" on me. relightmyfoia.blog/2025/01/20/w...

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Yvette Cooper promises law to tackle child sex abuse cover ups

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Victims want action, child abuse inquiry chair Alexis Jay says

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“Algorithm glitches are one facet of a dilemma that computer scientists and doctors have long acknowledged but that is starting to puzzle hospital executives and researchers: Artificial intelligence systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put in place and to keep them working well.”

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Landmark new rules to bring transparency to family courts

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Uncertainty is part of being human, so how can we learn to live with it?

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‘I received a first but it felt tainted and undeserved’: inside the university AI cheating crisis

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Three reasons why experts remain cautious about wearable generated health data: - no international standards for hardware/software/data formats - movement (of wearer + wearable itself) creates noise in the data - batteries not powerful enough for continuous monitoring www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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"There is concern amongst officials in the US and UK about companies overstating the ability of artificial intelligence to improve products." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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AI increasingly used for sextortion, scams and child abuse, says senior UK police chief www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Polygraphs & policing in England & Wales. Article based on FOI analysis accepted/forthcoming in Legal Studies journal. We argue for independent review of police polygraph use & 'police law for tech' covering all policing contexts. Comments welcome researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk/en/publicati...

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“Almost 300 children aged between four and 11 are taught [at Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park in south London] – and more than half of those children are homeless. It is a remarkable, repugnant reality that should shame us all” ~ @danielhewittitv.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Lucy Manning: A sexually obscene phone call - and my two-year ordeal getting police to act

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PhD studentship in use of the polygraph in the UK in the wider context of the developing use of AI and data-driven technologies (such as biometric technologies and ‘emotion AI’) by policing and criminal justice bodies. Applications close 24 Jan 2025 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Citizen-Centred Artificial Intelligence (CCAI) at Northumbria University Pre-Application Workshops. Discover more and book now #UKRI #AI #CitizenCentredAI #NorthumbriaUniversity www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/aca...

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Still time to apply for these PhD studentships in our PROBabLE Futures project

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Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said

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Our RAi Keystone project 'PROBabLE Futures' is recruiting for 2 PhD studentships, working with Kyle Montague and me. Open to international students, application deadline 31 Oct #AI #lawenforcement www.findaphd.com/phds/project... & www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Our @braiduk.bsky.social scoping project evaluating the impact of West Midlands Police data ethics committee has issued its report & recommendations. Read an overview at cetas.turing.ac.uk/publications... & full report/exec summary at researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk/en/publicati... #AI #policing

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Recruiting 3-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Law for our Responsible AI UK Keystone project 'PROBabLE Futures-Probabilistic AI Systems in Law Enforcement Futures'. Application deadline 2 October work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_...

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. @ctmccartney.bsky.social and I at the Responsible AI UK all-hands meeting in Cardiff talking about the PROBabLE Futures keystone project & finding out more about other projects and research

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