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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · 2d

In case you missed it, the Anthropic Copyright Settlement Website is available here 👉https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/ for you to search to see if your texts were taken to train AI. It includes 864 marketing texts, mainly US publishers, authors include @sethgodin.bsky.social

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Sep 30

The landmark $1.5 billion settlement between AI company #Anthropic and #authors has received preliminary approval and www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com will include a list of all works eligible for compensation

Homepage | ANT

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Sep 24

Libraries are like sweets shops for me! Discover how I got started on my author journey, writing #textbooks 👉📚https://www.sagepub.com/explore-our-content/blogs/posts/sage-perspectives/2025/09/23/libraries-are-like-sweets-shops-for-me-how-i-got-started-on-my-author-journey @sagepub.com

Abbey Library of Saint Gall, thanks to Roy Egloff https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CH.SG.St-Gallen_2023-11-15_Abbey-Library-of-Saint-Gall_3728_4x3-R_11K.jpg

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Aug 28

Fascinating insights at the 2025 #Digital #Health and Medical #Analytics conference @uclgbsh.bsky.social from patient journeys to virtual hospitals

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Aug 26

Advertising and making #health claims? They must be genuine with evidence that an endorsement is real. If not the #Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) calls out irresponsible advertising 👉https://www.asa.org.uk/rulings/tonic-nutrition-ltd-a24-1269415-tonic-nutrition-ltd.html

Tonic Nutrition Ltd

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Aug 26

An extraordinary achievement! "More than 600 new student startups were launched at UCL between 2014 to 2024. Collectively these businesses have raised over £461 million in external investment and employ over 1,900 people." 👉https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/aug/ten-years-nurturing-entrepreneurs-basekx

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Aug 18

as the firm moves towards #AI first www.businessinsider.com/duolingo-ceo... and makes first #UK acquisition www.linkedin.com/posts/duolin... 2/2

Duolingo's CEO says he doesn't plan to lay off full-timers because of AI — but their jobs will change

"What will probably happen is that one person will be able to accomplish more, rather than having fewer people," Duolingo's CEO Luis von Ahn said.

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Aug 18

As the content on my #Duolingo seems to be following my activities, #Duolingo CEO pushes back on AI misunderstanding (perhaps he had a hallucination?) posted on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/posts/duolin... over roles 🧵1/2

👇🏽 Below is an all-hands email from our CEO, Luis von Ahn – we are going to be AI-first. | Duolingo | 1,144 comments

👇🏽 Below is an all-hands email from our CEO, Luis von Ahn – we are going to be AI-first. Just like how betting on mobile in 2012 made all the difference, we’re making a similar call now. This time t...

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Aug 14

Great ideas on building better futures and so good to have so many positive suggestions.

Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · Aug 13

At the end of our keynote for #Nordmedia25 @annettemarkham.bsky.social and I asked the audience how we should do to build better futures, how we as media researchers can make things better. The buzz of 400 people in an auditorium was amazing! Here are some of the ideas! jilltxt.net/what-should-...

What should we be doing in the next year to build better futures?

Annette Markham and I gave the opening keynote for NORDMEDIA 2025 together and had a lot of fun! I’ll try to write more about our talk later, but I wanted to share this list of ideas from the…

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Aug 14

Since they were established, programmers and engineers have joined and left AI firms. Today, founder of xAI, Igor Babuschkin leaves xAI to launch a business focusing on 'AI safety research and backing startups in AI and agentic systems that advance humanity and unlock the mysteries of our universe'.

Igor Babuschkin's resignation post from xAI

Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Aug 14

Good luck to all students and their families on A level results day in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is one step in life's journey, not the final destination.

a frog holding a four leaf clover with the words good luck written below it

ALT: a frog holding a four leaf clover with the words good luck written below it

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Aug 13

The atrium in the UCL East building with Gaia, an artwork that shows our ‘place on this planet, and our collective need to protect it’ #GBSH

Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Aug 11

#Instagram adds more features; repost reels and share location via mapping, which is opt in and only available in the US at the moment about.fb.com/news/2025/08...

New Instagram Features to Help You Connect

We’re launching features that make it easier to connect with your friends on Instagram.

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Aug 7

Personal news! I’ve joined @uclgbsh.bsky.social as Assoc Professor in #Digital and #AI #marketing, based in the amazing new building in Stratford

Gaia an artwork in the atrium of the UCL East Marshgate building

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Jul 9

www.artscouncil.org.uk/lets-create/...

Responsible AI Practical Toolkit

Resources to help creative and cultural organisations create Responsible AI policies and practices.

www.artscouncil.org.uk

Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Jul 9

The Arts Council ‪@artscouncilengland.bsky.social‬ have created a #Responsible AI Practical Toolkit with 7 guides including creating #policy and managing AI 👉🧵

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Jul 8

Great presentation from Dr Carolyn Hunter from York University on screenwriters’ earnings in the video streaming age 👉 www.york.ac.uk/media/policy...

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Jul 8

Informative evening at the All Party Writers Group at the House of Commons.

Long queues to gain access due to the State visit as President Macron was in the building 20 minutes earlier 🖋️📚🇫🇷

Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Jun 23

Insightful session from the Applied Data & Insight Team (Cabinet Office and Government Communications Office) on Unlocking #AI's Potential in Large Organisations with
@moiranics.bsky.social which took a practice-based approach, supported by online resources
👉 www.gov.uk/government/p...

Unlocking AI's Potential in Large Organisations

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Jun 22

Delighted to meet Dr Cristina from the @openuniversity.bsky.social at a thought-provoking #education conference @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Jun 9

#AI content not yet delivering as Anthropic's Claude blog is shutdown.

techcrunch.com/2025/06/09/a...

Anthropic's AI-generated blog dies an early death | TechCrunch

Anthropic was experimenting with an AI-generated blog. TechCrunch profiled it. Then, Anthropic shut it down.

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Jun 6

UK Government Communications Services shares its 'People Factor: A #human-centred approach to scaling #AI tools' along with a toolkit for 'Mitigating Hidden AI Risks' www.gov.uk/government/p...

A human-centred approach to scaling and de-risking AI tools

These resources provide human-centred frameworks and tools to effectively scale and de-risk AI tools, considering the ‘people’ factor of technology acceptance.

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Jun 2

If you use #google workspace, its #AI app #Gemini will now automatically summarise your long emails workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2025/05/gemi...

New Gemini summary cards now available in the Gmail app on Android and iOS devices

What’s changing Last year, we announced the general availability of Gemini in the side panel of Gmail , allowing users to summarize email th...

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · Jun 1

“The pace and scope of change related to the artificial intelligence technology evolution is indeed unprecedented, as supported by the data” according to Mary Meeker www.bondcap.com/reports/tai

BOND | BOND

BOND is a global technology investment firm that supports visionary founders throughout their entire life cycle of innovation & growth.

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Dr Annmarie Hanlon @annmariehanlon.bsky.social · May 30

Are you #teaching and navigating digital marketing in the age of #AI? @sagepub.com share a blog based on an earlier webinar I delivered

Read more here 👉 www.sagepub.com/explore-our-...

Teaching Digital Marketing in the AI era

See what you missed in our recent webinar about the impact of AI on digital marketing.

www.sagepub.com

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