Elena Simperl
@elenasimperl.bsky.social
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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AI is coming to government; in many cases, it's already here. We’re embarking on a major series, looking at how #AI interacts with democratic processes, and what is needed to make that better.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
AI is coming to government; in many cases, it's already here. We’re embarking on a major series, looking at how #AI interacts with democratic processes, and what is needed to make that better.
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Three commonalities between coders and call-centre agents explain why both have a high AI adoption rate. What do they tell us about the future of other occupations?
Lessons from the frontiers of AI adoption
Why coders and call-centre agents are especially vulnerable to the technology
econ.st
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Three commonalities between coders and call-centre agents explain why both have a high AI adoption rate. What do they tell us about the future of other occupations?
Not entirely unexpected given how little we know about how automation and augmentation with AI would work best in productive environments. In my experience, this is not just a question of AI literacy, it's also about how well AI capabilities are aligned with existing practices.
Evidence is mounting that the current generation of AI models is not able to transform the productivity of most firms. Three factors could give would-be adopters pause
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Not entirely unexpected given how little we know about how automation and augmentation with AI would work best in productive environments. In my experience, this is not just a question of AI literacy, it's also about how well AI capabilities are aligned with existing practices.
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Evidence is mounting that the current generation of AI models is not able to transform the productivity of most firms. Three factors could give would-be adopters pause
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Evidence is mounting that the current generation of AI models is not able to transform the productivity of most firms. Three factors could give would-be adopters pause
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Die DFG setzt einen Impuls und schreibt den Auf- und Ausbau von #Forschungsdaten-Kooperationen zwischen Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft zur Erforschung grundlegender Fragen in den Bereichen Gesundheit und Mobilität aus. Digitale Infoveranstaltung am 14. Januar. Einzelheiten: 🔽
www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...
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Unternehmensdaten für die Forschung
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December 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Die DFG setzt einen Impuls und schreibt den Auf- und Ausbau von #Forschungsdaten-Kooperationen zwischen Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft zur Erforschung grundlegender Fragen in den Bereichen Gesundheit und Mobilität aus. Digitale Infoveranstaltung am 14. Januar. Einzelheiten: 🔽
www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...
www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...
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Have you booked for Solid World? It will include updates from the Solid Practitioners Group (PG), the Solid Community Group (CG) and the Linked Web Storage Group (LWS) & Frederik Byl (Vito) on using Solid for citizen-centric health data sharing.
Solid World: December 2025
Solid World: December 2025 - where innovation meets inspiration!
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December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Have you booked for Solid World? It will include updates from the Solid Practitioners Group (PG), the Solid Community Group (CG) and the Linked Web Storage Group (LWS) & Frederik Byl (Vito) on using Solid for citizen-centric health data sharing.
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Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy. Whether adoption is fast or slow will have profound economic consequences econ.st/44AGwch
Illustration: Timo Lenzen
Illustration: Timo Lenzen
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy. Whether adoption is fast or slow will have profound economic consequences econ.st/44AGwch
Illustration: Timo Lenzen
Illustration: Timo Lenzen
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Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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November 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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The best AI conversations don't happen in isolation.
They happen when researchers + practitioners + industry leaders are in the same room, working on shared challenges.
MLCommons Endpoints
Dec 1, San Diego (one day!)
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#Endpoints2025
They happen when researchers + practitioners + industry leaders are in the same room, working on shared challenges.
MLCommons Endpoints
Dec 1, San Diego (one day!)
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#Endpoints2025
MLCommons Endpoints
Join the MLCommons Endpoints event for a deep dive into the world of machine learning - it's going to be mind-blowing!
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November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The best AI conversations don't happen in isolation.
They happen when researchers + practitioners + industry leaders are in the same room, working on shared challenges.
MLCommons Endpoints
Dec 1, San Diego (one day!)
Registration ↓
www.eventbrite.com/e/mlcommons-...
#Endpoints2025
They happen when researchers + practitioners + industry leaders are in the same room, working on shared challenges.
MLCommons Endpoints
Dec 1, San Diego (one day!)
Registration ↓
www.eventbrite.com/e/mlcommons-...
#Endpoints2025
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Amidst all the Budget noise I didn't notice this coming out
www.gov.uk/government/n...
But thanks to the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk live blog, I didn't miss it ...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
But thanks to the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk live blog, I didn't miss it ...
AI to power national renewal as government announces billions of additional investment and new plans to boost UK businesses, jobs and innovation
A major package of new reforms and investment will put AI at heart of government’s mission to drive growth, create jobs and spread prosperity across the country.
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Amidst all the Budget noise I didn't notice this coming out
www.gov.uk/government/n...
But thanks to the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk live blog, I didn't miss it ...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
But thanks to the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk live blog, I didn't miss it ...
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Join us for the final Solid World of the year! We're delighted to welcome Frederik Byl (Vito), who will present on two innovative projects leveraging Solid technology for citizen-centric health data. Book here buff.ly/La2mqHF
#SolidWorld #SolidProject #PersonalData #ODI #HealthTech
#SolidWorld #SolidProject #PersonalData #ODI #HealthTech
Solid World: December 2025
Solid World: December 2025 - where innovation meets inspiration!
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November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Join us for the final Solid World of the year! We're delighted to welcome Frederik Byl (Vito), who will present on two innovative projects leveraging Solid technology for citizen-centric health data. Book here buff.ly/La2mqHF
#SolidWorld #SolidProject #PersonalData #ODI #HealthTech
#SolidWorld #SolidProject #PersonalData #ODI #HealthTech
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Next week is #GivingTuesday and we need your help to raise $100,000 before the end of this year! Support our large-scale response to unchecked AI development. Join us with a gift!
www.classy.org/give/313412/...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Next week is #GivingTuesday and we need your help to raise $100,000 before the end of this year! Support our large-scale response to unchecked AI development. Join us with a gift!
www.classy.org/give/313412/...
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If you're in London or the surrounding area, visit campus and enjoy our series of Xmas carol services on 9-11 December:
🎶 Christmas Carol Service at the Strand: shorturl.at/Qf4IZ
🎶 Carol Singing at Denmark Hill: shorturl.at/vBhjB
🎶 Carols by Candlelight at Guy’s: shorturl.at/gDs8r
#ForeverKings🦁
🎶 Christmas Carol Service at the Strand: shorturl.at/Qf4IZ
🎶 Carol Singing at Denmark Hill: shorturl.at/vBhjB
🎶 Carols by Candlelight at Guy’s: shorturl.at/gDs8r
#ForeverKings🦁
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
If you're in London or the surrounding area, visit campus and enjoy our series of Xmas carol services on 9-11 December:
🎶 Christmas Carol Service at the Strand: shorturl.at/Qf4IZ
🎶 Carol Singing at Denmark Hill: shorturl.at/vBhjB
🎶 Carols by Candlelight at Guy’s: shorturl.at/gDs8r
#ForeverKings🦁
🎶 Christmas Carol Service at the Strand: shorturl.at/Qf4IZ
🎶 Carol Singing at Denmark Hill: shorturl.at/vBhjB
🎶 Carols by Candlelight at Guy’s: shorturl.at/gDs8r
#ForeverKings🦁
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The 2025 Einstein Foundation Award winners are announced! “There is no other organization having this much positive impact on research quality," says NAS President Marcia McNutt, who presided over the award jury. See the winners: www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/pre... @einsteinberlin.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The 2025 Einstein Foundation Award winners are announced! “There is no other organization having this much positive impact on research quality," says NAS President Marcia McNutt, who presided over the award jury. See the winners: www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/pre... @einsteinberlin.bsky.social
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We are pleased to announce the release of the web graphs based on the crawls of September, October, and November of 2025, consisting of 235.7 million nodes and 9.5 billion edges at the host level, and 100.7 million nodes and 6.6 billion edges at the domain level.
commoncrawl.org/blog/host--a...
commoncrawl.org/blog/host--a...
Common Crawl - Blog - Host- and Domain-Level Web Graphs September, October, and November 2025
We are pleased to announce the release of the web graphs based on the crawls of September, October, and November of 2025, consisting of 235.7 million nodes and 9.5 billion edges at the host level, and...
commoncrawl.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We are pleased to announce the release of the web graphs based on the crawls of September, October, and November of 2025, consisting of 235.7 million nodes and 9.5 billion edges at the host level, and 100.7 million nodes and 6.6 billion edges at the domain level.
commoncrawl.org/blog/host--a...
commoncrawl.org/blog/host--a...
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Millions of people are affected by mental health conditions, yet progress in treatment has been slow.
The Open Psychiatry Project aims to change that with a secure platform linking genetic and clinical mental health data.
@cam.ac.uk @opentargets.org
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/a...
The Open Psychiatry Project aims to change that with a secure platform linking genetic and clinical mental health data.
@cam.ac.uk @opentargets.org
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/a...
New data initiative accelerates discovery and personalised care for mental health conditions
EMBL-EBI receives UKRI Medical Research Council (MRC) and National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funding for enhancing and translating mental-health omics data into the Open Targets Pl...
www.ebi.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Millions of people are affected by mental health conditions, yet progress in treatment has been slow.
The Open Psychiatry Project aims to change that with a secure platform linking genetic and clinical mental health data.
@cam.ac.uk @opentargets.org
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/a...
The Open Psychiatry Project aims to change that with a secure platform linking genetic and clinical mental health data.
@cam.ac.uk @opentargets.org
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/a...
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Rising token counts could be seen as a sign that the adoption of AI is soaring. But the link between them and demand is fuzzy. The link to profits is fainter still
AI tokens are surging, but are profits?
The tech world’s new favourite measure comes with several caveats
econ.st
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Rising token counts could be seen as a sign that the adoption of AI is soaring. But the link between them and demand is fuzzy. The link to profits is fainter still
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The biggest source for any DSA investigation into addictive design features might not be platforms' risk assessments, but the more than 6 million documents that are part of the pretrial discovery process in the US www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Massive Legal Siege’ Against Social Media Companies Looms
Thousands of plaintiffs’ complaints, millions of pages of internal documents and transcripts of countless hours of depositions are about to land in US courtrooms, threatening the future of the biggest...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The biggest source for any DSA investigation into addictive design features might not be platforms' risk assessments, but the more than 6 million documents that are part of the pretrial discovery process in the US www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Increasingly museums have found themselves facing the conundrum of how to guard the safety of their works in the event of a climate-related catastrophe.
1843 goes behind the scenes of curators’ decision-making processes
1843 goes behind the scenes of curators’ decision-making processes
The grab list: how museums decide what to save in a disaster
Billions of dollars’ worth of art is imperilled by climate change. Curators will have to make sacrifices
econ.st
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Increasingly museums have found themselves facing the conundrum of how to guard the safety of their works in the event of a climate-related catastrophe.
1843 goes behind the scenes of curators’ decision-making processes
1843 goes behind the scenes of curators’ decision-making processes
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🚀 We’re Hiring: Senior Project Manager (Research and Innovation Initiatives)
This role will be pivotal in delivering strategic research and innovation initiatives that will shape the future of AI across the university.
Applications close on 15 December.
🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131306-...
This role will be pivotal in delivering strategic research and innovation initiatives that will shape the future of AI across the university.
Applications close on 15 December.
🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131306-...
Senior Project Manager (Research and Innovation Initiatives) | King's College London
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November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🚀 We’re Hiring: Senior Project Manager (Research and Innovation Initiatives)
This role will be pivotal in delivering strategic research and innovation initiatives that will shape the future of AI across the university.
Applications close on 15 December.
🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131306-...
This role will be pivotal in delivering strategic research and innovation initiatives that will shape the future of AI across the university.
Applications close on 15 December.
🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131306-...
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This is something we’ve put a lot of love into.
Good, bad, or indifferent, AI is something we have to deal with. Join us for a bit more of a journey into the fundamentals of AI and some of the research we’ve done with our members and partners.
Cc @odihq.bsky.social
Good, bad, or indifferent, AI is something we have to deal with. Join us for a bit more of a journey into the fundamentals of AI and some of the research we’ve done with our members and partners.
Cc @odihq.bsky.social
Don’t miss #MLCommons Endpoints in San Diego, Dec 1–2!
Learn, connect, and shape the future of AI with top experts at Qualcomm Hall.
🗓 Dec 1–2 | 🎟 Free tickets available now!
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#AI #MachineLearning #SanDiego
Learn, connect, and shape the future of AI with top experts at Qualcomm Hall.
🗓 Dec 1–2 | 🎟 Free tickets available now!
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#AI #MachineLearning #SanDiego
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is something we’ve put a lot of love into.
Good, bad, or indifferent, AI is something we have to deal with. Join us for a bit more of a journey into the fundamentals of AI and some of the research we’ve done with our members and partners.
Cc @odihq.bsky.social
Good, bad, or indifferent, AI is something we have to deal with. Join us for a bit more of a journey into the fundamentals of AI and some of the research we’ve done with our members and partners.
Cc @odihq.bsky.social
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Better access to physical activity data can help health care teams signpost people to trusted local options – and take pressure off the NHS. Embedding data standards can help professionals recommend activities for rehabilitation, mental health, and long-term conditions. Learn more.
Data infrastructure for a healthy nation
Learn more about how better access to physical activity data can help health care teams signpost people to trusted local options – and take pressure off the NHS.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Better access to physical activity data can help health care teams signpost people to trusted local options – and take pressure off the NHS. Embedding data standards can help professionals recommend activities for rehabilitation, mental health, and long-term conditions. Learn more.
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King’s has ranked 9th in Europe and 16th globally for social and environmental sustainability in the QS World University Sustainability Rankings 2026.
This achievement reaffirms King's as one of the world’s leading universities for environmental impact.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-r...
This achievement reaffirms King's as one of the world’s leading universities for environmental impact.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-r...
King's ranks 9th in Europe and 16th globally for social and environmental sustainability | King's College London
King's has maintained its position as one of the world’s leading universities for social and environmental impact in the QS World University Sustainability Rankings 2026.
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
King’s has ranked 9th in Europe and 16th globally for social and environmental sustainability in the QS World University Sustainability Rankings 2026.
This achievement reaffirms King's as one of the world’s leading universities for environmental impact.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-r...
This achievement reaffirms King's as one of the world’s leading universities for environmental impact.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-r...
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⚠️ Closing tomorrow!
We're hiring a Senior Quantitative Researcher!
Can you turn data into creative, high-quality analysis and visualisation?
Experienced with applied quantitative methods and national survey datasets?
We'd love to hear from you.
Don't miss out - apply now 🔽
bit.ly/3LqTdzQ
We're hiring a Senior Quantitative Researcher!
Can you turn data into creative, high-quality analysis and visualisation?
Experienced with applied quantitative methods and national survey datasets?
We'd love to hear from you.
Don't miss out - apply now 🔽
bit.ly/3LqTdzQ
Octo Candidates - Application Form - Vacancy Details
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November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
⚠️ Closing tomorrow!
We're hiring a Senior Quantitative Researcher!
Can you turn data into creative, high-quality analysis and visualisation?
Experienced with applied quantitative methods and national survey datasets?
We'd love to hear from you.
Don't miss out - apply now 🔽
bit.ly/3LqTdzQ
We're hiring a Senior Quantitative Researcher!
Can you turn data into creative, high-quality analysis and visualisation?
Experienced with applied quantitative methods and national survey datasets?
We'd love to hear from you.
Don't miss out - apply now 🔽
bit.ly/3LqTdzQ
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Can you help us make volunteering opportunities easier to find and share? Join our hackathon to test and explore how open data can connect more people with opportunities to help. 3–4 December 2025, find out more
Open Data Infrastructure for Volunteering Hackathon.
Join us to help make volunteering opportunities easier to find and share
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November 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Can you help us make volunteering opportunities easier to find and share? Join our hackathon to test and explore how open data can connect more people with opportunities to help. 3–4 December 2025, find out more