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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8d

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.

As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.

At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone.

We will not let hate or those who spread it win.

We stand with you.

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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · 25d

The paperback edition of my book came out this month! If you haven't picked up a copy yet, listen to @jasonfurman.bsky.social who called it “a unique, evidence-based contribution to the AI debate that is currently overly dominated by the extreme alternatives of doomerism and blind optimism.”

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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · Sep 6

This bit is so true for AI.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Sep 5

"In a landmark settlement, Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence company, has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to a group of authors and publishers after a judge ruled it had illegally downloaded and stored millions of copyrighted books."

Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors

www.nytimes.com

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Justin Cary @justinrcary.bsky.social · Sep 3

I will be buying this!! (Even tho I already have and adore the hardback!) everyone else should too!! Looking forward to the new preface!! Thank you!! 🙏

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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨 The paperback version of my book is out this week! With a new preface from me where I reflect on the past couple of years in AI.

If you haven’t got a copy already this is the perfect time to buy!

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Sep 3

Now in #paperback with a new foreword by the author, AI Needs You by @verityharding.bsky.social is a humanist manifesto for the age of #AI.

Learn more about this timely and important book: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own by Verity Harding

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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · Aug 9

The Times is doing important coverage of the anniversary of the terrible Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings.

I researched this for my book and came away more convinced than ever that the casual way people compare AI to the atomic bomb is not just wrong but deeply disrespectful.

Do follow Jack for more.

Jack Blackburn @hackblackburn.bsky.social · Aug 9

In Nagasaki, refugees are already streaming away from the place which, 90 minutes ago, was the age-old home.

One witness describes the scene as “unforgivable”

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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · Aug 3

“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.”

— Richard Feynman, quoted in @adamhigginbotham.bsky.social’s incredible book about the Challenger space shuttle disaster.

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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · Jul 29

Late to this, but it’s a great piece from Stephen on the comparisons between the NYC subway and the Internet 👇

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Jul 29

One reason why I keep banging the drum of 'maybe AI and fraud will kill, or at least curtail the Internet' is I am sceptical that nation-states can solve this problem:

What the New York subway tells us about the future of the internet

Crime, divided leadership and problematic innovation could all hold back its potential

www.ft.com

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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · Jul 21

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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · Jul 15

This is a v good piece by @davidautor.bsky.social who has done consistently interesting work on AI over the past decade+—not just jumping on a bandwagon. It avoids the usual hysteria about China and makes a calm and pragmatic argument for the way forward. Directed at the US but useful for UK too.

Opinion | We Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be Worse.

www.nytimes.com

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · Jul 9

xAI is supposedly worth $80 billion. It was loaned $10 billion at that valuation in the last few months.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Jul 9

If you're wondering what happened with Grok overnight, it ended up referring to itself as MechaHitler before being switched off.

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Aleks Turobov, PhD @alturobov.bsky.social · Jul 4

While Washington and Beijing race for AI supremacy, Southeast Asia is turning the art of governance into a source of geopolitical power.
New AIxGEO analysis, led by @verityharding.bsky.social, reveals how ASEAN has transformed the bloc into a pivotal force in global AI policy.
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Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk · Jul 1

✨NEW BLOG✨ As the US & China battle for AI dominance,
@alturobov.bsky.social examines how ASEAN is executing a patient & collaborative grand strategy that is transforming Southeast Asia into a pivotal force in international AI policy.

➡️ www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/aseans-...

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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · Jul 7

While the US & China race for AI supremacy, ASEAN is quietly offering a radical alternative: governance as power.

A must-read new piece from AIxGEO, my research group at Cambridge, on Southeast Asia’s approach of collaboration, not competition, as forming the basis of AI power.

Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk · Jul 1

✨NEW BLOG✨ As the US & China battle for AI dominance,
@alturobov.bsky.social examines how ASEAN is executing a patient & collaborative grand strategy that is transforming Southeast Asia into a pivotal force in international AI policy.

➡️ www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/aseans-...

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Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk · Jun 26

🧵1/ Artificial Intelligence could transform UK public services — but it must be introduced responsibly to avoid damaging public trust, experts warn.

A new report by @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & Wendy Hall calls for urgent action. 👇

www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/publications...

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JennyLDavis @jenny-l-davis.bsky.social · Jun 18

New Essay w/ Hayoung Seo: "It's Not Optimal"
On the value of human excess in an age of AI

Joint Review of:
1 Co-Intelligence @emollick.bsky.social
2 The Last Human Job @allisonpugh.bsky.social
3 AI Needs You @verityharding.bsky.social
4 The Importance of Being Educable by Leslie Valiant

Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · Jun 17

“There is virtue in the good enough, value in frivolities, and diminishing returns on perfection.”

These are the lessons of four new books on AI, @jenny-l-davis.bsky.social‬ and Hayoung Seo write:

It’s Not Optimal

Four books about a new age of AI tell stories of sluggish processes, ambiguous outcomes, emotionally charged issues, and generous margins for error.

www.publicbooks.org

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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · May 30

Tomorrow is the last day of the 50% off sale at Princeton University Press -- why not stock up for some summer reading, including on a positive and practical vision for the future devoid of fear-mongering and hype (if I do say so myself!)

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Apr 29

In AI Needs You, @verityharding.bsky.social gives us hope that we, the people, can imbue #AI with a deep intentionality that reflects our best values, ideals, & interests, & that serves the public good.

Save 50% on the print, ebook, and audiobook w/ code BLOOM50: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

"Essential reading for anybody keen to ensure the transformative power of AI is directed to the common good." -Diane Coyle, The Enlightened Economist

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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · May 22

This time last year I was on stage at the wonderful @hayfestival.bsky.social being interviewed by @jonniepenn.bsky.social about (what was then) my new book “AI Needs You”. It was a dream to be there and to be the third best- selling book of the day! Good luck to all authors going this year 📚

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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · May 22

This time last year I was on stage at the wonderful @hayfestival.bsky.social being interviewed by @jonniepenn.bsky.social about (what was then) my new book “AI Needs You”. It was a dream to be there and to be the third best- selling book of the day! Good luck to all authors going this year 📚

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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · May 15

In his thread Suresh lists important bills that will fail if the US moratorium on AI regulation passes. I’m against excessive regulation too, but history shows that introducing tightly scoped limits on emerging tech can actually increase trust and growth in the long run, so a ban is self-defeating

Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · May 15

A powerful and important thread from a former White House tech policy leader

Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · May 13

There's a lot of chatter around the proposal being inserted into a budget bill that would put a moratorium on any AI legislation being passed by the states for the next 10 years. I thought I'd say a bit about why this is an absolutely disastrous move.

www.404media.co/republicans-... 1/n

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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · May 12

Aleks’ latest research is a much needed correction to the endless US vs China vs Europe narrative in AI. APEC—worth 62% of global GDP—has its own fascinating, pragmatic approach. This shows how the AI arms race narrative distorts our understanding of what will actually influence the future of AI.

Aleks Turobov, PhD @alturobov.bsky.social · May 12

APEC economies offer pragmatic alternatives to Western-dominated frameworks. Our AIxGEO project, led by @verityharding.bsky.social, reveals how Asia-Pacific's focus on practical implementation provides crucial perspectives for more complex AI policy.

Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk · May 8

In a new blog, @alturobov.bsky.social explores how APEC's diverse economies have forged a practical AI governance model to build more resilient frameworks across varied political & development contexts.

www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/beyond-...

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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · May 12

Aleks’ latest research is a much needed correction to the endless US vs China vs Europe narrative in AI. APEC—worth 62% of global GDP—has its own fascinating, pragmatic approach. This shows how the AI arms race narrative distorts our understanding of what will actually influence the future of AI.

Aleks Turobov, PhD @alturobov.bsky.social · May 12

APEC economies offer pragmatic alternatives to Western-dominated frameworks. Our AIxGEO project, led by @verityharding.bsky.social, reveals how Asia-Pacific's focus on practical implementation provides crucial perspectives for more complex AI policy.

Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk · May 8

In a new blog, @alturobov.bsky.social explores how APEC's diverse economies have forged a practical AI governance model to build more resilient frameworks across varied political & development contexts.

www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/beyond-...

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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · May 12

New post from my AI & Geopolitics Project!

While most discourse is dominated by US vs EU vs China — APEC, worth 62% global GDP, is quietly moving ahead with pragmatic AI governance and collaboration.

Great work and research from @alturobov.bsky.social

Beyond western paradigms: APEC's pragmatic alternative to AI governance - Bennett Institute for Public Policy

As Western powers debate universal AI regulation, the diverse economies of APEC have forged a distinctly practical governance model - by balancing regional coordination with practical deployment and n...

www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk

Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · May 12

Do read this excellent piece from @alturobov.bsky.social, research lead at AI & Geopolitics, my research group at Cambridge. What Aleks brilliantly shows is that while many Western countries are stuck arguing about AI nationalism, APEC nations have built a pragmatic and diverse governance model

Beyond western paradigms: APEC's pragmatic alternative to AI governance - Bennett Institute for Public Policy

As Western powers debate universal AI regulation, the diverse economies of APEC have forged a distinctly practical governance model - by balancing regional coordination with practical deployment and n...

www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk

Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · Apr 29

Heads up!

Princeton Uni Press has an incredible sale on at the moment. A whopping 50% of my book, and many other amazing ones too. Check out their website below for more.

And thank you to @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social for this wonderful review!

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Apr 29

In AI Needs You, @verityharding.bsky.social gives us hope that we, the people, can imbue #AI with a deep intentionality that reflects our best values, ideals, & interests, & that serves the public good.

Save 50% on the print, ebook, and audiobook w/ code BLOOM50: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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