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Susan Oman @suoman.bsky.social · 13d

Delighted to be honoured with this award. Read more about us and the project, here - covered by @sheffielduni.bsky.social sheffield.ac.uk/news/univers...

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Connected by Data @connectedbydata.org · 22d

🪧 Data & AI public engagement community of practice. On Wed 8 Oct 2pm we will be joined by @gileslane.bsky.social @raeng.org.uk on their People's AI Stewardship Summits & Anna Beckett on evaluating @civicdatacoop.bsky.social Residents’ Assembly.

🔗 Register at connectedbydata.org/events/2025...

Data and AI public engagement: Community of Practice

On Wednesday 8 October 2025 at 2pm we will hold the twelfth meeting of a community of practice as part of our project on Giving communities a powerful say in public sector data and AI projects.

connectedbydata.org

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Susan Oman @suoman.bsky.social · Aug 20

A real delight to be involved in today's @bbcaccessall.bsky.social about Sarah and her family.
I don't often get to comment on the positive impacts of AI!
TEXT: lnkd.in/eCYynpYH
PODCAST: lnkd.in/e-WyQywZ

Image of Sarah who has MND and a new AI voice that sounds like her, captured from a fragment of audio in an old family video

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The University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social · Aug 7

Did you catch @suoman.bsky.social on the news last night talking about AI MPs?! Head to 11:44 to catch up: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Dr Susan Oman on BBC Look North, screenshot of her on BBC sofa with the text of Dr Susan Oman, Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield, BBC Look North

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Susan Oman @suoman.bsky.social · Aug 6

I spoke to BBC news yesterday - this time about an MP who has commissioned a bot of himself to speak with constituents. I outlined issues as I saw them. Some of which are reported here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mark Sewards becomes first MP to create himself as an AI bot

Mark Sewards MP says the chatbot version of himself will allow people to ask for help with local issues.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · Jun 28

The recording of our webinar with @cianooo.bsky.social and @suoman.bsky.social right here... www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoGu... @stsucl.bsky.social

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Centre for Machine Intelligence @shefcmi.bsky.social · Jun 17

Our CMI Theme Lead for AI & Inequality, Dr. Susan Oman, was on BBC Radio 5 Live's Wake Up to Money this morning with Sean Farrington, discussing the ethics of AI in recruitment! Listen from 43:30: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#AI #Ethics #Recruitment #CMI @suoman.bsky.social

Wake Up to Money - Let's make a deal - BBC Sounds

Sean Farrington has the latest as the UK and US sign their tariff deal at the G7 Summit.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Connected by Data @connectedbydata.org · Jun 13

During their work with
@digitalgoodnet.bsky.social‬'s PVAI programme the People's Advisory Panel were particularly animated (pun intended!) about the work @suoman.bsky.social‬ was doing with artist Kitty McEwan.

Let's Talk About AI - a webtoon - has now launched!
🔗 digitalgood.net/dg-outputs/...

- ESRC Digital Good Network

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Susan Oman @suoman.bsky.social · Jun 11

Let's Talk About AI launched yesterday
Our webtoon on evidence and inclusion in AI discussions digitalgood.net/dg-outputs/t...

Govt commitment to a technical upskilling approach to AI literacy is inadequate.
The webtoon is our commitment to nurturing broader understanding of AI - for EVERYONE.

- ESRC Digital Good Network

digitalgood.net

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Susan Oman @suoman.bsky.social · Jun 10

Yes, I think that partially explains some of what's going on. Do join us later to see what Jack and Cian say, though. These are their survey findings. I also think a recording will be made available afterwards

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Susan Oman @suoman.bsky.social · Jun 10

Hi Brigitte, would you like to elaborate? I think the answer is almost certainly yes, but want to be sure I understand the question. :)

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Susan Oman @suoman.bsky.social · Jun 9

TOMORROW - hear what @jackstilgoe.bsky.social & @cianooo.bsky.social from a survey of 4.5k AI researcher. Hear what I found reviewing 320 pieces of international evidence.
ALSO - the public launch of the Let's Talk About AI webtoon 😍 by Kitty McEwan

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · May 31

This week on Wonkhe: As universities are again urged to provide support to struggling students, Jim Dickinson reviews the evidence - and finds our system of rapid graduate production a key potential cause of pressure and harm

Our drop-out and pace miracle is harming students’ health and learning

As universities are again urged to provide support to struggling students, Jim Dickinson reviews the evidence - and finds our system of rapid graduate production a key potential cause of pressure and...

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Centre for Machine Intelligence @shefcmi.bsky.social · May 28

🎙️ Dr @suoman.bsky.social joined BBC Radio Wales to talk AI, art, power & public engagement — featuring #ConstantWashingMachine, Public Voices in AI & broader work at @shefcmi.bsky.social.

🎧 Listen now: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#AI #CMI #ResponsibleAI #PublicEngagement #FRAIM

Science Cafe - Responding to AI - BBC Sounds

Adam Walton explores UK research on artificial intelligence.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Susan Oman @suoman.bsky.social · May 27

While I was in the MRI tube this eve, I was on the radio: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/..., reflecting on the meaning, power and politics of AI, and using art to communicate AI to people

I also talked about Blast Theory's #ConstantWashingMachine - curated by @hannahredlerhawes.bsky.social

Science Cafe - Responding to AI - BBC Sounds

Adam Walton explores UK research on artificial intelligence.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Susan Oman @suoman.bsky.social · May 17

Join us to hear about what we found from studying AI researchers and what they say about public reception of AI. Findings from @jackstilgoe.bsky.social/ @cianooo.bsky.social's survey of 4.5k AI experts and the review I led of 320 pieces of international evidence.

ESRC Digital Good Network @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social · May 15

As part of the Public Voices in AI webinar series, Jack Stilgoe, Cian O'Donovan and Susan Oman will be presenting their research on what experts think and what the evidence says when it comes to public opinion on AI.

📅 : 10 Jun 2025 16:00, online

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-voi...

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Apr 11

tbh, the AI industry is full of fraud, and fraudsters like this
techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/f...

Nate said its app’s users could buy from any e-commerce site with a single click, thanks to AI. In reality, however, Nate relied heavily on hundreds of human contractors in a call center in the Philippines to manually complete those purchases, the DOJ’s Southern District of New York alleges.

Saniger raised millions in venture funding by claiming that Nate was able to transact online “without human intervention,” except for edge cases where the AI failed to complete a transaction. But despite Nate acquiring some AI technology and hiring data scientists, its app’s actual automation rate was effectively 0%, the DOJ claims.

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Connected by Data @connectedbydata.org · Apr 1

🗣️ Registration is open for the next session for those interested in public engagement in data & AI.

Speakers from @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social will be talking about outputs from the Public Voices in AI project.

💻 Zoom
🗓️ Wed 9 Apr, 2-3:15pm GMT
🎟️ Free, register: connectedbydata.org/events/2025-...

Data and AI public engagement: Community of Practice

On Wednesday 12 March 2025 at 2pm we will hold the sixth meeting of a community of practice as part of our project on Giving communities a powerful say in public sector data and AI projects.

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · Apr 2

The five co-authors of this report on copyright, AI and the arts are all from the science and technology sectors. Not one artist or creator among them.

Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · Apr 2

Full report: institute.global/insights/tec...

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Rebooting Copyright: How the UK Can Be a Global Leader in the Arts and AI

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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · Mar 27

“Utopian or dystopian, both forms of AI hype are united in one sense: they respond to the only vision of a future anybody is offering at all.”

Future Fatigue: How Hype has Replaced Hope in the 21st Century | TechPolicy.Press

To resist AI hype, we must not reassert the fiction that we could “return” to a functional democracy, writes Eryk Salvaggio.

www.techpolicy.press

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Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social · Mar 25

📣 72% of the UK public say laws and regulations would increase their comfort with AI. This is an increase from 62% in 2022/23.

Explore the findings from the second wave of our nationally representative survey in partnership with the Alan Turing Institute: attitudestoai.uk

Home

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Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social · Mar 26

Closing the gap between policy ambition and publics’ views of AI is important, so that technology development aligns with public expectations.

Our deliberative engagement with diverse communities looked at ‘public good’ and its relationship to AI.

www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/ai-pu...

Making good

Insights on AI and public good from diverse UK communities

www.adalovelaceinstitute.org

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Data controversies, James Stewart @datacontroversies.bsky.social · Mar 12

US communications regulator to create council to counter China technology threats - on.ft.com/3Fjxy9B via @financialtimes.com

US communications regulator to create council to counter China technology threats

Move comes as FCC’s remit has broadened in face of hostile acts by Beijing

on.ft.com

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · Mar 5

If you are doing/contemplating research about loneliness amongst older people, read our article exploring ethical issues whilst interviewing older people about loneliness. We wrote the paper we wished we had read before we started our interviews about loneliness! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Ethical issues when interviewing older people about loneliness: reflections and recommendations for an effective methodological approach | Ageing & Society | Cambridge Core

Ethical issues when interviewing older people about loneliness: reflections and recommendations for an effective methodological approach - Volume 44 Issue 7

www.cambridge.org

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Connected by Data @connectedbydata.org · Mar 3

Are you working with communities concerned about public sector uses of data, digital & AI? Do they want to make their voices heard?

We're hosting an unconference, with @dxw.com, @projectsbyif.bsky.social and @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social in London on 20 March.
connectedbydata.org/events/2025...

Engaging people on data and AI: An unconference on giving people and communities a powerful say on public sector technologies

Unconferences are participant-driven meetups that focus on sharing, learning and community building. This unconference is for people (particularly inside the public sector) who are interested in ensuring that public, community and worker voices are heard in decisions about data, digital and AI.

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