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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · 12h

UK #AI adoption continues to grow, with 24% of businesses now saying they are using specific AI tools (up from 15% a year ago). Broadly, adoption (Y-axis) mirrors estimates of AI's ability to automate or augment tasks (X-axis) within the occupations typical for each sector. #dataisbeautiful

Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · 3d

No wonder we feel poorer, and government finances are weaker, that early 2000's.

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · 9d

Pleased to have contributed to this timely, and thoughtful, article, by @barneymac.bsky.social at The Observer, on #AI and graduate #jobs. I agree with the main take: the broader economy is a bigger cause of young people's job challenges than AI. #dataisbeautiful

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Yes, today’s jobs market is tough for graduates – but AI ...

Figures show that while competition is tight, it’s the economy not tech that is the cause

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · 15d

#AI has a trust problem. Luckily for those wanting to use it to power services, no-one has a solid definition of #AI. So, if you need to, just call it "software". Interesting ONS survey results here: bit.ly/3VyJgSK

Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · 16d

What do you use #ChatGPT for? Work, life, both? Do you conform to your age/sex/job stereotype? What uses are you missing out on? I'm a heavy user, but how do people use it for "Greetings and chitchat"? Do enlighten me. Absolutely fascinating paper: bit.ly/4neZ9dn
#dataisbeautiful

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · 18d

Knew it! A fascinating, balanced, read. "The big picture is that the benefits of sunlight outweigh the risks—provided you don’t get sunburnt.” [I wish they'd said more about benefits of sun even if you are wearing SPF50 -- does it still count/help? Helps my mood, for sure!]

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The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of skin cancer

More sun might improve your heart and immune system. Just don’t get sunburnt

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · 19d

Enjoyed the wide-ranging (if early!) conversation with @felicityhannah.bsky.social, Lucy Coutts, and Michelle Laithwaite on BBC #WakeUpToMoney. Is the £150bn to be invested in the UK by US tech firms a big deal? I think we all agreed it was material and positive.

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Wake Up to Money - Like a breeze - BBC Sounds

With President Trump's visit over, Felicity Hannah unpicks a flurry of CEOs and deals.

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · 19d

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Productivity and Responsible AI in Adult Social Care - The Productivity Institute

This paper examines how AI can be responsibly harnessed to enhance productivity in England’s adult social care sector.

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · 19d

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An Old Challenge in the New Era: How the Public Sector Can Benefit from the Age of AI - The Productivity Institute

The primary barrier to successfully leveraging AI is not the technology, but a persistent lack of capabilities within public sector organisations and the wider innovation ecosystem.

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · 19d

Wow, #NHS (and social care) #productivity has never been more important, as shown here by @theifs.bsky.social report bit.ly/4mhSzkN. A couple of good papers on this by @productivity.bsky.social, in comments. #NHSProductivityCommission #dataisbeautiful

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · 21d

Pleased to have contributed to this article on the cooling #labour #market (more complex than headlines about #AI or #vacancies suggest). Quit rates are down from around 1.3% to 0.8%, similar to pre-pandemic. Employers need to watch out for "quiet quitting" (see: bit.ly/3SUSrv3).

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Workers cling to their jobs as ‘great resignation’ goes into reverse

Redundancy fears and rising competition for roles are killing off job-hopping

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · 22d

Should the BoE remain worried about still-high #wage #growth in the UK? Probably yes. But there is some good news (from an #inflation perspective): wages are moderating relatively strongly particularly in consumer-facing sectors that tend to drive inflation more. #dataisbeautiful

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · 23d

Pleased to see that monthly #GDP got almost no coverage on Friday. Way more interesting are the long-term trends in, e.g., the sectoral statistics. This chart is one (important) illustration, when talking about things like #growth and #industrial strategy... #dataisbeautiful

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · Sep 7

Read a slightly longer set of reflections here: www.linkedin.com/posts/teraal...

#ai #ai #dataisbeautiful #ai #ai | Tera Allas CBE

Fascinating report / sales pitch from Google on where #AI / agents are delivering ROI. 70% of executives claim they are seeing productivity improvements from #AI. How come we see nothing in national p...

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · Sep 7

Fascinating report / sales pitch from Google on where #AI / agents are delivering ROI. 70% of executives claim they are seeing productivity improvements from #AI. How come we see nothing in national productivity stats? Aka 'read with caution'. #dataisbeautiful bit.ly/3JS3eFq

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · Sep 5

Great data, great chart! Good to know we have such data and analysis available!

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · Sep 5

Fascinating

Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · Sep 4

Fascinating how little attention this data is getting: direct debit failure rates seem to be rising persistently, across all categories of payment. Is this a signal of increasing household financial distress or not really indicative of the big picture? Thoughts? #dataisbeautiful

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · Sep 4

Really enjoyed joining #WakeUpToMoney with Will Bain, Rachel Carrel, and Sunil Krishnan. Does the late budget date mean a) interminable speculation or b) careful preparation? And how can the Chx make the budget pro #growth while still balancing the books? Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Wake Up to Money - Autumn Reeves - BBC Sounds

Will Bain assesses the impact a late Autumn budget will have on business and the economy.

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · Sep 2

Let's remember that the story on #AI taking young graduates' jobs is a lot more nuanced. Latest job ads data actually suggests a recovery across the board but, yes, slightly less so for typical young, graduate occupations. [Could be seasonality, too.] #dataisbeautiful

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thank you for a wonderfully insightful piece, @hetanshah.bsky.social! I'm unapologetically going to use it, though, to advance one, simple idea: we must measure life satisfaction in the next Census. It is literally 1 (or max 4) questions. What a missed opportunity in 2021/22.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Sep 1

‘Let us not risk getting trapped in the last war.’ My piece for @pbe.co.uk on why the wellbeing v GDP framing has run out of road
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Beyond ‘beyond GDP’ | PBE

By Hetan Shah I was involved in some of the calls for improved measurement of wellbeing in the early 2000s. Two decades on, sometimes the debate feels like it has not moved on sufficiently from those ...

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · Aug 29

The biggest driver of the cost of living crisis has been housing and utilities costs. Intriguingly, these have increased most for the lowest and highest income deciles (U-shaped curve). Electricity and gas big for the lowest decile, mortgage interest for the highest. #dataisbeautiful

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Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thank you! Very useful.

Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social · Aug 27

Out of interest, which data does this use? [E.g., is that H1 2025 vs H1 2024, or something else? And source OECD?]

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