Tag: Artificial Intelligence
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We need better conversations on AI and the environment
AI is not one thing. Neither is its environmental impact. We need to keep our eyes, our debates, and our policymaking focused on the problems we’re trying to solve. On the outcomes we’re trying to achieve and the society we want to build. AI can be machine learning, Grok, or basic (mislabelled) data analytics and…
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Who Holds the Power? AI, Data and Democracy
At our fringe meeting at the Autumn 2026 Liberal Democrat Conference in Brighton, 19/9/26, we held a panel event. The UK faces a growing imbalance between dominant US tech firms (increasingly aligned with an illiberal US administration) and rapid, illiberal AI development in China. We explored how Britain can build digital sovereignty while staying an…
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Explaining the Different Types of “AI”
“Artificial Intelligence” (AI) as a term can cover a range of different computing techniques that have quite different uses, benefits and risks. Since 2023, when someone refers to “AI”, they are probably referring to the much-discussed chat tools, known as “generative AI” or “AI Assistants” (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Llama, Claude, or DeepSeek, or…