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SUMMARY:'Responsible AI Futures' Hybrid Seminar - Dr Denis Newman-Griffis
DESCRIPTION:Responsible AI takes practice: Cross-sector insights into how we shape responsible use of AI methodologies\n\n\nEvery organisation seems to be staking a claim to responsible AI\, issuing new statements of ethical principles for AI to follow\, but what does it look like to actually do responsible AI in practice? This gap is one of the biggest challenges meaning that responsible AI too often stays as a talking point\, and too rarely becomes an action plan. This talk will present emerging findings from the past two years of research in the  Framing Responsible AI Implementation and Management (FRAIM) and Getting responsible about AI and machine learning in research funding and evaluation (GRAIL) responsible AI projects\, funded by BRAID and the Research on Research Institute. These projects are building shared knowledge of what is involved in putting responsible AI into everyday practice and how to do it effectively\, working in coproduction with nearly 20 partner organisations around the world. I will also highlight the emerging role of AI skills and competencies in bringing responsible AI practice forward in research and education. \n\n\n\n\nBio\nDenis Newman-Griffis (they/them) is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and AI for Health Lead in the Centre for Machine Intelligence\, University of Sheffield. Their work is an interdisciplinary blend of natural language processing\, investigates responsible AI principles\, practices\, and technologies\, with a particular focus on healthcare and disability. They are also a British Academy Innovation Fellow\, a Research Fellow of the Research on Research Institute\, and Co-Chair of the UK Young Academy\, and their research has been recognised with the American Medical Informatics Association’s Doctoral Dissertation Award. Denis is a proudly queer and neurodivergent academic and committed to fostering diversity of identity\, perspective\, and experience around the AI table. \n\n\n\n\nWatch the recording here:\n \n  \n 
URL:https://braiduk.org/event/responsible-ai-futures-hybrid-seminar-dr-denis-newman-griffis
LOCATION:Inspace\, Inspace\, 1 Crichton Street\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9AB\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9AB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:‘Responsible AI Futures’ Hybrid Seminar – Prof Andrew McStay
DESCRIPTION:Empathic AI companions: moving fast and breaking people?\nThis talk examines the ethical challenges and societal implications of empathic AI companions\, drawing on UK public attitudes and civil lawsuits against Character.ai. The lawsuit highlights critical design flaws\, inadequate safeguards\, and ethical dilemmas\, especially the blurred boundaries between reality and fiction. Survey findings reveal demographic divides in familiarity and usage\, but also shared concerns about privacy\, emotional dependency\, and the appropriateness of AI companions for children and older adults. While respondents recognise benefits such as reducing loneliness and aiding education\, anthropomorphic design elements evoke mixed reactions\, raising ethical questions about simulated emotion and inappropriate user deception. The talk advocates for age-appropriate design and stronger regulatory frameworks\, emphasising the need for balanced policies to protect vulnerable populations while fostering creativity and responsible innovation. Actionable recommendations aim to guide policymakers\, industry leaders\, and scholars in addressing the ethical complexities of this emerging digital technology. \n\n\n\n\nBio\nAndrew McStay is Professor of Technology & Society at Bangor University and the author of Automating Empathy: Decoding Technologies that Gauge Intimate Life\, published open access in 2024 with Oxford University Press. His work explores the ethical implications of AI systems claimed empathise and understand emotion. Director of the Emotional AI Lab\, his current projects include Responsible AI (RAI) funded work to diversify regional input into IEEE-based ethical technical standards for emulated empathy and human-AI partnering (IEEE P7014.1). Other recent work includes a project for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on child-focused emotional AI systems. He is also a technology advisory panel member for the UK’s Information Commissioners’ Office. \n\n\n\n\nWatch the recording here:
URL:https://braiduk.org/event/responsible-ai-futures-hybrid-seminar-prof-andrew-mcstay
LOCATION:Inspace\, Inspace\, 1 Crichton Street\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9AB\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9AB\, United Kingdom
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