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"In 2024 the focus on AI won't just be on what it can do, but on how humans can control it." The Economist film looks at the big issues in 2024 and why bias and discrimination are the real AI risks right now. With PLP's Mia Leslie & Tom Standage economist.com/films/2023/12/…

I spoke to The Economist for their 'World Ahead 2024' video about our work at Public Law Project, the opaque use of AI in decision-making by government and concerns of bias and discrimination. youtu.be/sjvsQgxJhJU

How is AI already changing the legal landscape? 🤖 If you're a researcher or legal practitioner interested in challenging public authorities over unfair use of AI, join us and Garden Ct - Public Law for a half day event on 'The Harm Behind the Hype' ⬇️ bit.ly/3NzVS8E

"The increasing use of automated decision-making raises implications for responsibility & liability." PLP researcher Mia Leslie contributed to a POST (UK Parliament) briefing about the policy implications of AI & automation. Read our concerns here👇 researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/POST…

Last week, the most senior civil servant in the #DWP told MPs that he “really hopes” DWP’s growing use of machine learning will not replicate the issues of #Horizon – the technology behind the Post Office Scandal

A fantastic panel with Policy Connect today in the House of Lords on the future of public sector use of data and automation. Thanks to speakers from ICO - Information Commissioner's Office, Ada Lovelace Institute, AWO, Accenture as well as Daniel Zeichner Chris Holmes and Lord Clement-Jones

Policy Connect and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Data Analytics recently partnered with the Public Law Project for a panel event on the ‘Public Use of AI’. Chaired by Lord Clement-Jones, the session considered the future of public sector use of #Data and #Automation. policyconnect.org.uk/news/public-us…

📣WE ARE LIVE📣 🤖Rise of the Robots: The Harm Behind the Hype🤖 How is Automated Decision Making & Artificial Intelligence being used in decision making by public authorities? And how do we challenge AI use & decisions? We will be discussing all this & more! Public Law Project

Today, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology published their response to a consultation on AI regulation. We’re pleased that as part of this response, all Government departments will be required to use the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard, like PLP has advised 🧵 gov.uk/government/con…

These anti-protest amendments aren't just a threat to individual rights - the way they were smuggled in, after being voted down just months earlier, completely undermines the role of Parliament. PLP is proud to be intervening in this vitally important case today ⬇️

BREAKING: 42 organisations, including Big Brother Watch & PLP, are urging ministers to scrap "punitive mass surveillance" of the bank accounts of millions of people. “As the Horizon scandal shows, reliance on automation carries a high risk of harm" - Shameem Ahmad, CEO of PLP

If the Government's use of AI led to a scandal like #Horizon, would anyone be able to seek redress? "Transparency around the use of ADM in public decision-making should be led by those operating it, to prevent harm occurring in the first place," writes PLP's Mia Leslie ✍️

BREAKING 🚨 30+ civil society groups urge Michelle Donelan to introduce a legal duty making the Government's use of AI transparent. #AITransparencyNow "Given the stakes, government must take this opportunity and act now,” says PLP's CEO Shameem Ahmad bit.ly/48W3wSr

"Many of the areas where AI and automation are being used, such as immigration and welfare, relate to situations where there is a stark power imbalance." PLP's Mia Leslie on the potential consequences of the UK Government using AI without transparency ✍️

Very happy to have supported the development of a Tracking Automated Government register in Canada, based on our own register of algorithms used by the UK government. "We would like to thank PLP, particularly researcher Mia Leslie for working with us." tagcanada.shinyapps.io/register/

First blog in my new role at Institute for the Future of Work - what announcements and commitments were made at the Seoul AI Summit and has the future of work been confirmed as a focal point for France? ⬇️

How will the next government protect digital rights in the age of AI? Find out at our hustings, chaired by Timandra Harkness with Jonathan Camrose, Lord Clement-Jones & Jack Lenox 🌍. The Labour Party speaker TBC 👀 🗓️ 25 June 🕗 8–9.30pm 📍 Zoom Sign up ➡️ us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

This morning we are thrilled to be launching an Open Call for our Responsible #AI Sandbox – pioneering AI governance that supports #GoodWork. This is the first Civil Society-led Sandbox and gives firms a chance to work with us to get AI deployment right. ifow.org/sandbox

How are people’s rights impacted by the use of AI and automated decision making, and can public law protect us? PLP's Caroline Selman speaks to Isabel Buchanan Blackstone Chambers, Tim Buley KC Landmark Chambers, and Mia Leslie #JRTrends24