What are immersive technologies?
This explainer covers virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) and immersive virtual worlds (IVWs).
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A learning curve?
A Iandscape review of AI and education in the UK
The Ada Lovelace Institute is an independent research institute, funded by the Nuffield Foundation
Our core belief is that the benefits of data and AI must be justly and equitably distributed, and must enhance individual and social wellbeing.
From the Ada blog
Learning and teaching with AI
A call for a rights-respecting approach
A piece of the action
The questions we’re asking ahead of the AI Action Summit
Friends for sale: the rise and risks of AI companions
What are the possible long-term effects of AI companions on individuals and society?
Modelling access-to-data frameworks in the UK
What policymakers can learn from data sharing practice to enable research into online harms
Who we work with
Ensuring that data and AI work for people and society is an immense task and not one we can achieve alone.
To achieve this positive vision we need to engage, collaborate, share knowledge and develop new thinking with everyone involved in creating, implementing, governing and regulating technologies – as well as people who are affected by them.
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Upcoming and recent events
The UK’s industrial approach to AI – what’s next?
Join the Ada Lovelace Institute as we make sense of the current AI policy landscape and debate the way forward for the UK's industrial approach to AI.
Predicting: The future of health?
Assessing the potential, risks and appropriate role of AI-powered genomic health prediction in the UK health system
Tackling health and social inequalities in data-driven systems
The event follows a three-year long programme of research, conducted in partnership with The Health Foundation.