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Advanced AI video generation may lead to a new era of dangerous deepfakes
What safeguards should be put in place to ensure people can control their image and likeness?

The case for a local government AI taskforce
Collaborating across local and central government to use procurement as a lever for change

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

The Ada Lovelace Institute in 2024
Reflections from the last year and a look ahead to 2025 from Ada’s Director Gaia Marcus

More data on AI’s climate impact won’t save us from inaction
Why solving data problems isn’t enough to tackle the climate crisis

Now you are speaking my language: why minoritised LLMs matter
How to ensure AI systems in 'low-resource' languages thrive

How people could shape the future of AI in Kenya
Using public participation to develop AI governance and literacy

AI assistants
Helpful or full of hype?

Beyond disinformation and deepfakes
Tracking the broader uses of AI during election campaigns