When I wrote here about AI reward hacking at the start of August, OpenAI had published a short postmortem and the story looked reasonably contained. Since then OpenAI has released …
Plug this in to your 2030 strategy
On 15 June the Government Office for Science published its updated set of AI scenarios for 2030. It is the most senior independent attempt the UK has made to describe …
What is AI governance anyway?
AI governance has become one of those phrases that gets thrown around a lot in boardrooms and strategy documents but what does it actually mean? If you’ve been nodding along …
The 78% problem: why most workplaces are flying blind on AI
When Focaldata and the Financial Times published the first wave of their Workforce AI Tracker last week, three numbers should have stopped every executive team in their tracks: Think about …
The Training Trap: AI Literacy needs to start at the top, not the bottom
The government made a welcome announcement this week. A new AI and Automation Practitioner apprenticeship has launched, backed by a commitment to upskill 10 million workers with AI skills by …
The Micawber Fallacy: Why hoping AI will be kind to workers is not a strategy
This past week has been a watershed moment in the AI and employment debate. Citigroup’s strategists, led by Dirk Willer, published a note warning that AI may eventually lead to …
Are we investing in the wrong infrastructure for AI?
Most AI transformation conversations focus on technology. But a growing body of thinking — and emerging research — suggests that without equivalent investment in human infrastructure, even the most sophisticated …
From “What Could We Do?” to “How Do We Make It Work?” — How AI Adoption in Financial Services Has Shifted in a Year
A year ago, when I ran an AI awareness and governance session with people working in financial services, the conversations were dominated by possibility. Attendees wanted to explore potential use …
Embodied AI: From Laboratory Breakthroughs to Real-World Governance
In Google DeepMind‘s robotics laboratory, something remarkable is happening. Robot arms are learning to perform tasks that humans find relatively straightforward but which machines have struggled with for decades. Tying …
Can You Future-Proof Your Board in the Age of AI?
Once you cut through the hype, the rapid advancement of AI presents big challenges for businesses. Whilst Boards like to use phrases like “future-proofing”, we have to ask: can Boards …