Julia Garayo Willemyns
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When someone next asks me what I want from my career, I’ll just show them this.
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Civil society folks: fascinated to know if you were at this event because, afaict, civil society engagement on AI has been less than zero so far.
Also, always great to see an official shot from a roundtable at which everyone in the pic is a middle-aged white man.
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🚀 NEW BRIEFING 🚀
The UK Could Become the Global Centre for Alternative Proteins
@linuspardoe
from
@GoodFoodEurope
sets out a plan for the new government to catalyse the alt proteins industry in the UK.
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Excited to be part of such an accomplished group of people!
Let's get building.
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Pull mechanisms are incredibly effective at crowding in private R&D investment.
(For comparison, the UK govt. estimates ~£2.15 crowded-in from traditional govt. push mechanisms.)
Why don't we do we run innovation inducement prizes and AMCs more often?
🚨 New Briefing 🚨
@SanjushDalmia_
,
@AW_Baker
& Andrew Graves make the case for rethinking how government invests into R&D. 🧵
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Despite its heritage, 🇬🇧 is direly losing the 🚂 race.
Only nine British cities have a tram or tube, compared to 30 French cities and 60 German cities.
💡 New Briefing! 💡
@Ben_A_Hopkinson
argues: devolving local transport infrastructure would deliver faster and more reliable local transport & LOWER the cost of construction.
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The AI race is on, and the UK is falling behind.
Our latest report
@UKDayOne
outlines what’s at stake and what we must do to stay competitive.
Buckle in for a long 🧵
TLDR; the situation is not exactly rosy, but there are concrete actions we can take to gain ground.
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Huge turn out for S&T in London
The new UK government has so much to learn Tom Kalil, who served under Obama and Clinton and is a leading tech & innovation expert
Excited see a packed room for our fireside chat between
@matthewclifford
and Tom Kalil, a collaboration with
@txp_io
&
@imperialcollege
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Great blog by
@notanastronomer
on how air conditioning boosts productivity.
As summers get hotter in the 🇬🇧, it seems like some marginal productivity gains could be unlocked by aircons.
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There are huge wins to be had by red teams spotting missed opportunities.
Imo processes are overrated; talent is underrated.
Great interview of
@AnEmergentI
by
@rSanti97
!
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Progress, progress, progress ‼️
Great article by
@alys_key
on the great British ideas factory being built by
@UKDayOne
@txp_io
@WorksInProgMag
and more...
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This is deeply disappointing
oops!
labour gov pulled the plug on the prior gov’s £1.3b ai funding commitment?
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Doesn't everyone hate paywalls?
Well, wait until you hear about the yearly £40M of taxpayer money used to pay “article processing charges” to academic publishers...
who are such rent-seekers that that operate with profit margins that are higher than Big Tech.
The Government could save £30m, boost scientific progress and economic productivity by reforming academic publishing.
Our latest briefing from
@SanjushDalmia_
@JACoates
argues for publishing taxpayer-funded research before going to journals.
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If you want to get Britain building, we've got to reform judicial review. 🏗️
In this week's Investment Summit, Keir Starmer committed to “getting rid” of regulation which blocks growth.
In a new paper for
@UKDayOne
,
@gabriel_moberg
and I find that Judicial Review has been used to block key transport & energy infrastructure projects across the UK.
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Great to see coverage of our UK Growth Survey in
@TheEconomist
.
Now it's time to get working on the solutions... 👀
We featured a new
@UKDayOne
survey of economists in the Blighty newsletter this week as an exclusive.
A few of the most interesting findings (🧵)
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The true reason for 🇬🇧 edge is our 🐈 Larry
We went to No.10 today to discuss how science & tech can support the new Government's No.1 mission - economic growth! Thanks for hosting us
@10DowningStreet
@Number10cat
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If you’re going to tax something, it probably should be the thing that most negatively impacts productivity, health, and wellbeing.
🤷♀️
🚨 NEW BRIEFING
Ahead of the autumn budget,
@aveek18
of
@SMFthinktank
has set out one way the Chancellor could raise money for investment while boosting public health and economic growth.
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Great chatting industrial and tech policy at the Real Tech Conference with
@jamespaulwise
@taveet
&
@benedictcooney
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A map of academics who write about 'degrowth'.
(Further commentary seems unnecessary..)
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One of the most underrated levers for productivity
Forget the election and the wars, and focus on the most important question of our time: should Europe have more air conditioning?
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Regulatory hurdles are constraining growth, slowing innovation in the sectors that matter, and limiting UK tech progress.
The RIO has a wonderful opportunity to fix this. Here's how
@UKDayOne
thinks it should tackle the challenge. 🧵
We want to bring new technology to the public faster.
The Regulatory Innovation Office will:
✔Update regulation to drive innovation
✔Speed up approvals to bring new products to market
✔Ensure regulatory bodies work together
That's more innovation, jobs & a stronger economy.
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Progress ecosystem is blooming!
V excited to support this.
We launched Progress Ireland today, a think tank whose mission is to connect Ireland to ideas that will help unlock its potential. What is, who are we, why did we do it?
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🚨 NEW: Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez has proposed a free movement deal for young people between the UK and Spain
Starmer said he would "take the idea away"
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@benrileysmith
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Excited to have
@SanjushDalmia_
join the team! 🌟
Excited to be joining
@UKDayOne
as Science Policy Lead.
Hoping to bring my first-hand experiences from the lab, the clinic and Parliament to the development of implementation-ready policies which drive innovation and growth.
🚀🇬🇧
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Planning is one of the biggest constraints on growth in the UK. The problem is reform can be politically thorny and take a lot of time.
But ‘quick wins’ exist.
@KaneEmerson
and
@johnrmyers
outline measures the government could take in its first 100 days.
Today the Chancellor set out the new Government's ambition to reform planning. These reforms are very welcome, but many will take time to impact on 🇬🇧 housing stock.
That's why
@KaneEmerson
&
@johnrmyers
have set out three 'fast wins' to get Britain building 🧵
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Thrilled to be involved in this project to accelerate the UK’s science, innovation, and technology landscape!
Got a proposal in the works?
@UKDayOne
can shape it into a ready-to-implement policy. 💡
1/ Introducing the
#UKDayOneProject
! A non-partisan initiative to help advance the UK's science & tech policy landscape. 🧵
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The UK needs to attract high-skilled immigrants if it wants more startups!
Immigrants play a “critical” role in the UK startup economy and must be protected
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How to supercharge a team? Julia^2
After finishing my first year at Harvard, back in London for the summer and excited to be working with
@UKDayOne
on policy ideas that can supercharge UK growth and progress.
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Chat GPT will eventually displace the normal career tracks of 90% of top Oxbridge grads.
This is a good thing.
Consulting is dead.
I’m on a plane sitting next to a woman who works at a top consulting firm, making a presentation for a fortune 50 client.
ChatGPT has written every single word in this deck.
What happens when clients find out they’re paying millions for ChatGPT?
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The misallocation of talent in the UK is staggering
Massive hardware talent arbitrage in the UK. Here's my braindump on why cracked oxbridge imperial grads struggle to acc in this country.
Let's build.
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Website ✅
Only 47 policy briefings to go 📑
📢 We have a new website! 📢
Check it out here (), where you can also see our latest policy ideas for the next government. 📋
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This is exactly why we need to reform academic publishing...
Current system imposes red tape, dries down quality, wastes taxpayer money, and slows down innovation.
Adopting Plan U like we suggest
@UKDayOne
would save DSIT £30 million & smash through these rate limiters.
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It was great working with
@SCP_Hughes
and
@KaneEmerson
on this concrete and actionable
@UKDayOne
proposal for a new town in England.
The Government wants to build new towns. In a paper for
@UKDayOne
,
@KaneEmerson
and I propose a huge new town at the intersection of the East Coast Main Line and the planned East-West Rail. We believe this may be the best greenfield site in England. Here is why.
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If the UK fails to capitalise on LawTech, the entire English legal profession could lose its competitive edge in the global market.
Open-sourcing the law is (1) an access to justice issue and (2) a way to get home-grown technological innovation. 🇬🇧⚖️
NEW briefing 🚀
The English legal system is internationally renowned, a major 🇬🇧 export and employer.
However it risks falling behind on lawtech, as other countries embrace digitisation and legal AI, and access to justice can be difficult for individuals and small businesses.
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Monthly reminder that this is also a huge problem in the UK…
One of Open Philanthropy’s goals is to collaborate more often with other funders. Today, we’re excited to announce our biggest collaboration to date – the Lead Exposure Action Fund (LEAF).
Lead exposure causes an estimated 1.5 million deaths each year. But until recently, total
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Now we build!
Great to see our newest proposal for Tempsford New Town (by
@KaneEmerson
&
@SCP_Hughes
) covered in
@Cambslive
and
@BBCr4today
!
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Super excited about Progress Ireland. Imagine how cool it would be to do something like this in the UK 👀
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This is something
@UKDayOne
has been supportive of!
It is crazy to me that gambling is exempt from VAT…
I would wager that taxing gambling is more socially beneficial, positive for growth, and popular than 99% of all other possible taxes.
🚨 NEW: The government is considering a tax raid of up to £3 billion on the gambling industry
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@guardian
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Currently on a tram in Bordeaux.
Reminded of how disappointing investment in public transport infrastructure has been in the UK.
Britain’s cities are struggling. Outside London, the output per worker is 30% less than similar German cities, 23% less than French cities, and 18% less than Italian cities.
A big reason for this is the lack of public transport infrastructure in our cities and towns.
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It has just got even more 🔥…
v excited to announce
@matthewclifford
is joining our
@ukdayone
x
@txp_io
fireside with
@tkalil2050
next Thurs!
we are v oversubscribed already but we're looking into a bigger venue, so signup asap 👉
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The Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP) is hiring an Operations Associate ‼️
Can attest that
@luciacoulter
and the team are incredible.
Apply here:
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Fantastic piece on how the UK can reach net zero, while reducing costs and achieving energy abundance.
Policymakers should be thinking beyond 2030 and design supply side interventions for clean, abundant firm power.
This week
@Ed_Miliband
& the new government announced their priorities on energy and climate.
In our latest briefing,
@ToneLangengen
of
@InstituteGC
and
@RianCFFWhitton
of
@bismarckanlys
outline a firm power strategy for the UK.
What does this mean?
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Build up!
In 2023, DLUHC permitted mansard roof extensions nationally for the first time in many decades, provided they harmonise with the building’s style. The first mansards are now starting to appear.
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Global mobility is a powerful under-leveraged tool for poverty alleviation and growth.
@jgdubya
: "Enabling people to move for opportunity should be an urgent priority for funders and social innovators who want to make a difference in global inequality."
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You know something is deeply wrong when Tolstoy feels laconic.
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In Liverpool until Tuesday afternoon! DM for a chat.
... but know that every chat will take me away from my new best friend so it better be accelerating growth and progress in the 🇬🇧
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So… government mandated roommates ?
This is the kind of austerity mindset that I find so upsetting…
It *is* possible to have abundant housing without forcing people to significantly reduce their quality of life and infringing their rights.
The housing crisis is a crisis caused by not building enough homes, right?
The evidence suggests the distribution of the existing stock is much bigger problem.
Great work here by my
@IIPP_UCL
PhD student
@_StefanHorn
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Policies that increase growth and wellbeing are not always very obvious.
Lead is a perfect example of a neglected problem that has disproportionally severe effects.
@luciacoulter
@leecrawfurd
and Tammy Tan's recommendations would likely have outsized impacts on the UK's
The new Chancellor could boost UK GDP by 4.4% with this one simple trick...
In our latest briefing,
@luciacoulter
@leecrawfurd
& Tammy Tan highlight the economic and social cost of childhood lead poisoning, a hidden epidemic which costs the UK 4.4% of annual GDP.
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Riding the tram in Sarajevo and (once again) reminded of how dire the situation is in the UK.
Currently on a tram in Bordeaux.
Reminded of how disappointing investment in public transport infrastructure has been in the UK.
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Excited to speak
@ASI
!
@dc_lawrence
is also hosting a policy workshop
@LSEnews
tonight for those who (understandably) would rather work on real policy issues than hear me speak.
Join us in London this evening at one of 2 events!
1) Our co-director
@jujulemons
is speaking at
@ASI
for their Next Generation policy discussion. Sign up here to join the discussion:
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Fantastic to see the energy in the room. The hard work starts now!
A huge thank you to everyone who came to our launch event last night!
The room was buzzing and we can't wait to see what policy ideas get submitted.
Special thanks to
@ilangur
@deCoverlyVeale
@johnrmyers
for speaking and
@txp_io
for hosting
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txp is back! next week we're teaming up with
@UKDayOne
for summer drinks:
🗓️Wed 26th June
📍
@VinegarYardLDN
no agenda, no speakers, just a low stakes way to catch up/meet ambitious, friendly folk in tech & policy. come down!
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🚨 New metascience research grant call 🚨
Arguably, reducing research inefficiencies, solving the replication crisis, and designing good incentives for researchers is the MOST impactful work you can do in the 21st century.
Our first Metascience research grant call is now open!
In partnership with
@SciTechgovuk
,
@ESRC
is offering £5m of funding for research into more effective ways of conducting and supporting R&D. Individual projects can be up to £300k. More info here:
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I co-wrote an article for
@thehill
on US immigration policy. 🧵
In it, we make the case that there is overwhelming support for high-skilled immigration in the US 🇺🇸
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@HaydnBelfield
@tsmilton_amodo
and I make the case for a 'dash for nuclear' in our AI industrial strategy piece for
@UKDayOne
Electricity is far too expensive in the UK – this is holding us back in AI but also in manufacturing + industry generally
I won’t post many of these news items, but it is worth noting that the UK is not yet moving at the speed needed to stay in the game and attract investment in large scale datacentres and the necessary nuclear power. Tens or hundreds of billions in investment are at stake.
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Alternative proteins will *necessarily* become a permanent fixture of the future.
Why not make sure they are created in the UK?
🚀 NEW BRIEFING 🚀
The UK Could Become the Global Centre for Alternative Proteins
@linuspardoe
from
@GoodFoodEurope
sets out a plan for the new government to catalyse the alt proteins industry in the UK.
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.
@RachelReevesMP
says govt doesn’t have enough £££ to invest in compute.
If only we had ideas on how to raise £££ for AI…
🚀 NEW BRIEFING 🚀
The new 🇬🇧 government will need to capitalise on the AI revolution, but how to pay for it?
The solution: AI bonds.
Drawing on inspiration from UK war bonds,
@Stanford
dreamteam
@_helena_roy
@EmmaJRockall
& Emma Casey outline what this could look like.
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Whispers that this is going to be the event of the season.
We just got extra capacity (courtesy of
@imperialcollege
!) so we will be adding people from the waitlist.
Come hear from
@matthewclifford
and
@tkalil2050
– legends in S&T + policy.
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"Access to cloud compute could become as important for the UK’s economy, society and security as access to the internet, electricity or oil and gas."
‼️‼️‼️
New
@UKDayOne
proposal by
@dc_lawrence
&
@ea_seger
We teamed up with
@Demos
for a new report making the case for GB Cloud: a new, publicly owned company tasked with building out the UK's AI cloud compute. This would power AI in public services and cement 🇬🇧 leadership on AI.
Read the full report from
@dc_lawrence
@ea_seger
:
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In NYC 23rd of Aug to 8th of Sept.
LMK if you want to grab a ☕️ or 🍺 & talk policy + progress! DMs open.
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UK startups and businesses are operating with the handbrake on!
It was great working with
@KR21org
on this incredibly important piece.
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The UK needs a 175% increase in zero-carbon electricity by 2035 to reach its net zero goals.
This won’t be done by solar and wind alone. We need firm power.
Recent tech developments in next-gen geothermal suggest it could play a sizeable role in our energy mix.
Why aren’t we
Could a new technology provide solutions to the UK's clean energy needs? 🤔
The case for next-gen geothermal by Tim Lines, Dani Merino-Garcia, Drew Nelson, and Keegan Harkavy. 🧵
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The GOAT in S&T policy...
New collab with
@txp_io
‼️
We will be hosting a fireside chat with Tom Kalil, who served in the
@WhiteHouse
for
@BarackObama
and
@BillClinton
, was Chief Innovation Officer at
@SchmidtFutures
, and recently launched Renaissance Philanthropy as its CEO.
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Reducing lead exposure is one of the biggest policy opportunities of our generation.
@Parthion
: “In the fight against global lead poisoning, President Biden has a unique opportunity to cement his legacy.”
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Figuring out energy abundance should be a top priority… here’s one reason why
(
@UKDayOne
is soon to publish a piece on geothermal for the UK - if you’re interested in covering it, DM me)
Houston-based geothermal startup Sage Geosystems will build a new project to power Meta data centers.
The companies haven't identified a specific location, but they've committed to building it east of the Rocky Mountains, a first for next-gen geothermal:
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More money for researchers!
Less money for publishers!
An Academy for Mathematical Sciences could have been funded *15* times over by cancelling the pot of taxpayers money we spend to help academic publishers worsen our research quality and impact
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The UK is already a global leader in cyber security innovation and commerce.
There’s a great opportunity for it to become a big player in the AI testing and assurance industry.
Makes sense. Let’s do it.
UKD1 paper with
@iapsAI
@SMFthinktank
by
@BillSamways
@JKraprayoon
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I had a great time chatting net-zero, S&T policy, and infrastructure.
Check out
@MannVirdee
’s report for an insightful diagnosis of the UK’s challenges.
Thanks to the insightful panelists: MPs
@RhonddaBryant
@ClaireforTAY
,
@UKDayOne
's
@jujulemons
, and
#CaudwellStrongBritain
author and
@ConGeostrategy
senior research fellow Dr
@MannVirdee
.
And to
@paulmasonnews
for chairing a great discussion.
👉
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I don’t think a single policy (or lack thereof) is the cause of the lack of growth in the UK.
@tylercowen
’s take seems plausible.
Improving tech commercialisation + YIMBYism + cheap clean firm energy + preventative health interventions would go a long way imo.
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The UK is already a global leader in cyber security innovation and commerce.
There’s a great opportunity for it to become a big player in the AI testing and assurance industry.
Makes sense. Let’s do it.
UKD1 paper with
@iapsAI
@SMFthinktank
by
@BillSamways
@JKraprayoon
The UK has a growing AI testing + assurance industry. With some changes to regulation and a small amount of public investment, this industry could be worth £18bn to the UK economy.
New paper with
@SMFthinktank
@iapsAI
from
@BillSamways
@jkraprayoon
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Great additions from
@Tom_Westgarth15
- one of the thinkers I most respect in the space
Great report. I like that it recommends both win-win policies regardless of future AI development (energy, planning, procurement), and also makes some core bets on different parts of UK strategic advantage (AI for science, assurance tech).
A few friendly challenges from me👇:
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Reminder: we can still do it.
"We estimate that the decline in Nuclear power Plants caused by Chernobyl led to the loss of approximately 141 million expected life years in the U.S., 33 in the U.K. and 318 million globally".
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Good data -> good policy
We need a better skills taxonomy!
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Immigration is pivotal for growth and supercharging science & tech. Companies are already telling us this—policymakers need to react.
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We should scrap the REF.
A
@UKDayOne
proposal that would save universities £430 million, reduce bureaucratic bloat, and get researchers back on the field doing what they do best: research.
We should scrap the REF.
We could save universities £430 million, improve research financial sustainability, increase support for spinouts and drive technological diffusion to support regional productivity growth by switching to a system focused on “external research income”. 🧵
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Great work by
@LeadElimination
working with
@USAID
to eliminate lead paint worldwide.
Reminder that lead poisoning is not just a problem in developing countries – the UK too has elevated levels that are affecting the health of our population.
Check out the report we wrote with
Our partner,
@LeadElimination
, uses a straightforward, affordable playbook to save lives and get lead out of consumer goods and
@USAID
is helping them scale it ⬇️
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Really cool opportunity for those developing tools to prevent or detect deepfakes.
Applications are open to all institutions in Europe, including non-EU member states – i.e. the UK!
Trust in digital infrastructure and in the information it provides is a cornerstone of our society. Yet, with the advances of AI anyone can generate synthetic content at unprecedented scale and quality. Today, the
@SPRIND
Challenge "Deepfake Detection & Prevention" starts to
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All
@UKDayOne
proposals depend on an effective civil service to help implement them.
Boosting civil service efficiency should be a top priority for the new government.
@JordanUrban10
outlines quick wins. We’d be stupid not to take them.
🚀NEW BRIEFING outlining 8 quick & easy wins to boost civil service efficiency - from
@JordanUrban10
of
@instituteforgov
The new Govt will depend on the civil service to hit the ground running on its missions, but the civil service is riddled with inefficiencies and bureaucracy.
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My favourite kind of symbiotic relationship:
Data centres 🤝 clean energy sources
New post:
AI will guzzle energy and that’s good for the climate.
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"Whatever happens in this year’s expected general election, a new parliament and government creates a space for new, bold ideas to rise to the surface."
@UKDayOne
is on the hunt for innovators with bold new ideas – if that sounds like you, reach out.
Wanted: policy ideas for the next government
Our co-directors
@jujulemons
and
@dc_lawrence
wrote for
@ResFortnight
on why we set up the UK Day One Project.
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The COVID-19 trials and the Common Cold Unit are a point of national pride.
It seems obvious to me that the UK should build on these successes and push the ✉️ on HCTs.
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The UK could become the global centre for Human Challenge Trials, argues
@AFraserUrq
. This would supercharge UK pharmaceuticals & life sciences + support global health.
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Great article by
@ersatzben
supporting our call to scrap the REF.
I was particularly shocked by his estimation that REF 2029 may cost us £1bn.
Seems like an indefensible waste of taxpayer money, especially as REF’s impact on research quality is mute at best.
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Imagine a policy that is simultaneously
✅ pro growth
✅ pro animals
✅ pro climate
Fantastic news from
@peterkyle
which sends all the right signals: the UK is open to innovation and creative solutions to the world's biggest challenges.
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EU YMS talks have been such a 🎢 for me…
🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer has signalled a youth mobility scheme for under-30s will be part of his Brexit reset talks with the EU
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@theipaper
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How do we make 🧪 📈? SDLs allow researchers focus on the creative, fun parts of science.
No more pipetting!
NEW BRIEFING
Self-driving labs (SDLs) can supercharge UK productivity by automating research.
An incoming government should invest £60 million to help the UK get ahead on this new technology, building on the UK's existing scientific expertise.
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~100 years since Orwell wrote this and I can confirm: spring in London remains jubilant for the average civilised person.
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AI could change everything.
And there is a risk that the UK will be pushed out of the new world order.
This tech revolution also threatens to exasperate inequality, as returns are accumulated by the few.
A groundbreaking proposal that offers solutions to both these problems.
🚀 NEW BRIEFING 🚀
The new 🇬🇧 government will need to capitalise on the AI revolution, but how to pay for it?
The solution: AI bonds.
Drawing on inspiration from UK war bonds,
@Stanford
dreamteam
@_helena_roy
@EmmaJRockall
& Emma Casey outline what this could look like.
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Current brain drain into consulting and IB is a misallocation of talent at a national scale.
Businesses may still pay for LLM slides, but it will take less bright 21/22 year olds to make them.
Frees up talent to work on interesting problems that are actually good for Britain.
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NASCAR was able to use leaded gas until 2007
The average third grader in a school close to a race track took a hit to their achievement equivalent to cutting per-student funding by $750 a year!
And we STILL allow 167,000 small planes to use leaded gas. The IQ hit costs billions
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If you are, UKD1 would love to chat to you…
anyone working on noncompetes as a uk talent / tech policy issue?
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It's super cool that local London start-up
@apolloaisafety
is trusted by OpenAi to do these evals & is discovering such important stuff
With AISI & big 4 auditors, real opportunity for the UK to be a hub for AI testing, evals & assurance (which UK govt says is a £4bn market)
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Huge thanks to my co-authors
@HaydnBelfield
&
@tsmilton_amodo
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@ersatzben
,
@andrewjb_
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@s8mb
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@nitarshan
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~Reminder~
YMS targets the kind of talent the UK should be aiming to attract
Great to see Labour following through on our first ever
@UKDayOne
proposal to expand existing youth mobility schemes to include the EU, written by
@jujulemons
and
@STWolpers
You can read the full idea here:
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