On my socials this morning, I proudly shared news of my sister-in-law Laura Campbell appearing on the Telegraph’s podcast Bryony Gordon’s Mad World.

The Suicide Prevention Manager for Govia Thameslink Railway, and the first of her kind at that, Laura joined the show’s host on World Suicide Prevention Day to speak on training railway staff to carry out suicide interventions at stations, share invaluable tools to support vulnerable people, and open up about the painful childhood experience that drew her towards this role.

Suicide is an extensive worldwide public health problem, one helped in no way by the surge in…

In Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Jaques says “all the world’s a stage”. And now that we have OpenAI’s GPT-3 doing the work of the Bard, it really is. There’s a BUT though…

It’s been a week since tech-curious audiences got to see artificial intelligence tread the boards for the very first time at London’s Young Vic. And what a debut it was.

OpenAI’s powerful language generator GPT-3 took to the stage in the eponymously-named AI, a stange and novel collaboration between man and machine. Jen Tang, the acclaimed theatre-maker behind the show, describes her concept as “a unique hybrid…

A-level results day is quite the experience, huh? I remember my own like it was yesterday, replaying those strange hours in my mind as if it were a film of just two acts: fear and euphoria. I’d imagine most students begin that day in the same way, but sadly some don’t get the happy ending they and their parents had hoped for, instead heading to bed in a state of sorrow.

Happily, this year’s A-level results in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland hit a record high, with 44.8% achieving A* or A grades — up from 38.5% last year. And…

Last week, I wrote about the EU’s draft AI regulations, and also recently joined other members of the Scottish AI Alliance Leadership Circle to discuss what they could mean for the world. The proposed rules represent the best effort we’ve ever seen anywhere to control the production and application of artificial intelligence.

Although imperfect (for now, at least), the draft AI regs should absolutely give the public some peace of mind that artificial intelligence technologies will only be made and used responsibly. But clearly the rules are doing no such thing.

A recent study by Ebuyer, published since the EC…

In April this year, the EC published its much-anticipated Draft AI Regulations. Although the proposed rules haven’t yet been adopted (a process that could take until 2026), they’re the first-ever solid endeavour to regulate artificial intelligence. I recently discussed the draft regulations with fellow members of the newly-formed Scottish AI Alliance Leadership Circle. As it’s a complex topic, my colleague Callum Sinclair, Head of Technology & Commercial at law firm Burness Paull, provided us with his view of the draft regulations — a great summary of some key points:

• A risk-based approach, distinguishing between unacceptable (and thus banned), high, limited…

In life, Anthony Bourdain could cook up a right storm in the kitchen. In death, the celebrity chef has cooked up a storm of a whole different flavour. Only it wasn’t really him who cooked up that storm. Or was it?

Of course, I’m referring to the uproar around Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain. In his new documentary, film-maker Morgan Neville drops a pinch of artificial intelligence into his recipe, using the technology to construct a few lines of voiceover by Bourdain.

A lot of critics — including Bourdain’s ex-wife Ottavia — find Neville’s creative choice completely unpalatable, suggesting…

Some 300 years ago, Sir Isaac Newton said: “We build too many walls and not enough bridges.”

Since then, in their commentary on social issues, many others have turned to the stark contrast between walls and bridges. Walls are a captivating and divisive theme — the Berlin Wall, the US-Mexico border wall, even Hadrian’s Wall in Scotland!

But usually, as with Pope Francis’ 2019 “build bridges, not walls” reference to the plight of refugees, we’re looking at a metaphorical use.

When I think about Covid-19 at its worst, I see metaphorical walls everywhere. We erected them between ourselves and the…

We are but a bobbin’s throw from September. Anyone who’s ever seen R.J. Cutler’s fascinating behind-the-scenes look at American Vogue, The September Issue, will understand that “September is the January in fashion.” Thanks to the couture bible’s Candy Pratts Price, we now know this is the month — and issue of the magazine — that heralds a glossy annual reset for the multi-billion pound industry:

“This is when I change, this is when I’m going to try and get back into high heels, ‘cos that’s the look,” the striking fashion editor tells us.

But who will help Candy and her…