AI For Social Good: The 2026 Update, One Year On
Last year, we ran through seven real-world examples of AI being used for social good, from a sexual health chatbot in East London to a flood forecasting model spanning dozens of countries. Since then, the sector’s had no shortage of headlines. The India AI Impact Summit in New Delh, the latest UNESCO AI ethics conference […]
Frontier AI for charities: why “the best model” isn’t the right question
Nearly four in five UK charities are now using AI day-to-day. At the same time, more of them trust it less than they did twelve months ago. That’s not a contradiction: it’s a sign the sector has moved past the novelty phase and started asking harder questions. We’ve written before about the positive use cases […]
Sustainable AI’s Efficiency Trap: Greener Models, Bigger Footprint
As artificial intelligence becomes a core part of business operations, its environmental footprint is attracting growing attention. With AI adoption accelerating across industries, businesses face a new responsibility: reducing the environmental harm of the models they use. Practices such as selecting more energy-efficient architectures, optimising deployment, and demanding better supplier transparency can lower impact. Not […]
AI for Emergency Response: Revolutionising Crisis Management
Artificial intelligence has moved beyond being an experimental technology and is becoming an increasingly important tool in how emergency services prepare for and respond to crises. AI in emergency response enables organisations to process vast amounts of data quickly, identify emerging risks, and provide decision-makers with valuable information when every second matters. From predicting flooding […]
Why Most AI Pilots Fail – And What To Do Differently
A reflection following the BioIntegrates panel: AI-Driven Alliances: Collaborating Beyond the Possible The Number Nobody Wants to Talk About Last week I sat on a panel with some of the ambitious AI-driven biotech companies working in the UK today — teams building AI to screen a billion drug molecules in hours, design precision medicines for […]
AI autonomy guided by safe innovation
AI autonomy, safety, and the responsibility of serving users who need it most When building AI systems for vulnerable populations, every design decision carries weight. Too much control and you lose the naturalness that makes conversations helpful. Too little and you risk responses that could genuinely harm. We’ve spent years building conversational systems for charities […]
Sustainable AI Models: Who’s Leading the Way?
As artificial intelligence becomes a core part of business operations, its environmental footprint is attracting growing attention. Training and running large language models (LLMs) consumes vast amounts of electricity and water, not only during the training phase but also throughout their daily use. With AI adoption accelerating across industries, businesses face a new responsibility: choosing […]
Sustainable AI: Innovation and Environmental Responsibility
We’ve seen a lot of successful AI case studies lately, from speeding up medical diagnoses to optimising energy grids. But behind the promise of smarter systems lies a growing environmental concern. As AI adoption accelerates across industries, so too does its energy and resource consumption. LLMs come with two categories for carbon emissions (operational and […]
The Future of AI in the UK: AI to Tackle Real-World Problems
Artificial intelligence is a present-day force reshaping industries, and daily lives. But so far the AI landscape has been a bit of a wild west. Regardless, 2025 is fast becoming a watershed year for the UK. In the last few months, the government has unveiled a wave of plans, funding packages, and pilot programmes designed […]
Is Artificial Intelligence as Expensive as it Seems
The world of AI can look like a playground for only the big fish. It’s easy to feel that only businesses with deep pockets can afford it. If you’ve peeked into the world of AI in the past, you may have wondered why artificial intelligence came with such with a hefty price tag. But here’s […]