AI Fringe 2023

AI for everyone

30 October – 3 November 2023

A timely conversation for all

As the pace of AI development accelerates, the promise and challenges of this technological revolution have sparked an explosion of interest in AI across a range of communities, seeking answers to questions about its implications for society-at-large.

Through a series of events in London, and throughout the UK, the AI Fringe aimed to capture the energy of this interest to help chart a path towards a more collaborative, safe, and inclusive AI ecosystem. This event was independent and offered participants – whether they are part of civil society, developers in industry, academics, or curious members of the public – the opportunity to exchange perspectives on topics that would add to those covered at the Government AI Safety Summit. Through a series of keynotes, fireside chats, panel discussions, workshops and roundtables, the AI Fringe examined the potential and challenges of specific uses of AI, to the themes cutting across uses that will impact society more broadly.

The AI Fringe is a forum for all – including those underrepresented in the AI ecosystem. We not only want to create space for all communities to come together, but demonstrate that diversity in the AI ecosystem will be one of its strengths going forward.

Speakers

Ashleigh Ainsley

Co-Founder, Colorintech

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Seyi Akiwowo

Founder, CEO, Author and Speaker, Glitch

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Jatin Aythora

Director, Research & Development, BBC

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Azeem Azhar

Founder, Exponential View

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Francine Bennett

Interim Director, Ada Lovelace Institute

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Marcus Bokkerink

Chair, Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)

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Linda Bonyo

Founder, Lawyers Hub

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Amanda Brock

CEO, OpenUK

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Liam Budd

Industrial Official - Audio and New Media, Equity UK

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Dorothy Chou

Head of Policy & Public Engagement, Google DeepMind

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Rumman Chowdhury

CEO and Co-Founder, Humane Intelligence

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Nick Clegg

President, Global Affairs, Meta

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Dr Anna Colom

Public Participation and Research Lead, Ada Lovelace Institute

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Melanie Dawes

Chief Executive, Ofcom

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Michelle Donelan

Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Dr Paul Dongha

Group Head of Data & AI Ethics, Lloyds Banking Group

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Isabelle Doran

CEO, Association of Photographers

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Tania Duarte

Co-Founder and CEO, We and AI

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Rebecca Fitchett

Partner, Milltown Partners

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Clive Gilbert

Senior Policy and Research Manager

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Dr Abigail Gilbert

Director of Praxis, IFOW

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Harriet Harman

MP for Camberwell and Peckham

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Sara Hooker

Head of Cohere for AI

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Lila Ibrahim

Chief Operating Officer, Google DeepMind

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Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE

Founder and CEO, Stemettes

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Kate Jones

Chief Executive Officer, Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum

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Adrian Joseph OBE

Board Member, Direct Line Group & Advisor, BITC

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Jonathan Kewley

Partner, Co-head, Global Tech Group, Clifford Chance

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Professor Sana Khareghani

Policy Lead, Responsible AI UK

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Justin King

Director, Milltown Partners

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Resham Kotecha

Global Head of Policy, The Open Data Institute

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Jonathan Lenson

CEO, Milltown Partners

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Anthony Lui

AI Value Engineer, Cognizant

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Prof John A McDermid OBE FREng

Programme Director, Assuring Autonomy International Programme, and Professor of Software Engineering, University of York

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Matthew McKnight

General Manager, Biosecurity, Ginkgo Bioworks

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Dr. Moiya McTier

Author and Advisor, Human Artistry Campaign

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Claire Melamed

CEO, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data

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Emran Mian

Director General for Digital Technologies and Telecoms, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Madhumita Murgia

AI Editor, Financial Times

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Dr Michal Nachmany

Founder and CEO, Climate Policy Radar

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Professor Gina Neff

Executive Director of the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge

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Dr Cassidy Nelson

Head of Biosecurity Policy, Centre for Long-Term Resilience

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Dr Brenda Ogembo

Board Member, DemocracyNext

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Francesca Panetta

Director, AKO Storytelling Institute, University of the Arts London

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Andy Parsons

Senior Director, Content Authenticity Initiative, Adobe

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Aidan Peppin

Senior Consultant, Milltown Partners

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Deborah Raji

Fellow, Mozilla

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Prof. Sarvapali (Gopal) Ramchurn

CEO, Responsible AI UK

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Gabriela Ramos

Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO

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Matilda Rhode

Sector Lead AI and Cyber Security, British Standards Institute

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James Robertson

Director, Sortition Foundation

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Aaron Rosenberg

Partner, Radical Ventures

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Jessica Rusu

Chief Data, Information and Intelligence Officer, FCA

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Shaheen Sayed

CEO UK, Ireland, and Africa, Accenture

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Marietje Schaake

International Policy Director, Stanford University Cyber Policy Center

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Gianluca Sergi

Professor of Film Industries, University of Nottingham

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Sir Nigel Shadbolt

Principal of Jesus College, Oxford; Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford; Chairman of the Open Data Institute

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Toby Shevlane

Research Scientist, Google DeepMind

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Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE

CEO, Royal Academy of Engineering

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Chloe Smith

MP for Norwich North

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Irene Solaiman

Head of Global Policy at Hugging Face

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Nicola Solomon

Chair, Creators’ Rights Alliance

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Professor Jack Stilgoe

Professor of Science and Technology Policy, UCL

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Herbert Swaniker

Senior Associate, Clifford Chance

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Anna Thomas

Co-Founder and Director, Institute for the Future of Work

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Anna Marie Wagner

Head of AI and SVP Corporate Development, Ginkgo Bioworks

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Marc Warner

CEO, Faculty

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Eleanor Warnock

Deputy Editor, Sifted

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Laura Weidinger

Senior Research Scientist, Google DeepMind

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Gill Whitehead

Group Director, Online Safety, Ofcom

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Greg Williams

Editor, Wired UK

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Rich Wilson

Co-Founder, Iswe Foundation and The Global Assembly

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Wilson Wong

Head of Insight and Futures, CIPD

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Sessions

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Perspectives from the AI Fringe 2023

The AI Fringe brought together diverse views from across civil society, academia and industry – including those historically underrepresented – to engage in the discussion about AI safety and aimed to showcase the UK’s thriving ecosystem, as well as enhance understanding of AI and its impacts.

The views from the 2023 event were captured in the Perspectives paper as a means of contributing to and continuing the discussion about responsible AI development and deployment that happened at the Fringe.

The perspectives represented in this paper are drawn from a range of organisations across civil society, industry and academia, as well as from a group of citizens who comprised the People’s Panel on AI. There was never an expectation that these perspectives would align completely, but there are many areas of agreement and consensus to be found - which we've articulated here in the spirit of informing further conversations.

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The People’s Panel on AI

The People’s Panel on AI brought together 12 representative members of the public randomly selected by the Sortition Foundation to attend, observe and discuss key Fringe events. Through a deliberative process facilitated by Hopkins Van Mil, they produced a public report giving their verdict on AI and their recommendations to government, industry, civil society and academia for further action. The People’s Panel on AI was organised by Connected by Data with support from the Mozilla Foundation, the Accelerate Programme for Scientific Discovery, the Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public, and the Ada Lovelace Institute.

Tea with AI

AI is developing quickly, and everyone is talking about it. During the AI Fringe 2023 we invited people to host their own informal 'Tea With AI' during the AI Fringe week, and hold a conversation with friends, family or colleagues about what AI means in your life.

Tea with AI was jointly organised by Working for an MP, the website for anyone working for a UK Member of Parliament or an interest in Parliament, and Responsible AI UK, looking at how to shape the development of AI to benefit people, communities and society.

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AI Fringe 2023: Wider network events

We hosted a series of events with our wider network, covering topics from AI bias in education and the convergence of AI and life sciences.

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