Commissioner Silkie Carlo reflects on what happened during Party Conferences when it was time to discuss Artificial Intelligence from a political and policy perspective.

Tell us your stories from your faith community's work during COVID-19, their efforts to respond to mental health and poverty challenges, or their impact on refugee support and integration.

Faith Bytes delves into the pressing question of human flourishing in the age of AI. Rabbi Dr Bor and his guests discuss how AI can contribute to creativity, freedom, and well-being, as well as the challenges faced along the way. In this first episode of the Faith Bytes interview series, AI Faith and Civil Society Commissioner Rabbi Dr. Harris Bor sits down with Michael Whittle, founder and CEO of Pulpit AI.

The Commission is proud to announce Dr Chinmay Pandya, Dr Beth Singler, and Dr Nathan Mladin as the new members of our Associates Programme. The programme aims to create a collaborative community of individuals and organisations interested in the intersection of AI, faith, and civil society.

Read more about the AI Workshop in Cambridge co-organised by the Future of Life Institute (FLI) and the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) our Commissioners participated in this past July.

On 9 July, AIFCS Commission director Samuel Coates attended the Future of Britain Conference 2024 – hosted by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and My Life My Say – where attendees and presenters explored governing in the age of AI.

The main parties’ manifestos are now out, and while artificial intelligence has been largely absent from the current election discourse, nearly all of them mention AI in their manifestos. 

This article provides insight into the type of research the AIFCS is conducting, focussing on one of our key areas: Dignity of Work. Future updates on the human values framework to come.

On 1 August 2024, the European Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) enters into force. The Act aims to foster responsible artificial intelligence development and deployment in the EU.