Chief Scientific Adviser, @DCMS; Professor of Digital Society and Policy, @BristolUni. All views my own, etc.
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May 26
Today, @DCMS published its refreshed Areas of Research Interest on GOV.UK.
These set out priority research and evidence needs across culture, creative industries, media, sport, civil society, youth, tourism, heritage and gambling.
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Prof. Tom Crick retweeted
As usual, @hadleywickham has one of the cleanest, simplest, nicest explanations of things: in this case, the relationship between LLMs, harnesses, and agents. Better than a million Medium posts.
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Jun 13
Very sad to hear that Prof. John Fitch, my undergraduate dissertation and PhD supervisor at Bath, passed away this week. John was a distinctive computer scientist, software engineer and composer, and a generous, original supervisor.
My thoughts are with his family and friends.
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Jun 13
Great to see many deserving people (including Sir Kevin Sinfield!) recognised in the King's Birthday Honours 2026 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gy…
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Prof. Tom Crick retweeted
Can frontier AI help defend government systems?
AISI, the Government Cyber Coordination Centre, and @NCSC recently collaborated in a pilot to use frontier AI to strengthen cyber resilience across the UK public sector. You can read the results here: gov.uk/government/case-studi…
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Jun 12
Explore the mind-bending and paradoxical art of M. C. Escher newscientist.com/article/252… @newscientist
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The Highest Scoring Move in Scrabble youtube.com/shorts/PWD1WdIvT…
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Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics leidendeclaration.ai/ <-- "This declaration calls for action to address the challenges posed by the use of AI within mathematics research. It is the result of a community initiative and is endorsed by the IMU."
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Prof. Tom Crick retweeted
New article in @PNASNews:
We all know that ChatGPT loves to delve, bolster, leverage, encompass, showcase, underscore, et cetera. I analyzed full text of 7.3 million journal articles published 2020-2025, hunting for 228 words that spiked after ChatGPT launched in late 2022.
ALT The diffusion of large language models in published academic articles
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May 26
Today, @DCMS published its refreshed Areas of Research Interest on GOV.UK.
These set out priority research and evidence needs across culture, creative industries, media, sport, civil society, youth, tourism, heritage and gambling.
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May 28
Delighted to be elected Secretary/Treasurer of @TheOfficialACM for a two-year term; very much looking forward to working with Prof. Elisa Bertino as President and Rashmi Mohan as Vice-President!
Please join us in congratulating President-elect Bertino and welcoming our new leadership team as they prepare to guide ACM into an exciting next chapter!
👉 buff.ly/WsvTc7F
#ACM #Computing #TechLeadership
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May 27
Russia 'relentlessly targeting' critical infrastructure and democracy, @GCHQ says bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g4…
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May 26
Today, @DCMS published its refreshed Areas of Research Interest on GOV.UK.
These set out priority research and evidence needs across culture, creative industries, media, sport, civil society, youth, tourism, heritage and gambling.
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May 26
These themes matter because DCMS sectors are not simply sectoral assets.
They form part of the UK’s social, cultural and economic infrastructure, shaping opportunity, belonging, participation, trust and place.
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May 26
As @DCMS Chief Scientific Adviser, I have written a short blog post on the wider context: why these ARIs matter, how they fit into our wider evidence ecosystem, and why the challenge now is to make them useful and usable.
proftomcrick.com/2026/05/26/…
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May 26
Two BBC stories today capture the challenge on children, screen time and social media.
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May 26
There are real online harms. But many young people also see digital spaces as vital for friendship, identity, learning and support.
The policy task is to move beyond "ban or no ban" and balance protection, participation, rights, evidence and platform accountability.
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May 26
The UK Government consultation on "Growing up in the online world" closes TODAY:
gov.uk/government/consultati…
This is a difficult and important question for children, families, policymakers, platforms and wider society. Please engage!
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