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🤖🚨 How AI chatbots are becoming a powerful new channel for propaganda In a new article, @theobserveruk.bsky.social covers our latest report exploring new evidence of hostile states manipulating the information AI systems retrieve and present to users, sounding the alarm for UK epistemic security.
How AI chatbots are becoming a powerful new channel for p...Russian influence operations once flooded social media with provocative and divisive posts – they’ve moved with the timesobserver.co.uk💬 New discussion paper | The Marshall Plan for Civic Life How do we fund civic renewal at the scale Britain needs? Today, Demos and @kinship.works launch the first discussion paper in the Marshall Plan for Civic Life, exploring the financing mechanisms we need to rebuild civic life.
A Marshall Plan for Civic Life: Discussion Paper: Financing a decade of civic renewalDemos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.demos.co.ukIn this morning’s speech, Andy Burnham committed to urgently needed reforms on #socialcare. Director of Research and Participation, Lucy Bush writes for @politicshome.bsky.social on what our new research with @jrf-uk.bsky.social reveals about people’s real experiences with the social care system. ⬇️
The social contract for care is breaking down. Andy Burnham has a chance to rebuild itThere are few better places to begin rebuilding trust in government than social care.www.politicshome.com"Mainstream chatbots are spewing Russian fake news after their systems were “poisoned” by a propaganda campaign." Our latest report surfacing new evidence of AI-fuelled information warfare, 'GEO for Geopolitics', is covered in new article by @thetimes.com. ⬇️ www.thetimes.com/business/tec...
How Russian propaganda is ‘poisoning’ AI chatbots to spout liesChatGPT and its rivals have been manipulated by a Kremlin unit that purports to be a human rights group as it opens a new front in the misinformation warwww.thetimes.com📰 The @dailymail.co.uk covers our latest report, 'GEO for Geopolitics', including our findings that malign actors are successfully influencing the information consumed by UK chatbot users through a new form of AI-enabled information warfare. 👇 www.dailymail.com/news/article...
Russia pumping out disinformation to 'poison' AI modelsHostile states are 'poisoning' the AI models used by millions of Brits every day by editing the material the technology relies on when generating answers.www.dailymail.com📰 Hiring now! | Head of News & Media Want to help shape the national conversation on the UK's biggest policy challenges? Join Demos at a pivotal moment as we work to upgrade democracy, to turn evidence into impact through high-profile media engagement. 📌 Find out more and apply by 24th August. ⬇️
Head of News and MediaDemos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.demos.co.uk🤖 ☠️ New report | AI and information warfare AI is rapidly becoming the gateway to information for millions of people. But what's stopping that gateway from being poisoned by hostile states? demos.co.uk/research/geo...
In his first speech as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham set out his bold ambition for ‘a new political model and a new economic model’. 🖊️ In our latest blog, new Demos Chief of Staff, Jessica Sargeant sets out five practical ideas drawn from our work to help turn that ambition into reality. 💡⬇️
Five big ideas for Burnham’s new governmentDemos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.demos.co.ukAndy Burnham's first 100 days as Prime Minister will set the tone for his government. If rebuilding trust is the mission, #socialcare should be one of the first places to start. New Demos research with @jrf-uk.bsky.social reveals a growing breakdown in the social care contract. 🧵
‘I’m beyond stressed’: Trends in online conversations about poverty and social careDemos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.demos.co.uk📣 Now Hiring! | Join Demos Digital as our new #SeniorResearcher. Help shape our work on Resilient Information Ecosystems, designing practical policy to strengthen the information environment and rebuild trust in democracy. 🖊️ Apply by 9am 10th August 📌 Find out more: demos.co.uk/senior-resea...
Senior Researcher - Demos Digital TeamDemos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.demos.co.uk🎙️ Live on air | Why are people losing faith in institutions? Director of Participatory programmes, Miriam Levin spoke to The Voice Of Islam Radio over the weekend about the age of distrust. 📌 Listen to the full episode here: soundcloud.com/voislam/week...
"How do you convince someone to share power, when they don't feel they have it themselves?" Following Andy Burnham's new vision to "rebalance power across the country", Hana Kapetanovic argues this is the question at the heart of the devolution debate, in a new blog. ⬇️ demos.co.uk/blogs/rebala...
Rebalancing power in an age of powerlessnessDemos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.demos.co.uk🏥 New paper | Reform failure There is no shortage of ambition for public service reform. But too often, reform fails when it encounters the machinery of government. demos.co.uk/research/ref...
Reform Failure: Lessons from the history of health service reforms - and how not to repeat themDemos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.demos.co.uk🖊️ In a new op-ed for @civilserviceworld.bsky.social, Researcher Aidan Garner argues that successful devolution requires moving beyond the traditional Whitehall model to a "multimodal state that can shift between modes of public services delivery." www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
Devolution means moving away from Whitehall – and beyond the Whitehall modelFor Burnham to be successful in his mission to “take power out of the centre”, he needs a multimodal state that can shift between modes of public s...www.civilserviceworld.comDemos Digital Interim Director, @hannahperry.bsky.social, writes for @techpolicypress.bsky.social today arguing the new UK Prime Minister should elevate defending democracy taskforce to tackle bots and protect trusted news. ⬇️
Tech Policy PressFollowing multiple instances of social media-fueled violence, Demos Digital interim director Hannah Perry argues the next UK government should move the Defending Democracy Taskforce into Downing Street and publish a new strategy for information ecosystems resilience.
The pattern is becoming too familiar. A moment of tragedy or injustice is caught on camera devoid of context and spreads on social media like wildfire – then amplified beyond control. 🚨 Today we publish Resilient Information Ecosystems: Upgrading the information supply chain for democracy ⬇️
Resilient Information Ecosystems: Upgrading the information supply chain for democracyDemos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.demos.co.uk🔀 New paper | Mode Shifting Public service reform isn't stuck because of a lack of good ideas. It's stuck because the state is built to operate in only one mode. Our latest paper argues that government needs to become multimodal - shifting how it delivers according to what best serves citizens.
Mode Shifting: Whitehall reform that liberates public services to shift between transactional and relational delivery modesDemos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.demos.co.uk