Tokyo Weekends: Years ago, I used to spend weekends on the #Tamagawa photographing #waterfowl. Ought to go back to doing that. #photography #cormorant #ukai #japan #photography #wildlifephotography

The UK must act quickly to position itself as the world's leading hub for environmentally sustainable "Green AI", according to a new report from the country's AI industry body.

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/uk-has-narrow-window-to-lead-global-green-ai-race-report-says

#technews #ai #green #uk #ukpol #ukai

UK has narrow window to lead global green AI race, report says

The UK must act quickly to position itself as the world's leading hub for environmentally sustainable "Green AI", according to a new report from the ...

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Crucially, the approach of the UK Creative Industries’ Make It Fair campaign - of resisting AI ‘piracy’ by preserving or strengthening copyright law - ignores what Bellos and Montagu make clear in Who Owns This Sentence? A History of Copyrights and Copywrongs:

• Copyright is a major driver of inequality in the twenty-first century.
• It plays a pivotal but often overlooked role when it comes to understanding the roots of disparities of wealth in modern societies.
• the wealthiest corporations globally derive their power primarily from owning copyright and patents, with ‘sixteen of the fifty richest people in the world’ amassing their fortunes entirely or partially from copyright-related industries.

What’s so fair about this?

#bigtech #ukpolitics #ukai #makeitfair #bigai

"MAKE IT FAIR" - News UK

The UK’s creative industries have today launched a bold campaign to highlight how their content is at risk of being given away for free to AI firms as the government proposes weakening copyright law. A government consultation seeking views on the copyright issue closes today. The ‘Make it Fair’ campaign was developed to raise awareness […]

News UK
Copyright and Artificial Intelligence

GOV.UK

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But that takes organizing and afaik hasn't been done in the UK before. I would be keen to help out, so if:

- You are thinking like this
- You know someone who is thinking like this
- You are already organizing
- You have experience of #DataCentreActivism elsewhere

**please get in touch.** DM and we'll move to Signal or similar to discuss further.

#AI #DataCentre #AIGZ #UKAI

The EU's AI Act takes effect next month, creating different rules for AI in Northern Ireland & Britain. This could lead to friction in the UK tech sector. 🌍🤖 #AI #TechNews #EU #UKTech #ArtificialIntelligence #AITech #AIRegulation #NorthernIreland #Brexit #UKAI #TechPolicy
The UK announces plans to create geographic "AI Growth Zones" to accelerate AI infrastructure development, with tech companies pledging £14B to support the initiative. #AI #TechNews #UKAI #AIInfrastructure #TechInvestment #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #GrowthZones
Self-Publishing News: OpenAI Unveils New Features for ChatGPT-4 and UK Publishers Take on Government Over AI https://selfpublishingadvice.org/self-publishing-news-chatgpt-4/ #GPT4GPTdesktop #GPT-4oChatGPT #News #UKAI
Self-Publishing News: OpenAI Unveils New Features for ChatGPT-4 and UK Publishers Take on Government Over AI

This week’s big AI news is OpenAI’s demonstration of new features for its ChatGPT-4 platform. GPT-4o is available to all users.

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