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Our Mission

Responsible Ai UK will connect UK research into Responsible AI to leading research centres and institutions around the world. This will allow RAi UK to deliver world-leading best practices for how to design, evaluate, regulate, and operate AI-systems in ways that benefit people, society and the nation.

RAi UK brings together researchers from across the four nations of the UK to understand how we should shape the development of AI to benefit people, communities and society.

It is an open, multidisciplinary network, drawing on a wide range of academic disciplines. This stems from our conviction that developing responsible AI will require…

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PROBabLE Futures: Probabilistic AI Systems in Law Enforcement Futures
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PROBabLE Futures: Probabilistic AI Systems in Law Enforcement Futures

Probabilistic systems supported by AI, such as facial recognition, predictive tools, large language models (LLMs) and network analysis are being introduced at pace into law enforcement. Whilst these systems offer potential benefits, decision-making based on ‘Probabilistic AI’ has serious implications for individuals. The key problem for responsible AI is that the uncertain or probable nature...

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PHAWM: Participatory Harm Auditing Workbenches and Methodologies
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PHAWM: Participatory Harm Auditing Workbenches and Methodologies

A significant barrier to reaping the benefits of AI is their unassessed potential for harms. Hence, AI auditing is imperative but it has been haphazard, unsystematic, and left solely in the hands of experts. Our project aims to fix this challenge through participatory AI auditing where diverse stakeholders without an...

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AdSoLve: Addressing Socio-technical Limitations of LLMs for Medical and Social Computing
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AdSoLve: Addressing Socio-technical Limitations of LLMs for Medical and Social Computing

Large Language Models (LLMs), like those used in ChatGPT and virtual assistants, are cutting-edge artificial intelligence algorithms trained on massive amounts of text data. They can generate human-like text as well as creative content, translate across languages, and answer questions in an informative way. However they have known technical limitations...

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A Collaborative Approach to Assessing the Challenges of AI-Driven Harms
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A Collaborative Approach to Assessing the Challenges of AI-Driven Harms

Amidst a rapid proliferation of synthetic image- and video-based content in online ecosystems, our research addresses urgent gaps in understanding AI-driven harms by examining real-world cases of extremist visual content and evaluating existing AI-powered moderation solutions. This project seeks to document how generative AI enables and accelerates visual hate speech;...

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Generative Artificial Intelligence Skills in Schools: Teaching, Reaching and Activating – Instructors Network (GenAISiS T.R.A.I.N.)
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Generative Artificial Intelligence Skills in Schools: Teaching, Reaching and Activating – Instructors Network (GenAISiS T.R.A.I.N.)

This project builds upon a successful RAi UK Skills Pillar initiative, Generative Artificial Intelligence Skills in Schools, which engaged underrepresented Scottish school pupils in the co-creation of animated cartoon stories and an open educational toolkit on ethical AI use, privacy awareness, information and digital literacy, critical thinking and responsible communication....

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Responsible Evaluation of Ambient Voice Technologies for Clinical Documentation in NHS Care
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Responsible Evaluation of Ambient Voice Technologies for Clinical Documentation in NHS Care

This collaboration evaluates how ambient voice technologies (AVT) are implemented in NHS clinical settings and what organisational costs and benefits they generate. It exploits the opportunity coming out of an ongoing project enabling access to clinical data with ethical approvals already in place. Working with South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation...

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Our approach to responsible AI research is led by consortia, addresses fundamental challenges...

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The RAi UK Skills Programme is dedicated to fostering, supporting and scaling the impact...

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We aim to accelerate the transfer of new learning into products and services that will ensure the...

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Reports

ANNUAL REPORT 2024-25

As we reflect on 2024-25, we are immensely proud of the collective strides made in advancing responsible AI. This year has been defined by a concerted effort to translate our research vision into tangible, real-world impact, directly addressing the priorities and objectives we set out for each of our core pillars in the previous report.

Professor Sarvapali (Gopal) Ramchurn FIET

CEO, RAi UK

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ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24

Vision to Reality : Responsible AI UK

“The AI landscape is changing rapidly, with new challenges emerging in a range of sectors, within government, industry and for society. RAi UK aims to be the trusted voice that they turn to for advice on how to develop and integrate AI into their processes, products, and daily lives to ensureAI is responsibly deployed and governed.”

Professor Sarvapali (Gopal) Ramchurn FIET

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

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  • AI and the Everyday World
    Tuesday, 30 June 2026

    AI and the Everyday World

    By Neil Richardson (retired, NHS Kirklees Corporate Services 2003-2019) In a recent one-hour lecture (1), respected computer scientist and author...

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  • Just saying…5 things the High Court in the Thompson case thinks should be asked about police live facial recognition.
    Thursday, 7 May 2026

    Just saying…5 things the High Court in the Thompson case thinks should be asked about police live facial recognition.

    By Marion Oswald, Mackenzie Jorgensen, Kyriakos N. Kotsoglou, Temitope Lawal PROBabLE Futures The headlines seem to say it all –...

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  • Are AI researchers concerned about the existential threat of AI?
    Thursday, 11 December 2025

    Are AI researchers concerned about the existential threat of AI?

    Are AI researchers concerned about the existential threat of AI? Our survey suggests not Ananya Karanam, University College London Introduction:...

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  • RRI and EDI into practice at RAi UK All Hands Meeting
    Friday, 28 November 2025

    RRI and EDI into practice at RAi UK All Hands Meeting

    RRI and EDI into practice: Lessons from Experience As part of the RAi UK all hands meeting held in Manchester...

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  • Embedding inclusion in events on Responsible AI for Mental Health (RAI4MH)
    Tuesday, 21 October 2025

    Embedding inclusion in events on Responsible AI for Mental Health (RAI4MH)

    Embedding inclusion in events on Responsible AI for Mental Health (RAI4MH) by Rafael Mestre (project lead), University of Southampton When...

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  • DOMINOS: Disruption Mitigation for ResponsibleAI
    Monday, 29 September 2025

    DOMINOS: Disruption Mitigation for ResponsibleAI

    DOMINOS: Disruption Mitigation for Responsible AI by Radu Calinescu, project lead (University of York); Lina Marsso (University of Toronto’s Schwartz...

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  • Connecting people with Ai in healthcare through ethical and inclusive conversations
    Thursday, 31 July 2025

    Connecting people with Ai in healthcare through ethical and inclusive conversations

    Connecting people with AI in healthcare through ethical and inclusive conversations by Dr Raquel Iniesta (project lead), Kings College of...

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  • MusicRAI: Responsible AI international community to reduce bias in AI music generation and analysis
    Thursday, 17 July 2025

    MusicRAI: Responsible AI international community to reduce bias in AI music generation and analysis

    MusicRAI: Responsible AI international community to reduce bias in AI music generation and analysis by Prof. N. Bryan-Kinns, Creative Computing...

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  • Harnessing AI to enhance electoral oversight
    Friday, 4 July 2025

    Harnessing AI to enhance electoral oversight

    Harnessing AI to enhance electoral oversight by Dr Sam Power (PI), University of Bristol     We consider Equality, Diversity...

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  • Transport, Trust & Technology: Transport AI Action Plan
    Monday, 30 June 2025

    Transport, Trust & Technology: Transport AI Action Plan

    Transport, Trust & Technology: Transport AI Action Plan by Kavita Mittal, University of Southampton Earlier this month, the UK Department...

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  • AI Regulation Assurance for Safety-Critical Systems
    Monday, 23 June 2025

    AI Regulation Assurance for Safety-Critical Systems

    AI Regulation Assurance for Safety-Critical Systems by Jennifer Williams (project lead), University of Southampton Project workshop held on 11th June...

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  • Responsible AI in global perspective
    Thursday, 29 May 2025

    Responsible AI in global perspective

    Responsible AI in global perspective by Helena Webb, University of Nottingham Workshop panellists (from left to right): Samuel Baker, Gisela...

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  • Understanding Robot Autonomy in Public
    Wednesday, 28 May 2025

    Understanding Robot Autonomy in Public

    Understanding Robot Autonomy in Public  by Dr Stuart Reeves, University of Nottingham    In our RAi UK International Partnerships project...

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  • RAi UK Research Showcase at CHI 2025
    Friday, 23 May 2025

    RAi UK Research Showcase at CHI 2025

    Guest post by Kath Jones, Northumbria University The ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing...

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  • Embedding EDI and RRI in AI Governance: Lessons from a Collaborative Toolkit Project
    Monday, 12 May 2025

    Embedding EDI and RRI in AI Governance: Lessons from a Collaborative Toolkit Project

    Embedding EDI and RRI in AI Governance: Lessons from a Collaborative Toolkit Project by Peter Winter and John Downer (University...

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  • Reflecting on RAi UK Impact Accelerator project’s Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) blogs
    Friday, 25 April 2025

    Reflecting on RAi UK Impact Accelerator project’s Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) blogs

    Reflecting on RAi UK Impact Accelerator project’s Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) blogs by...

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  • Amplify: Empowering Underserved Voices in Spoken Language Interaction
    Wednesday, 9 April 2025

    Amplify: Empowering Underserved Voices in Spoken Language Interaction

    Amplify: Empowering Underserved Voices in Spoken Language Interaction by Simon Robinson, Thomas Reitmaier, Jennifer Pearson The Amplify project is focused on expanding...

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  • Four things to look for when choosing your next Responsible AI training
    Thursday, 20 February 2025

    Four things to look for when choosing your next Responsible AI training

    Four things to look for when choosing your next Responsible AI training Contributing authors in alphabetical order: Abbott, Y Pamela;...

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  • Applying RRI Principles within the AI Equality by Design, Deliberation and Oversight.
    Friday, 24 January 2025

    Applying RRI Principles within the AI Equality by Design, Deliberation and Oversight.

    Applying RRI Principles within the AI Equality by Design, Deliberation and Oversight.   written by: Dr. James MacLaren (Operations Lead...

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  • Responsible Innovation into action: RAKE engagement with the business sector
    Monday, 13 January 2025

    Responsible Innovation into action: RAKE engagement with the business sector

    Responsible Innovation into action: RAKE engagement with the business sector By Prof Rob Procter (University of Warwick) and Dr Virginia...

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  • Learner perceptions with AI tutors
    Thursday, 19 December 2024

    Learner perceptions with AI tutors

    Learner perceptions with AI tutors by Aisling Third The SAGE-RAI project , by the Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute and...

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  • Automating Empathy, Globalising International Standards
    Friday, 13 December 2024

    Automating Empathy, Globalising International Standards

    Automating Empathy, Globalising International Standards by Project AEGIS/ Alexander Laffer, Lecturer in Media and Communication, University of Winchester   How...

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  • AI Accountability in Policing and Security (AIPAS) – Whose accountability is it anyway?
    Thursday, 5 December 2024

    AI Accountability in Policing and Security (AIPAS) – Whose accountability is it anyway?

    AI Accountability in Policing and Security (AIPAS) - Whose accountability is it anyway? Prof P. Saskia Bayerl, CENTRIC AIPAS’s main...

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  • The Ethics of Emulated Empathy: Considering the Significance of Anthropic and Hume’s Collaboration
    Monday, 2 December 2024

    The Ethics of Emulated Empathy: Considering the Significance of Anthropic and Hume’s Collaboration

    Guest post by Andrew McStay and Vian Bakir Why This Collaboration Matters Recent months have seen collaboration between Anthropic and...

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  • A Roadmap for an Ethical AI in Healthcare
    Wednesday, 27 November 2024

    A Roadmap for an Ethical AI in Healthcare

    A Roadmap for an Ethical AI in Healthcare   [caption id="attachment_3526" align="alignnone" width="640"] Panellists on stage at the A Roadmap...

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  • Responsible Generative AI for SMEs in the UK and Africa (RAISE) Impact Accelerator project- RRI and EDI Practice
    Thursday, 21 November 2024

    Responsible Generative AI for SMEs in the UK and Africa (RAISE) Impact Accelerator project- RRI and EDI Practice

    Responsible Generative AI for SMEs in the UK and Africa (RAISE) Impact Accelerator project- RRI and EDI Practice. 21st November 2024...

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  • Listening to EdTech users – RAi FATES of Africa
    Tuesday, 19 November 2024

    Listening to EdTech users – RAi FATES of Africa

    Listening to EdTech users - RAi FATES of Africa by Tim O’Riordan Dr Nora McIntyre leads a community workshop in...

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  • Inclusivity and epistemology in AI
    Wednesday, 6 November 2024

    Inclusivity and epistemology in AI

    Inclusivity and epistemology in AI   The recent news of the Garrick Club – one of the oldest and most...

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  • Decolonising AI: What, Why and How?
    Tuesday, 29 October 2024

    Decolonising AI: What, Why and How?

    Decolonising AI: What, Why and How? By Damian Eke and Gisela Reyes Cruz The Artificial intelligence (AI)’s design, development, deployment,...

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  • A facilitated residential approach: coalescing collaborative research projects for Health Equity in AI Decisions (HEAD) Residency 2024
    Wednesday, 14 August 2024

    A facilitated residential approach: coalescing collaborative research projects for Health Equity in AI Decisions (HEAD) Residency 2024

    The HEAD Residency 2024 forms an element of the TAS Hub and Good Systems Strategic Partnership (an RAi UK International Partnership...

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  • First Town Hall
    Tuesday, 27 June 2023

    First Town Hall

    The first UKRI Responsible AI UK town hall event was held on 26th June, with around one hundred people joining...

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GenAI-Based Group Awareness Tools for Supporting Collaborative Learning

GenAI-Based Group Awareness Tools for Supporting Collaborative Learning

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Solving the 'Goldilocks problem' in dementia clinical trials with...

Solving the 'Goldilocks problem' in dementia clinical trials with...

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23 Jul
All Eyes on the Ranker: Participatory Auditing to Surface...

All Eyes on the Ranker: Participatory Auditing to Surface...

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No Shortcuts to Culture: Indonesian Multi-hop Question Answering for...

No Shortcuts to Culture: Indonesian Multi-hop Question Answering for...

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19 Jul
OptiMed at ArchEHR-QA 2026: GEPA Prompt Optimization and Multi-Agent...

OptiMed at ArchEHR-QA 2026: GEPA Prompt Optimization and Multi-Agent...

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FairPlay+: A Certified-Fair Hotel Room Recommendations Framework

FairPlay+: A Certified-Fair Hotel Room Recommendations Framework

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