The government’s new AI partnerships with Anthropic and Meta, including pilots for AI assistants across public services, come as new research from the Open Data Institute (ODI) raises concerns about ...

To reap the benefits of AI organisations need to prepare and transform their data to make it directly useful and usable in AI tasks. This can take many forms, from creating metadata and knowledge ...

While AI may often seem to exist abstractly in cyberspace, it is also driving major supply chains of both materials and labour. In this report, we focus on the landscape of work and workers behind AI ...

We hosted a two-day hackathon to test the first draft of our standard and explore how open data can connect more people with opportunities to help. At the beginning of December, we held a hackathon to ...

Modern artificial intelligence (AI) systems are characterised by models of large scale and high flexibility, capable of producing rich outputs. Recognising both the potential and the risks of these ...

The fourth edition of the Solid Symposium will take place in London in Spring 2026. The event follows successful symposia in Nuremberg (2023), Leuven (2024), and Leiden (2025). It will be hosted by ...

In most contexts, ping-pong involves paddles, a small white ball, and perhaps some friendly competition over Sunday afternoon drinks. In Parliament, however, ping-pong can become a matter of ...

The data ethics maturity model is a tool for anyone who collects, uses and shares data. It helps assess and benchmark how widely embedded data ethics culture and practices are across your organisation ...

From the maker of The Wizard of AI, Dr Alan Warburton, comes a new artwork exploring what it means to live in a world driven by the obsession to see everything, all at once. This project is ...

This report aims to map the UK government’s activity on ‘data literacy’, as part of the ODI’s work supporting the development of the UK’s data economy The UK government recognises the importance of ...

Citizen queries are questions asked by an individual about government policies, guidance, and services that are relevant to their circumstances, encompassing a range of topics including benefits, ...