Gavin Brookes speaking at GCA Conference at Tongji University.

Audience at Gavin Brookes's talk at the GCA conference at Tongji University.

Participants and speakers at the GCA conference at Tongji University.

Home now after a busy week in Shanghai for the GCA conference at Tongji University, where I spoke about AI dementia representation. A strong showing from Lancaster, including online talks from @TonyMcEnery.bsky.social and @DrJoeBurton.bsky.social, too. @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

Government may cap UK political donations to limit foreign influence Proposal comes after billionaire Elon Musk reportedly said he would donate £79m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party

Damn good idea. Keep plutocracy (and Elon Musk) out of UK politics! Money is not free speech!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Interesting documentary. Synthetic media poses an ongoing threat to democracy.

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I live in Lancashire. So the sky is rarely blue. But I'm looking forward to getting to know folks on this platform. I'm an International Security Professor working on AI and cyber conflict. Books, gaming, futures, mountains, music. All of great interest. Please let me know good accounts to follow.