Announcing our FREE webinar Digital ID – reflecting on the UK consultation and what comes next. We’ll explore the policy and technical priorities we believe should guide the next phase of development. Engage with the emerging policy landscape and help shape what comes next!
buff.ly/EjI2F6z
In our data-centric AI webinar series, we share our own work and invite world experts with their own research and experience, from AI in public services to workers' rights. Catch up on all of them now.
Solid World graphic
If you couldn't make it to the Solid Symposium—or you were there and want to relive the breakthrough moments—this is the session for you. We’re stripping away the fluff and delivering a high-impact round-up of the event’s biggest highlights.
buff.ly/oyOb0tq
#TheWeekinData: Sun-kissed breaches
*Data breach on booking site
*Data centre block
*Sub-optimal recovery
Travel giant Booking dot com revealed this week it had suffered a data breach at the hands of “unauthorised parties” who gained access to customers’ information. Find out more…
buff.ly/UZJ3dMF
🚨 Solid26 preview: Building personal apps and AI agents
📅 28 - 29 April
📍Birkbeck, University of London, WC1E 7HX
We're hosting a 2-day tournament to build a new generation of personal AI agents, apps, and websites that give people real control over their own data. Find out more.
buff.ly/HAGtekY
Join our panel of experts as they discuss Image Empire, Dr. Alan Warburton’s new animated fairytale. The session examines how “large world models” fuse the real and the virtual together in potent new forms, bringing game logics to our working lives.
buff.ly/aUDJvHk
Catch up on our Data Ethics Professional webinars and learn from our alumni as they share their expertise, offering practical insights and tips on ethical data use and embedding best practices within organisations.
It’s the last chance to book our FREE online roundtable Digital ID – shaping responses to the UK Government consultation. Be part of the debate as the UK considers the future of digital identity, key technical and policy design choices, and the long-term implications for privacy.
#TheWeekinData: Appy Meal?
*Data chief doubles down
*The Stargate closes
*Crowded house
The data chief of NHS England this week pledged to ignore the hullabaloo about Palantir as she set out plans to embed the firm’s technology deeper into hospitals. Find out more…
buff.ly/nC37rFR
How can data and AI make policing safer and more ethical? Join our FREE webinar to find out! Corinne Russell, Data Ethics Lead at Police Scotland, will be giving an inside look at how they are pioneering the ethical use of technology.
buff.ly/UYVPNba
Digital ID - making public services work for you? Help us shape our response to the UK Government consultation at our online roundtable. This session is designed for those with technical and/or policy expertise who can help shape thinking in this space.
buff.ly/nlpSee7
🚨 Solid26 preview: Building personal apps and AI agents
📅 28 - 29 April
📍Birkbeck, University of London, WC1E 7HX
We're hosting a 2-day tournament to build a new generation of personal AI agents, apps, and websites that give people real control over their own data. Find out more.
buff.ly/HAGtekY
#TheWeekinData: Eggsistential crisis
*Data reveals knock-on effects of Iran war
*Data centres causing ‘heat islands’
*Easter eggs
As the war in Iran approaches its sixth week, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is being increasingly felt in the AI sector. Find out more…
buff.ly/SqLc4Gi
In our data-centric AI webinar series, we share our own work and invite world experts with their own research and experience to share key insights and recommendations for building the data infrastructure needed to make AI safer and trusted by everyone. Catch up on all of them now.
Join us for a focused virtual roundtable on Digital ID – shaping responses to the UK Government consultation. This session is designed for those with technical and/or policy expertise who can actively contribute to this discussion and help shape thinking in this space.
buff.ly/nlpSee7
Our Data Ethics Professional webinars are a place for our alumni to share their expertise, offering practical insights and tips on ethical data use and embedding best practices within organisations. Catch up on all of them now.
If you are thinking about how your organisation should be using data ethically, then join today’s FREE lunchtime webinar!
#TheWeekinData: Ctrl+Alt+Defeat
*Meta and YouTube found liable
*UK poverty data
*Join the Solid Hackathon
A jury in Los Angeles has found Meta and YouTube liable for deliberately designing addictive products that hooked a young user and led to them being harmed. Find out more…
There is a growing movement towards openness in the UK water industry and progress is already being made both within individual companies and at a sector level. Find out more.
Data is the foundation of AI. Poor quality data drives up costs and can lead to hidden problems for AI, while biased data negatively affects the performance of AI models. In our research, we seek to define AI readiness and its underlying principles. Read more.
We are partnering with SAP to launch and grow IDEA, an interchange for data and enterprise AI. IDEA will set up a programme of research, community building, & peer learning to help enterprises make the most of #AI through AI-ready data infrastructure, standards & well-governed data.
buff.ly/2RtLqsN
Last chance to book our FREE session with Antonia Panayotova, DSIT, @imak.bsky.social, Open Opportunities, and Professor @elenasimperl.bsky.social, Director of Research, ODI on data portals - and the National Data Library in particular.
buff.ly/nQxtaVn
We are delighted to announce that Antonia Panayotova, DSIT, will be joining @imak.bsky.social, Open Opportunities, and Professor @elenasimperl.bsky.social, Director of Research, ODI in our discussion on Thursday on data portals - and the National Data Library in particular.
buff.ly/nQxtaVn
The Solid Symposium returns for its fourth edition, Thursday, 30 April - Friday 1st May. Join us at City St George’s University, London, to hear about the next chapter for data on the web, including a fireside chat with Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Visit the website for more info and tickets.
sosy2026.eu
The National Data Library (NDL) is a proposal that lies at the heart of the UK government’s AI strategy. We've used our institutional expertise and experience to design and implement an AI-ready prototype of the NDL. Find out more.
#Data #AI #NDL
It’s the last chance to book Solid World March: Modelling, analysing, and sharing research data. Join our FREE webinar today at 4pm GMT for a presentation on SpOTy, a project aimed at the cross fertilisation between the fields of linguistics and knowledge engineering. buff.ly/ulH8cao
#TheWeekinData: Twin town
*UK BioBank data exposed online
*Companies House glitch
*Digital twin helps traffic
An investigation by The Guardian published last weekend has revealed that confidential health data from UK BioBank has been exposed online dozens of times. Find out more…
We have published a paper that reviews our progress three years into our 5 Year Strategy.
It takes stock of what we've delivered so far, analyses the changing landscape, and sets out how the ODI is adapting its priorities and commitments for the remainder of the strategy period.
Join our FREE webinar to find out the best ways for you and your organisation to tackle data ethics. We’ll discuss different pathways, from light touch training for individuals & small groups to full consultancy support.
buff.ly/hWiRgMF
As AI became increasingly integrated into daily life, it's vital to remember that data is the foundation of this rapid expansion. Our commitment remains focused on strengthening the infrastructure, standards, and institutions essential for data to continue serving the public good.