Making public services work for you with your digital identity This consultation seeks views on a proposed national digital ID system for British and Irish citizens and foreign nationals with permission to be in the UK.

www.gov.uk/government/c...

Digital ID Consultation is open! Beyond infrastructure, digital ID will shape our country. Government must prioritise trust and cohesion, not just efficiency.

Share your views by 12:30pm, 5 May 2026.

Valuing Creative and Cultural R&D and Innovation | The Audience Agency This paper, produced by The Audience Agency and Careful Industries working alongside Arts Council England, aims to build the case for the importance of RD&I in the creative and cultural sector.

theaudienceagency.org/en/valuing-c...

What is the value of creative and cultural RD&I?

Our new report, with Audience Agency and Arts Council England, highlights the importance of RD&I in the sector, shares key insights, and presents 11 actionable recommendations across strategy, sector growth, investment, and research.

Full report ⬇️

Reclaiming Our Social Lives: A Call For Solidarity Vs Big Tech. Reclaiming Our Social Lives: A Call For Solidarity Vs Big Tech.

Join us for ‘Reclaiming Our Social Lives: A Call For Solidarity Vs Big Tech.’

On 17th March, we'll discuss how solidarity can act as a counter to the powers of big tech + social media.

Hear from @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, Adele Walton & Nick Couldry ✨

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming...

Power and participation in public tech Friday 6 March 2026, 10:00-17:00 at The Mechanics Centre, (Major Street Entrance), 103 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 6DD. This conference is for anyone interested in how to achieve better outcomes i...

🔗 Sign up now! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We’ll be joining @connectedbydata.org on Friday 6th March for the ‘Power and participation in public tech’ conference!

Come to share what you’re up to, and to learn from others; leave with new insights, ideas, and connections
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🗓 Friday 6 March 2026
⏰ 10:00-17:00
📍The Mechanics Centre, Manchester

Today, Lloyd's Register Foundation has published a new literature review and positioning paper in collaboration with Careful Industries, which will help to inform our forthcoming Foresight Review into the Safe Adoption of AI in Engineered Systems.

Read now: https://loom.ly/UU6fdCQ

Credits:

Writing and additional research: @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social
Worker Safety literature search and analysis: Uchenna Anyamele
Environmental Safety literature search and analysis: Madhuri Karak, PhD
Critical Infrastructure literature search and analysis: Dr Odongo Oduor Joseph

Introducing ' The AI Safety Paradox' ➡️ A Literature Review and positioning paper on the safe adoption of artificial intelligence in engineered systems

In partnership with @lrfheritage.bsky.social

🔗 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/publications...

BBC Radio 4 - The Briefing Room, Why don't we have ID cards in the UK? David Aaronovitch and guests discuss identity cards.

What could digital ID look like if it’s introduced?

@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social joined @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social on Radio 4's Briefing Room to talk about the proposed digital ID card system, alongside Jon Agar, Rainer Kattel, and Edgar Whitley.

Listen now: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Join us tomorrow!

How do we define ‘good’ when it comes to AI and local communities?

Join us Thursday, 27 Jan at Newspeak House, London for "AI in the Street" - a collaborative research project that explores the messy reality of AI encountered in the street.

⏰ 4-6pm + drinks/refreshments
🔗 luma.com/p4fmir78Opens

Still working out your New Year’s resolution? Make 2026 the year you champion social power in tech! Community tech is rising, but funding hasn’t caught up yet.

Read @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social & jamestplunkett.bsky.social blog about how to fund public interest tech. Want to collaborate? DMs open!

Keir Starmer abandons plans for compulsory digital ID Scheme intended to verify someone’s right to work in the UK will be optional, government admitted in 13th U-turn since taking power

The Times is reporting that plans for compulsory digital ID checks for right to work are being abandoned, which is great news if true. To be universal, services should be plural in approach, rather than being delivered via a single chanel

www.thetimes.com/article/0044...

Event flyer AI in the street: lessons from everyday encounters with AI innovation Join us for an early evening exploration 4pm - Creative diagramming workshop 5pm - project presentation 5:20pm Panel discussion feat Careful Industries, Ada Lovelace Inst, the LGA, and Foxglove Legal 6pm: Drinks and networking 4pm - 7pm, 27 January at Newspeak House

Come and join us for a fun early evening exploration of the AI in the Street project, feat. Yasmine Boudiaf, Mukul Patel, Noortje Marres, Alex Taylor, @halcyene.bsky.social @tmsqrll.bsky.social, Dominique Barron, Annie Radcliffe and me at Newspeak House luma.com/p4fmir78

This week we were happy to launch our new report on #DisabilityTechnology, exploring the potential for data-driven digital technologies to reduce barriers that disabled people encounter in their everyday lives. Read more here: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...

Text over an abstract background, text reads: Disability technology How data and digital assistive technologies can support independent, fulfilled lives. Read the report online. The Royal Society

Disabled people should be involved from the outset in developing digital tools and services that are fundamental to work, life and play to maximise the transformative benefits they can bring says our new report on #DisabilityTechnology, released today.

From Ideas to Innovation | The Audience Agency The Audience Agency (TAA) is conducting a survey in partnership with Arts Council England (ACE) to understand more about the role and value of innovation for people and organisations across the arts a...

We know creative and artistic innovation takes many different forms - and can look very different to their counterparts in science and tech - so we're seeking to gather as much evidence as possible of the rich variety of things that already take place
theaudienceagency.org/en/ideas-inn...

Making Digital Inclusion Fun Again — Careful Industries 5 ways the Digital Inclusion Action Plan could be a bit more exciting.

When did digital inclusion get so boring?

Earlier this year, the government published the Digital Inclusion Action Plan.

While the consultation is closed, we wanted to share five ways that it could be made…well… more fun!

Read more on our blog: www.careful.industries/blog/2025-3-...

Consequence Scanning: Playtest · Luma Come and help test our updated Consequence Scanning format in a short, informative workshop that will share practical techniques for assessing the social,…

Would you like to contribute to creating a tool to support the ethical procurement of AI?

We are conducting a playtest with experts from UK local authorities, on 24th June!

🔗 Sign up here: lu.ma/8rbh6k0v

UX London 2025 A three-day celebration of user experience and digital design.

🔗: 2025.uxlondon.com

Join @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social at UX London this month!

On 12th June, Rachel will be talking about ‘The power of hopeful technology’ and how, in modern technology development, your practice is probably more political than you realise.

Get 20% off your ticket using code: JOIN_RC

Many recognise the potential of "community technology" yet only a fraction have been able to embrace these tools fully.

Read our latest report about how policymakers, funders, and community leaders can work together to shape a fairer digital future.

www.careful.industries/blog/2025-5-...

Next month, @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social will be at the @publiclawproject.bsky.social and Technology Conference to learn more about risks and benefits in Government procurement involving AI and ADM.

📅 Monday 9 June
⏰ 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
📍 Fieldfisher / Online
🔗 publiclawproject.org.uk/events/publi...

A box of yellow stickers with I'm a Hopeful Technologists written in red and purple and a sunrise

Getting ready for Interesting at Conway Hall tomorrow night www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/interestin...

What we talk about when we talk about AI — Careful Industries Can AI really do all of the things people want it to do — and what exactly are people actually talking about when they talk about AI? Yutong Liu & The Bigger Picture   / https://betterim...

A vital read on what AI is and isn't from @carefultrouble.bsky.social Don't believe the magical management sci-fi. www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-...

What we talk about when we talk about AI — Careful Industries Can AI really do all of the things people want it to do — and what exactly are people actually talking about when they talk about AI? Yutong Liu & The Bigger Picture   / https://betterim...

Read @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social latest blog post about what we mean when we talk about AI, and why AI literacy should include the myths, the economics and power surrounding artificial intelligence.

www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-...

Matt Clifford’s quiet grip on UK AI No 10's machine learning tsar is seeking to bake the technology into the UK's economic future, but his influence has drawn criticism

“ I would definitely say that, having worked in policy for over 10 years, I find this government to be less consultative than any I’ve worked with,” says @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social

observer.co.uk/news/science...

From sharing learnings to our detailed takeaways, our AI 101 Impact workshops pack a lot in.

We have a limited number in our upcoming sessions:

1️⃣ 13th May: Industry, Freelancers + Civil Service

2️⃣ 20th May: Charity + Public sector

www.careful.industries/ai-training