Steph Wright, Head of the Scottish AI Alliance, takes a look back on 2023.

In November, the Scottish AI Alliance exhibited at Data Summit 2023. While AI was at the top of the agenda, and dominated most of the discussions, complementary topics included space, healthcare, education, culture, and genomics.

The Scottish AI Summit is back on 28 March 2024, with a programme that includes workshops, panels, and more. Meet our two keynotes!

What impact has AI already had on the Scottish legal system? How will new tools and technologies affect legal practitioners?

In this podcast, we discuss the growing public awareness of AI, changing attitudes towards the use of AI in various sectors, and areas of public concern.

Skills Development Scotland has launched a new guide to help people understand the "digital economy", and highlight support available to enhance digital skills.

Scotland’s AI research capabilities have been in the news recently, with two prominent stories in as many weeks showcasing our leading role in the field.  

Guest blog from Jen Ang, Director of JRS KnowHow and Director of Development and Policy of JustRight Scotland on making a case for a human rights approach to AI governance

Guest blog from Gregory Metcalfe of The Children’s Parliament about his trip to the World Summit AI with the Scottish AI Alliance

The recently announced Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) Fellowships, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, seek to embrace this approach to help build the knowledge-based infrastructure needed for the UK to lead on responsible AI developments.

Skills Development Scotland (SDS) has recently published the Regional Skills Assessments (RSAs) and Sectoral Skills Assessments (SSAs) for 2023.

The Fairness Innovation Challenge, led by the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, will drive the development of new solutions to address bias and discrimination in AI systems.

Guest blog about our Scotland @ CogX event at Scotland House in London on 12 September 2023

The latest cohort of the AI Accelerator programme has launched, find out more.

The Scottish AI Alliance has launch its new free online course, Living with AI, which is designed to get the people of Scotland engaged, interested and informed about what artificial intelligence (AI) is and how it is used in our daily lives.

On 28 March 2024 we will return to Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh for the Scottish AI Summit and we are delighted to launch our call for proposals for Scottish AI Summit 2024! 

In this episode of Turing's Triple Helix, we discuss how equality, artificial intelligence and the public sector intersect. Explore how people with protected characteristics may be impacted by AI systems, how public bodies are embedding equality and the barriers they face.

The Scottish AI Summit will take place on 28 March 2024 at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh!

The Scottish AI Alliance are looking to connect and collaborate with communities, community-embedded organisations and civil society networks across Scotland as part of our engagement roadshow.

In this episode of Turing's Triple Helix, we discuss the implications of artificial intelligence for third sector organisations and young people.