Prof. Marion Oswald, MBE
@marion-infolaw.bsky.social
Professor of Law, Northumbria University. Interested in law, technology, #AI policing, law enforcement & national security (& art, detective fiction). Chair, West Midlands PCC/Police data ethics committee, Hon FRSS #academicsky
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@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social skyrocketing and getting mobilised to fight this attack on pay and pensions @northumbriauni.bsky.social www.ucu.org.uk/article/14256
Strike ballot looms at Northumbria University over attack on pay & pensions
Staff at Northumbria University have taken steps towards a strike ballot over plans by the university to force staff from the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social skyrocketing and getting mobilised to fight this attack on pay and pensions @northumbriauni.bsky.social www.ucu.org.uk/article/14256
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💡 Tackle challenges like hallucinations, trust, and ethical AI deployment.
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#PhD #LLM #ResponsibleAI #ComputingScience #AcademicOpportunities
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#PhD #LLM #ResponsibleAI #ComputingScience #AcademicOpportunities
PhD in Computing Science - Responsible Usage of LLM-Based Tooling in High-Stakes Decision-Making at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - PhD in Computing Science - Responsible Usage of LLM-Based Tooling in High-Stakes Decision-Making at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com
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August 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
💡 Tackle challenges like hallucinations, trust, and ethical AI deployment.
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#PhD #LLM #ResponsibleAI #ComputingScience #AcademicOpportunities
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#PhD #LLM #ResponsibleAI #ComputingScience #AcademicOpportunities
If you are in Devon this weekend, catch this show in Exeter (and in the 250th anniversary year of Jane Austen's birth too) exeternorthcott.co.uk/events/sense...
Sense and Sensibility - Exeter Northcott Theatre
Book tickets for Sense and Sensibility at the Exeter Northcott Theatre today!
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August 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If you are in Devon this weekend, catch this show in Exeter (and in the 250th anniversary year of Jane Austen's birth too) exeternorthcott.co.uk/events/sense...
Our written evidence to Parliamentary Human Rights Ctee on the provisions in Crime and Policing Bill on mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse. We highlight 4 key weaknesses: supervisory roles, indicators of abuse, penalties, & duties of confidentiality committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
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July 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Our written evidence to Parliamentary Human Rights Ctee on the provisions in Crime and Policing Bill on mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse. We highlight 4 key weaknesses: supervisory roles, indicators of abuse, penalties, & duties of confidentiality committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
College of Policing publishes new guidance on AI-enabled tools, in conjunction with checklist for responsible AI in policing developed by @probablefutures.bsky.social in collaboration with NPCC www.college.police.uk/guidance/bui...
Building AI-enabled tools and systems | College of Policing
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June 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
College of Policing publishes new guidance on AI-enabled tools, in conjunction with checklist for responsible AI in policing developed by @probablefutures.bsky.social in collaboration with NPCC www.college.police.uk/guidance/bui...
Chris Zarraga, Director of Schools North East: "Deploy AI with care, conscience and a deep understanding of our communities" #AInorthumbria
May 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Chris Zarraga, Director of Schools North East: "Deploy AI with care, conscience and a deep understanding of our communities" #AInorthumbria
Newcastle MP Chi Onwurah talks about the importance of responsible AI and of shaping new developments to be for the benefit of everyone #AInorthumbria
May 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Newcastle MP Chi Onwurah talks about the importance of responsible AI and of shaping new developments to be for the benefit of everyone #AInorthumbria
Getting ready for the launch of the Northumbria Centre for Responsible AI this morning #AInorthumbria @northumbriauni.bsky.social @probablefutures.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Getting ready for the launch of the Northumbria Centre for Responsible AI this morning #AInorthumbria @northumbriauni.bsky.social @probablefutures.bsky.social
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Fantastic ending to Baroness Kidron's speech in the House of Lords yesterday, which led to the government's defeat on AI & copyright.
Speaking the UK's creators: "Their property, their labour, is worthy of your protection - because apart from anything else, it is not ours to give away."
Speaking the UK's creators: "Their property, their labour, is worthy of your protection - because apart from anything else, it is not ours to give away."
May 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Fantastic ending to Baroness Kidron's speech in the House of Lords yesterday, which led to the government's defeat on AI & copyright.
Speaking the UK's creators: "Their property, their labour, is worthy of your protection - because apart from anything else, it is not ours to give away."
Speaking the UK's creators: "Their property, their labour, is worthy of your protection - because apart from anything else, it is not ours to give away."
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
""If it looked like a shooting could represent a breach of the rules of conflict, you'd get a phone call from the legal adviser or one of the staff officers in HQ. They'd pick you up on it and help you to clarify the language. 'Do you remember someone making a sudden move?' 'Oh yeah, I do now.'""
'Children handcuffed and shot' - ex-UK Special Forces break silence on war crime claims
'Children handcuffed and shot' - ex-UK Special Forces break silence on war crime claims
Veterans who served with the SAS and SBS give BBC Panorama eyewitness accounts of alleged executions.
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May 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
""If it looked like a shooting could represent a breach of the rules of conflict, you'd get a phone call from the legal adviser or one of the staff officers in HQ. They'd pick you up on it and help you to clarify the language. 'Do you remember someone making a sudden move?' 'Oh yeah, I do now.'""
New CETaS report 'UK Public Attitudes to National Security Data Processing: Assessing Human and Machine Intrusion' (Powell, Oswald & Janjeva) published today. Based on a nationally representative survey and a citizens panel cetas.turing.ac.uk/publications... 1/3
UK Public Attitudes to National Security Data Processing: Assessing Human and Machine Intrusion
Emerging technologies are transforming national security data processing, as many analytical tasks can now be automated – including through machine learning
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April 29, 2025 at 6:40 AM
New CETaS report 'UK Public Attitudes to National Security Data Processing: Assessing Human and Machine Intrusion' (Powell, Oswald & Janjeva) published today. Based on a nationally representative survey and a citizens panel cetas.turing.ac.uk/publications... 1/3
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4/ From Aug. 1 — when the law took effect — to Dec. 13, 2024, at least 70 Louisiana prisoners’ parole hearings were canceled just like that, ProPublica and @veritenews.org found:
An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm B...
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April 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
4/ From Aug. 1 — when the law took effect — to Dec. 13, 2024, at least 70 Louisiana prisoners’ parole hearings were canceled just like that, ProPublica and @veritenews.org found:
Spring roofs
April 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Spring roofs
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National Data Library continues to be nebulous but this piece suggests whatever it is, it won’t happen in this Parliament
www.ft.com/content/85d8...
www.ft.com/content/85d8...
UK tech scheme includes AI tool to mark homework as ministers weigh selling data
Public records my be monetised as part of National Data Library within a decade, says science secretary Peter Kyle
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March 31, 2025 at 5:57 AM
National Data Library continues to be nebulous but this piece suggests whatever it is, it won’t happen in this Parliament
www.ft.com/content/85d8...
www.ft.com/content/85d8...