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Unlearning AI at ASC 2026: Queer futures, thought collectives and cybernetics

Tuesday 1 Sep 2026

The Shifting Power team attended the annual conference of the American Society for Cybernetics (ASC) in Ouro Preto, Brazil from the 3rd – 7th of August 2026. This was a new community for our team, the home community of our long-time academic partner Ben (see our podcast “Computer Séance” and our symposium “After AI?”). Given what we understood about cybernetics – its highly interdisciplinary beginnings and creative scholarship – we...

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KMi brings human-centred AI perspectives to International Digital Education Forum

Friday 28 Aug 2026

Prof John Domingue represented KMi at two connected events at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, contributing two keynote presentations and taking part in an international expert panel on the future of education in the age of artificial intelligence. The Sino-UK Digital Education Innovation and Leadership Workshop, held on 4 August, was followed by the 2026...

 

Advancing AI approaches to intangible cultural heritage at a British Academy workshop in Rome

Wednesday 22 Jul 2026

KMi researcher Dr Alessio Antonini and Prof John Domingue recently convened a successful British Academy–funded workshop in Rome (26–28 May 2026) at the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History, focusing on the Intangible Cultural Heritage of littorals.  The workshop brought together collaborators to develop a new research bid for a Horizon 2027...

Meet the 2026 KMi Summer Scholars

Friday 10 Jul 2026

(Image, left to right: Richelle Acheampong, Temmy Phillips, Timi Banjo) KMi is delighted to welcome the 2026 cohort of Summer Scholars. Since 2020, the KMi Summer Scholarship programme has provided financial support, mentoring and research opportunities to young Black scholars interested in exploring cutting-edge areas of computing and technology. This year’s scholarship adopts a new...

 

Promptathon 2026: Exploring Critical AI Literacy at the OU

Wednesday 1 Jul 2026

In May 2026, colleagues from across the OU came together for the Promptathon, a collaborative, challenge-based initiative exploring how we use and understand generative AI in practice. The event brought together 157 participants and 16 facilitators, working in cross-disciplinary teams on a series of structured challenges. KMi’s Nancy Pontika was part of the organising team...


KMi and FBL researchers present SABRINA AI agent for ethical future-focused decision-making

On 23 June, Audrey Ekuban from KMi and Ruth Dimes from FBL, accompanied by FBL PhD student Tapiwa Muvirimi, presented their prototype of SABRINA (System for Agent-Based Representation, Inclusion, Negotiation & Accountability) to the Responsible AI conference in London. Ruth, Audrey and KMi’s Enrico Motta have developed SABRINA as an AI agent that aims to...

Computer Séance: A new research podcast from KMI researchers explores AI through the lens of popular culture 

As artificial intelligence reshapes almost every aspect of contemporary life, a new podcast from KMI researchers called Computer Séance offers a timely and engaging space to think critically about what these technologies mean.  Hosted by Justin (Research Fellow), Ben (Visiting Scholar, University of Brighton) and Tracie (Senior Research Fellow), the podcast queerly combines media criticism, cultural theory, and technological curiosity to...

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