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Blog, News 12/03/2020
Budget 2020: Investment in science and technology needs to bring about strong data infrastructure for the UK to thrive
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
- Jeni Tennison
ODI’s CEO Jeni Tennison shares the ODI”s response to the UK government’s Budget this week, focusing on investment in data infrastructure
Blog, News 02/03/2020
Five projects awarded funding and support to improve safety
- Built environment and housing
- Deborah Yates
With the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, the ODI is pleased to announce the projects selected for a new stimulus fund that help increase access to data and drive innovation in the engineering sector with an emphasis on improving safety
Blog, News 09/01/2020
Data enabled public services need funding to scale, but better tools are also part of the answer
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
- Public service design
- Ben Snaith
- James Maddison
- Leigh Dodds
Data is playing an increasingly important role in the transformation of public services. Despite difficult financial times, the plethora of data now available is enabling us to rethink how services are developed to tackle specific public needs
Blog, News 18/12/2019
Jeni Tennison on Amazon’s access to the NHS website – how has it come to this?
- Data publishing and use
- Emerging tech and AI
- Health and physical activity
- Policy
- Jeni Tennison
Has the Department for Health and Social Care acted outside its authority by partnering with Amazon? What does this mean for future contracts between the NHS and big tech?
Blog, News 21/11/2019
Sir Nigel Shadbolt on privacy, the ODI at seven and ethical AI virtue signalling
- Sir Nigel Shadbolt
“I believe our work remains just as relevant and important. The burgeoning data ecosystem, the complexities of technology and the challenge of ethics keep us busy; there is plenty of unfinished business.”
Blog, News 13/11/2019
The murky world of political adverts on social media may damage our democracy
- Sir Nigel Shadbolt
People have a right to know where political adverts originate, who is paying for them and how they are being targeted
Blog, News 12/11/2019
Success celebrated at ODI Summit with startup programme awards
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Peer networks
- Startups
An entrepreneur, a startup and a data provider received awards today at the ODI Summit from Sir Nigel Shadbolt, the UK’s AI expert and ODI co-founder, to recognise their outstanding success during the Data Pitch programme
Blog, News 12/11/2019
ODI partners with Pinsent Masons to explore next stage of data trusts
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
International law firm, Pinsent Masons, has joined the our Commercial Partnership Programme, a peer group of forward-thinking organisations who share a common vision of a collaborative and open future
Blog, News 12/11/2019
Nearly 9 in 10 people think it’s important that organisations use personal data ethically
- Data ethics and privacy
The ODI calls on companies and governments to build trust by engaging with their customers and citizens about how they use personal data
Blog, News 10/10/2019
Top engineering organisations sign data manifesto to improve safety in the sector
- Built environment and housing
- Data infrastructure
- Health and physical activity
New funding announced for projects increasing access to data and driving innovation in the sector