Yesterday's shocking stats on absolute poverty levels in the UK - rises in child poverty and working age poverty - are context for 1 in 4 households with children being below the Minimum Digital Living Standard. Being below MDLS is likely to make it harder to exit poverty.
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Room is buzzing with ideas about how to use the MDLS to support change and digital inclusion
Final panel chaired by @Emma_Stone2020 @goodthingsfdn asking what does #MDLS mean for policy & practice? Looking forward to insights from:View quoted post on X
Hafsha Shaikh @Smartlyte
Rob Benson @LpoolCityRegion
Piers Claughton @VirginMoney
@amy_odonnell @Nominet
@roubash @CamdenCouncil
My take-aways from today's #AIFringe event on Closing the AI Skills Gap ... (1) genuine interest from those focused at the high-tech end in being intentional about preventing AI from deepening inequalities @AISummitFringe
Day 2 in #AIFringe week ... room filling in Manchester. I'll be on the panel discussng: Closing the AI Skills Gap with @BW_SciTech @AISummitFringe
Excellent event #AIFringe hosted by @BritishAcademy_ @UCLPublicPolicy Interesting how AI is opening up big, not new, questions around work, society, inequality, agency, creativity, values, and human rights