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Trusted Advisor ∙ AI Wrangler ∙ Responsibility Advocate

AI Faculty @SingularityU ∙ @IEEESA Ethics Maestro
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OUT NOW: Ep 2 of #BeyondBoundaries!🎙️ Join Kainos' CAIO, Gareth Workman, and Tech Ethicist and AI Safety Engineer, Nell Watson 🤖🧠⚖️, as they explore the rise of agentic AI and what it means for businesses, leaders, and the future of work. Watch or listen: kainos.com/beyondboundari…

OUT NOW: Ep 2 of #BeyondBoundaries!🎙️

Join Kainos' CAIO, Gareth Workman, and Tech Ethicist and AI Safety Engineer, <a href="/NellWatson/">Nell Watson 🤖🧠⚖️</a>, as they explore the rise of agentic AI and what it means for businesses, leaders, and the future of work.

Watch or listen: kainos.com/beyondboundari…
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Nell Watson 🤖🧠⚖️ Catch #BeyondBoundaries on your favourite listening platforms. 🎙️ Spotify: kainos.pub/418Z3eM Apple Podcasts: kainos.pub/4aOvQJc YouTube: kainos.pub/3EuxIL5 Amazon Music: kainos.pub/3XylA26

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I'm thrilled to see the emergence of Simeon Bochev's (former head of Apple's AI Infrastructure) Compute Exchange, an innovative approach to securing high-performance compute for AI workloads. Instead of wrestling with unpredictable AWS spot instances, this auction-based model

I'm thrilled to see the emergence of <a href="/SimeonBochev/">Simeon Bochev</a>'s (former head of Apple's AI Infrastructure) <a href="/computeexchange/">Compute Exchange</a>, an innovative approach to securing high-performance compute for AI workloads. 

Instead of wrestling with unpredictable AWS spot instances, this auction-based model
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The Survival and Flourishing Fund, a virtual fund supported by philanthropist Jaan Tallinn, will be recommending approximately $10-20 million in grants this September. Applications from organizations are due by May 2. I've been honored to support and advise this fund for several

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Thanks🙏Lee Ranie and Janna Q. Anderson Elon University for the report “The Future of Being Human in 2035” just published 🚀🚀🚀 Thrilled and humbled to add my thoughts on the subject in several sections with world leaders friends and colleagues like vinton g cerf Esther Dyson Mark Schaefer

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Agentic AI is a huge step forward — machines which can make indepedent decisions and actions, acting like a concierge. However, such arms'-length actions greatly increase the risks of AI. I introduced these concerns in Taming the Machine, but the implications of agentic AI

Agentic AI is a huge step forward — machines which can make indepedent decisions and actions, acting like a concierge. However, such arms'-length actions greatly increase the risks of AI. I introduced these concerns in Taming the Machine, but the implications of agentic AI
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We're happy to announce this month's featured books for you to read on the WorkL Bookstore - the home of business books to help you work happier! 📚🎉 📘 ‘Taming the Machine’ by Nell Watson (Nell Watson 🤖🧠⚖️) 📙 ‘Confident Cyber Security’ by Jessica Barker (@jdrjessicabarker) 📗

We're happy to announce this month's featured books for you to read on the WorkL Bookstore - the home of business books to help you work happier! 📚🎉

📘 ‘Taming the Machine’ by Nell Watson (<a href="/NellWatson/">Nell Watson 🤖🧠⚖️</a>) 
📙 ‘Confident Cyber Security’ by Jessica Barker (@jdrjessicabarker)
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I’ve just released Psychopathia Machinalis along with my colleague Ali Hessami. It's a framework for spotting when AI systems go a bit… off in their thinking. From chatbots that confidently invent fake facts, to agents that argue with themselves mid-task, these patterns can be

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Should AI systems get access to their own off-switch? Let's talk AI ethics with Nell Watson 🤖🧠⚖️ Check out this episode of the #PossibleFuturesPodcast free on Youtube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts 🔗su.org/resources/nell…

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<<Or as Jacy Reese Anthis, co-founder of the Sentience Institute, a US organisation researching the idea of digital minds, put it: “How we treat them will shape how they treat us.”>> Robert Booth @Guardian theguardian.com/technology/202…

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My next book — with Ali Hessami — Safer Agentic AI: Principles and Responsible Practices, is coming out in Jan 2026. It’s now available for pre-order with 40% off this week via my publisher, Kogan Page. Code: SALE40 at checkout. koganpage.com/digital-techno… You can also get 40% off

My next book — with Ali Hessami — Safer Agentic AI: Principles and Responsible Practices, is coming out in Jan 2026. It’s now available for pre-order with 40% off this week via my publisher, Kogan Page. Code: SALE40 at checkout.

koganpage.com/digital-techno…

You can also get 40% off
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I’ve been experimenting with something that still feels slightly unreal: building a full 3D industrial simulator entirely through sustained conversation with agentic AI coding agents — primarily Anthropic’s fantastic Opus 4.5. MillOS is a digital twin of a grain mill factory: 14

I’ve been experimenting with something that still feels slightly unreal: building a full 3D industrial simulator entirely through sustained conversation with agentic AI coding agents — primarily Anthropic’s fantastic Opus 4.5.

MillOS is a digital twin of a grain mill factory: 14
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Why We Need a CAPTCHA That Keeps Humans Out: We are entering an era where AI agents operate autonomously: trading, negotiating, coordinating, and collaborating with other agents. New spaces are emerging where agents interact directly, with minimal human mediation. That creates

Why We Need a CAPTCHA That Keeps Humans Out:

We are entering an era where AI agents operate autonomously: trading, negotiating, coordinating, and collaborating with other agents. New spaces are emerging where agents interact directly, with minimal human mediation.

That creates