This, from Nick Cave, is a magnificent and superfluous justification for curiosity and nuance and holding competing thoughts.

This is Sarah Westwood in 1885, the first woman ever to be made Sheriff in the West. Actually, it is not. It is a Midjourney image I made in seconds. I regularly see old photographs being posted on Twitter with no sources or attribution. I wouldn't believe any of them anymore.

Huh.

Meet PhD startups, industry experts and investors at our Northern Deeptech Mixer! ✨ Our Northern Deeptech community will get together in Newcastle on 8 June to hear from our Venture Scientists & network. If you're in the area, please join! Register here: bit.ly/3W2QvBE

We're excited to host hybrid training sessions at our HQ in 22 Bishopsgate 🌈 today 🥳 Our Deeptech Academic Lead Richard Anson is training our Cohort in partnering and ecospheres, as well as offering practical networking tips. #venturescience #AcademicChatter #phdchat #deeptech

At UCL seeing Sam Altman in conversation on a panel with Yvonne Rogers, David Barber and Azeem Azhar (concealed behind the cameraman) #AI #OpenAI

Showcasing how tech is transforming business and society, London Tech Week drives thought-provoking conversations around innovation, diversity and transformation, providing a platform for the tech ecosystem to come together to drive change 🙌

Sunny day in #Stockholm; enjoying a superior scandinavian coffee before the European Institute of Innovation & Technology Deep Tech Talent Networking event, and after a visit to our friends at Sting ⚡️

"How workforces get work done is stuck in the stone age" Hami Bahraynian, CEO and co-founder of Conversational #AI technology #startup Wluper hopes to revolutionise workforces with their automated voice-based Conversational AI. Find out how here: enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk/enterprise-hub…

Delighted to see a former member of the Rain Cloud make such amazing progress :)

Our June update is here! In this issue: Myriad Wind Wind & Marine Energy Systems & Structures CDT School of Engineering University of Strathclyde releases new animations of its 12-rotor modular wind turbine; how a University of Leeds startup is using AI to help multiple sclerosis patients – & more👇 mailchi.mp/conceptionx.or…

The register of public bodies, ironically enough! Ian Makgill

Haha!

Congratulations to CX Cohort 4 alumnus Zeke Steer, the founder and CEO of Milbotix 🧠🧦 Milbotix smart socks track the anxiety and distress levels of people with dementia. They are now being tested in a care home in Exeter 🚀 Read more on BBC News (UK): bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Anyone work in the toy industry? There's an interesting (ahem!) #toy #startup #business that's part of the creative #entrepreneurship programme at UCL who needs some industry help. Thoughts/suggestions?

Fantastic news - big congrats to John and team - Super proud that we at LCIF were amongst their first investor in this game changing tech startup Phasecraft Funding London

AI Red Teaming w/ 🇨🇳 Characteristics A key Chinese standards body released a draft standard on how to comply w/ China's generative AI regulation. It tells companies how to red team their models for illegal or "unhealthy" information. 🧵 on a fascinating document:

Time to go long Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly cnbc.com/2023/12/06/mcd…

May just be the greatest #christmas #advert I have ever seen...

I have two sisters. They are both single. Another Holiday is approaching with no brother-in-laws in sight. We need to change that. The girl on the far left is my wife - she’s not looking for a boyfriend (at least I don’t think so). 32 Year Old Sister - far right. •