With the start of term just around the corner, it's the perfect time to visit our website - we've a couple of new projects available and would love to hear from any schools who would like to find out more! 🐝💻 djrff.org

It might not be quite so swanky down in the basement but we're making our new temporary home work. Thank you to Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire for giving us the space at such short notice. Any local outfits with a spare room that could let us take up a more long-term residence, get in touch!

We Richards Family were delighted to help - this is a brilliant cause that is actively trying to make changes in our local community 👉👉👉(we are still taking donations of devices 💻 and this is what happens to them after they have been securely deleted and refreshed)

Your donations make a huge difference to families in the UK - if you have an old laptop or tablet we’ll take it.

Delighted Richards Family could help such a fantastic charity making a huge difference to our heritage and future Wentworth Woodhouse Dame Julie Kenny Master Cutlers Challenge 2023 Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/forme…

The work that Anthony and the team at Always An Alternative CIO are doing to tackle youth violence (knife crime, gun crime and gangs) is amazing. Richards Family were delighted to support the mobile youth club by donating laptops from the Laptops for All initiative. Making a difference in our

So proud of everyone at Richards Family Laptops for All and @jrichardsmason for continuing to help a huge number of people in our community despite initially operating from a tiny basement until we could find a new home in #Sheffield. It’s one thing talking a good game about doing

Spend an evening with the Owls' Class of '84 🔵⚪️ Sheffield Wednesday Community host a special event with our promotion-winning side on Sunday 4 August at the OEC 🦉 Full details here 👇 #swfc

Only a few tables left for this event the Sheffield Wednesday class of 84 - Support for Sheffield Wednesday Community & Laptops for All - 📅 Sunday 4 August at OECSheffield - 🎟️ bookwhen.com/community-even… - 🎵 Paul Pashley

🎉 Join us on Sat, Sept 7th! 🎉 We’re hosting a special evening at Wentworth Woodhouse in support of the Preservation Trust. Enjoy live music, great food, and help us preserve history while uplifting communities in South Yorkshire. Get your tickets now! 🎟️

🚀 Opportunity should be for everyone, not just a privileged few. Proud to join the Economic Growth & Investment Group at the Social Mobility Commission, working to connect capital with talent & drive real investment where it’s needed most. 🔗 Read more: djr.ai/post/unlocking…

Back in Feb 2019 writing the Thunderer column for The Times and The Sunday Times I said: “Artificially intelligent machines can fulfil the same role as slaves in ancient Greece, freeing us from servitude and drudgery. But to get to this promised land, we need to re-route our education system.” #ai

𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞. Memorising facts? Standardised assessments? These are relics of a world that no longer exists. When AI can synthesise all human knowledge in an instant, the value of rote learning disappears. The

𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥.⁣ Over the past few months, I’ve been writing a weekly column for the Yorkshire Post — covering everything from AI and football to the future of education, financial fairness, and what Yorkshire can

🚨New podcast episode🚨 How can Britain tackle persistent barriers to economic growth in ‘left behind’ communities? Rob Wilson explores the issues with Yorkshire AI Labs LLP co-founder David Richards MBE

It was fantastic to speak to Yorkshire AI Labs LLP co-founder David Richards MBE on the Social Mobility Commission podcast. We explored how Britain can tackle barriers to economic growth in ‘left behind’ communities? Watch or listen - shorturl.at/GIeOo

🎙 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 Rob Wilson, 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. When I joined the Social Mobility Commission's Economic Growth and Investment group, I shared a belief

34 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼, 𝗧𝗶𝗺 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀-𝗟𝗲𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲. 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗞𝗼𝗱𝗮𝗸 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹

When I took my first job in London in the early 1990s, a senior executive tossed me a 50p coin and said: “Go on Richards, buy yourself a house in the North.” He was joking. But the divide wasn’t. Thirty years later, it still isn’t. Britain’s North–South gap never closed. Power

In my column in this week’s The Yorkshire Post, I argue that AGI is coming. Not the “AI” we talk about today, which is really machine learning, but something far more consequential. Artificial General Intelligence means systems that can generalise, reason across domains and be