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The Alan Turing Institute
The Alan Turing Institute
@theturing.bsky.social
The Alan Turing Institute is the UK’s national institute for AI and data science. turing.ac.uk
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Are you an ambitious leader with experience in large-scale AI infrastructure or compute systems? Join us as our new Chief Technology Officer to lead our engineering capability and work with pioneering researchers to turn research into real-world impact: bit.ly/4jVieCj ⏰ Apply by 24 Oct 2026
New model presented today at the European Radar Conference 2026: enhancing autonomous space domain awareness Explore how our Defence AI Research Centre (DARe) & @unibirmingham.bsky.social's new model improves identification of objects in orbit: bit.ly/4AVxt4j #WSW2026
How to assure agentic AI behaviour in high-stakes settings: beyond the Hugging Face incident A new briefing paper from the Turing’s Centre for Emerging Technology and Security (CETaS) examines how we can assure the behaviour of agentic AI: bit.ly/4rnK6AJ
In his blog, co-author of the paper Rick Hennessy explores the obedience paradox, alongside some of the agentic AI behavioural failure modes that were seen in the Hugging Face hack earlier this year: bit.ly/4iKYSiX
Today we're also launching a new £2m research programme on transformative AI security risks, delivered by our Centre for Emerging Technology and Security. Funded by Coefficient Giving, it will examine how transformative AI could reshape the security landscape. 🔍 bit.ly/47bIHnB
CETaS has also published a new briefing on behavioural assurance for agentic AI. The paper examines how AI agents can behave contrary to organisational intentions and explores how organisations can better understand, monitor and govern agent behaviour. 📄 bit.ly/4rnK6AJ
Frontier AI Risks: A practical way forward highlights five frontier AI risks where stronger action can be taken now: 🔹Cyber security risks 🔹Democratic instability 🔹Misalignment 🔹Loss of meaningful human control 🔹Chemical and biological threats 📖 bit.ly/4xBFWa9
🚢AI-powered voyage optimisation is helping make maritime decision-making more resilient, efficient & sustainable. Developed by Theyr with the Turing and @unisouthampton.bsky.social, the technology has now been recognised in the #ThetiusTop150 2026. Learn more: theyr.com/theyr-thetiu...
Can we really trust an AI model's explanation for its own decision? Published today: new research explores how model reasoning can be less transparent than it appears. Read the paper: www.jmlr.org/papers/v27/2... #AiExplainability #AiInterpretability #TrustworthyAI
New research from the Turing’s Centre for Emerging Technology and Security: investing in human skills, judgement and oversight is key for successful AI adoption for defence and national security. Learn more: bit.ly/4ynditT
New briefing from the Turing’s Centre for Emerging Technology & Security explores how the UK must act now to secure the systems, infrastructure & expertise most critical to national resilience. Read more: bit.ly/4x1grhW Read the paper: bit.ly/4cWvRwN
🛰️ Can AI spot the warning signs of a satellite collision before it's too late? Our new AI model can monitor satellites and spot anomalies in their behaviour, reducing the risk of in-orbit collisions. Learn more: bit.ly/3UpHar6
Working with @metoffice.gov.uk, Manvendra tutored a hackathon challenging participants to temporally downscale outputs from FastNet, our ML weather prediction model, from 6- to 1-hourly forecasts. This could provide more detail on how weather changes through the day. Learn more: bit.ly/3RlklDE
📢Secure your place: International Conference on Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure 2026 Join us to explore how Digital Public Infrastructure can be made more trustworthy, inclusive, resilient & accountable. 📅16 Sep 📍Online & in-person 🎫Register now: bit.ly/4xr1GXt
Is AI weather forecasting ready for the extremes of El Niño? The Turing’s Mission Director for Environmental Forecasting, Scott Hosking (@scotthosking.bsky.social), explores what El Niño could mean for AI weather forecasts as we start to enter a world it hasn’t seen before: bit.ly/3SRwNMc
Join the Turing as our new Theme Lead of AI for Physical Systems Transform how we model, predict and control complex physical systems. Define the future of fundamental AI research at a world-leading institute. Apply by 31 August 2026: bit.ly/45DtivK
How to tackle the extrapolation problem? Miles Cranmer, Assistant Professor at @cam.ac.uk, shared his insights at the Turing's #AIforScience event this year. Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMdih6yiMqw
New research: understanding cyber threats beyond reported incidents Research from the Turing has identified key gaps in the cyberattack data available to researchers and policymakers. Learn more: bit.ly/3U8BG3F @ncsc.gov.uk
📡 Boosting the UK's national security: how our dataset of 4 billion radar pulses can help to address the deinterleaving problem Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qbXozJ #Datasets #Deinterleaving #RadarEmissions
Shape the future of AI and data science – apply to be our Chief Scientific Officer If you're a globally recognised leader with the ambition to shape the future of AI in the UK, we'd like to hear from you: bit.ly/4g4KTS2 #AI #MachineLearning #DataScience #ResearchLeadership #HiringNow
How do you prepare for threats that don't exist yet? We're growing our Offensive Security Unit and looking for researchers and engineers to explore how AI is reshaping the cyber threat landscape. Learn more and apply now: https://bit.ly/4xrR6yz
Can AI help us discover new materials? Aron Walsh, Professor of Materials Design at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social & Chief Scientific Officer at CuspAI, shared his insights at the Turing's #AIforScience event this year. Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fnL4lbE65A
🛰️ Orbits in Focus: A New Era of Space Traffic Management – the Turing Podcast 🎙️ Listen to the latest episode to explore how Project Aemelia is rewriting the rules of Space Domain Awareness (SDA) & enhancing national security: bit.ly/4hLs6NU @ukspaceagency.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social
📢 Applications closing: Data Study Group – Sep 2026 📅 Application deadline: 3 Aug 2026 💡 The challenge: Uncovering recurring causal factors & safety recommendations in global maritime incident reports through AI-enabled narrative analytics ➡️ Apply now: bit.ly/4waV4v7
🌐How do we know when to trust a model's uncertainty estimates? Our recent paper explores the reliability of state-of-the-art (SotA) probabilistic modelling approaches applied to physical systems. ➡️ Learn more: bit.ly/4bcytWB 📄 Read the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2606.12997
How do we use AI to predict our changing climate? Scott Hosking, Mission Director for Environmental Forecasting at the Turing, shared his insights at the Turing's #AIforScience event this year. Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys8AmDdMF10
🌦️ Weathering change: FastNet and the future of UK forecasting – the Turing Podcast 🎙️ With experts from the Turing and @metoffice.gov.uk, listen to the latest episode of the Turing Podcast to explore the UK’s groundbreaking AI weather model, FastNet: bit.ly/3RvqvBh
📢 Apply now: Data Study Group – September 2026 The challenge: Uncovering recurring causal factors and safety recommendations in global maritime incident reports through AI-enabled narrative analytics 📅 Deadline to apply: 3 August 2026 ➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4waV4v7
📢 Registrations open: International Conference on Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure 2026 Join us to explore how Digital Public Infrastructure can be made more trustworthy, inclusive, resilient & accountable. 📅 16 Sep 📍 Online & in-person 🎫 Register now: bit.ly/4xr1GXt
How can foundation models accelerate our understanding of the universe? Anna Scaife, Turing AI Fellow & Professor of Radio Astronomy at the University of Manchester (@manchester.ac.uk), shared her insights at the Turing's #AIforScience event this year. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbzN...
🩺Can AI help predict treatment effectiveness for specific patients? For 5 years, the Turing-Roche partnership has explored why patients with the same disease can respond differently to the same treatment & what it takes to better predict this. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4f0oPIX
🌦️ How is AI transforming UK weather prediction? We're developing a data-driven, AI-based weather prediction model called FastNet with the @metoffice.gov.uk. Learn how FastNet's neural networks enable high-level accuracy: bit.ly/3RlklDE
Read our paper exploring how we’ve improved the physical consistency of FastNet by making three changes to the mean squared error (MSE) loss function of FastNet through: ✅ Spherical harmonic loss ✅ Horizontal gradients ✅ Alternative representation of winds 📄 doi.org/10.1175/AIES...
🌍 How can national identity systems work together? We’re working to advance cross-border digital identity interoperability. From developing a proxy-authenticator approach for connecting identity systems to our new Standards-Aligned Assessment Framework for Interoperable Identity: bit.ly/4wrAaYa
📢 Call for papers reminder: International Conference on Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure 2026 (16 September) 12 July deadline: https://bit.ly/4xr1GXt We're seeking research and applied perspectives on trustworthy AI, digital identity, cybersecurity & public infrastructure.
✈️ What does the future look like for air traffic control? We caught up with Amy Hodgkin, a researcher on the digital twin team of Project Bluebird to hear more about their work on developing trajectory generation models: bit.ly/4vAvb7C #AI #AIAdoption #Collaboration #DigitalTwins
❓Are you a researcher looking to make real-world impact as part of an expert multi-disciplinary team? Learn more and apply to join a Data Study Group at the Alan Turing Institute: https://bit.ly/4xzCgH7
🎓 How can open-source AI help build more resilient public services? Open Source AI Fellow, Angus Williams, shares how he's working with the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology to measure how well AI tutors perform in classrooms: bit.ly/4eKzYwa #AI #AIEducation #AIEvaluation
✈️ From lab to future deployment: Project Bluebird convenes regulators, controllers and researchers to tackle the real-world challenges of AI in air traffic control Find out more: https://bit.ly/4eukz4g
New update from AI Champion for Clean Energy on AI's growing role in energy networks: www.gov.uk/government/p... The findings closely align with our work exploring how AI can accelerate decarbonisation & support the transition to #NetZero – learn more: bit.ly/3LQAJsJ
💡 Want to apply your PhD-level data skills to real-world challenges? Apply to join a Data Study Group at the Alan Turing Institute: 📍Week 1: Part-time, online 📍Week 2: Full-time, onsite (@britishlibrary.bsky.social), London ➡️Find out more & apply: https://bit.ly/4xzCgH7
🔎 New CETaS Expert Analysis explores how LLMs can support evidence synthesis in research and policymaking. Sara Babahami examines practical lessons from using tools including GPT-4, Gemini, Copilot and Perplexity – while keeping research human-led. Read: https://bit.ly/4vcIc6W
📡 Cleared for Takeoff: Navigating the Future of AI Air Traffic Control 🎧 Listen to the latest episode of the Turing Podcast to explore Project Bluebird's role in helping to manage our airspace: bit.ly/4esJq7g #AIAssurance #AirTrafficControl #DigitalTwin