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On 16th June 2026, Planetary AI hosted Prof. Paola Ricaurte (Moneterrey) and Prof. Nick Couldry (LSE) for AI Futures keynote. The keynote was moderated by Dr. Marisa Wilson (Edinburgh). Their keynote challenged the prevailing idea that AI is inevitable and that spaces for alternative ways of thinking, designing and developing...
Even as AI is framed as a universal driver of growth, AI governance debates remain largely focused on downstream risks, leaving the conditions under which it is produced largely unexamined. In an effort to shift this focus, IT For Change along with other member organisations of the Global Digital Justice...
by Kai-Hsin Hung Globally, an upward of USD 5.2 trillion of capital expenditures are going towards AI infrastructure and compute investments by 2030. The usual story about AI in Africa is that the continent is a “compute desert,” holding less than 1% of the world’s computing power and being left...
Our first AI Futures Keynote lecture is now available online. See here. The first keynote was delivered by Prof. Jack Stilgoe (UCL) on 17th February 2026. Title: ‘Implications and Inferences: Rethinking Responsible Innovation in AI. Abstract: The scale and speed of AI’s development challenge social scientists’ capacity to make sense of...
AI Futures Seminar Series The Planetary AI project hosts the AI Futures seminar series, that centres discussions on alternative visions and technofutures for more just and equal worlds. The series will engage with leading thinkers for conversations on developing visions for radically different futures. The seminars are open to all,...
Across the higher education sector, research and teaching staff are increasingly contending with shifting funding landscape, engaging with multiple disciplines, publishing cross-disciplinary research, and uncertainty about potential career pathways. Against this backdrop of significant changes, how might scholars, particularly at early stages of their academic careers, respond to these changes...