The Society of Authors (SoA) launched a global, ethical AI charter at the Creators Emergency Summit in London on 13th October, aimed at “defining how generative AI services should be deployed to help protect and support human creators”. 👇 ebx.sh/YEz4Pg

Notice something wrong at your university? Perhaps you witness bullying of a colleague, data fabrication or a professor having an affair with an undergraduate student? You do what you're supposed to do You report it, right? nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

I've got to admit failure. My second book, The Progress Trap, despite having various excellent testimonials and a superb jacket and presentation from Polity Press, has failed. Aside from the disappointment, it's interesting to reflect on why. I'm not really sure. I thought it was a cracking book: better than my first, which attracted a lot more attention. Maybe I gave too much attention - at the last minute - to the current moment and current politics, which distracted readers and reviewers (of which there were very few) from the main arguments. On one level I might put it down as a lesson learned: that you need to focus on the main task rather than run after 'relevance'. The trouble is that such failure lasts. There will likely be no other books and I'll have to try and find some sort of gainful employment. C'est la vie.