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Thursday, 21 May 2026
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Monday, 8 Jun 2026
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RAi Vision and Mission
Responsible AI UK is a research and innovation programme focused on addressing the most pressing challenges for the UK and the global community. We draw from our multi-disciplinary research programme to deliver novel frameworks, tools, and policy advice for the development and deployment of safe and responsible AI so that it benefits everyone in society.
Our Mission
RAi UK brings together researchers from across the four nations of the UK to understand how we should shape the development of AI to benefit people, communities and society.
It is an open, multidisciplinary network, drawing on a wide range of academic disciplines. This stems from our conviction that developing responsible AI will require…
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Projects
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Science, Innovation and Technology
RAKE: Responsible Innovation Advantage in Knowledge Exchange
Conducting research and innovation using Responsible Innovation (RI) involves collaboration with stakeholders; anticipatory governance; the consideration of impacts on people and the environment; reflection; and response. The inclusion of RI principles is therefore central to ‘responsible’ artificial intelligence, but RI training and interdisciplinary practices need to be developed if they…
Governance, Regulation and Policy
AI Equality by Design, Deliberation and Oversight
This project will develop the theoretical foundations of ‘equality-by-design, deliberation and oversight’ (EbD) approaches to AI governance, striving to embed that knowledge into AI-standards by (1) representing European equality defenders in European AI standard-setting by CEN/CENELEC (2) empowering and equipping public equality defenders and other social stakeholders with the knowledge…
Science, Innovation and Technology
RAISE: Responsible Generative AI for SMEs in UK and Africa
Building on insights developed across several ethical AI projects, notably the EU-funded projects SHERPA, and SIENNA, this work provides actionable guidance to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on how generative AI systems can be developed and used responsibly. By working with our SME partner Trilateral Research, (using the ‘with SMEs,…
Cultural and Creative Industries
Amplify: Empowering Underserved Voices in Spoken Language Interaction
Speech is the richest, most precious form of human communication. But speech-based interactive systems are currently available for only a small fraction of the world’s languages. Consequently, hundreds of millions of people are being excluded globally. For the past three years we have worked with under-served “low-resource” language communities to…
Health and Wellbeing
AEGIS: Automated Empathy‚ Globalising International Standards, Japan and Ethically Aligned Regions
Project AEGIS is a collaborative research initiative. Its high-level goal is to define a truly global ethical standard for AI systems that emulate empathy. These systems involve the ability of AI systems to detect, model, and respond to human emotional, intentional and other psychological states in ways that mimic empathic behaviour,…
Education
SAGE-RAI: Smart Assessment and Guided Education with Responsible AI
Can responsible Generative AI (GenAI) lead to improved student outcomes? SAGE-RAI investigated this critical question through a partnership between The Open University's Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) and the Open Data Institute (ODI), developing and evaluating an AI Digital Assistant to enhance personalised learning at scale. Motivated by Bloom's 1984 study…
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Research
Our approach to responsible AI research is led by consortia, addresses fundamental challenges...
Skills
The RAi UK Skills Programme is dedicated to fostering, supporting and scaling the impact...
Enterprise
We aim to accelerate the transfer of new learning into products and services that will ensure the...
Latest Reports
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Reports
ANNUAL REPORT 2024-25
As we reflect on 2024-25, we are immensely proud of the collective strides made in advancing responsible AI. This year has been defined by a concerted effort to translate our research vision into tangible, real-world impact, directly addressing the priorities and objectives we set out for each of our core pillars in the previous report.
Professor Sarvapali (Gopal) Ramchurn FIET
CEO, RAi UK
Reports
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24
Vision to Reality : Responsible AI UK
“The AI landscape is changing rapidly, with new challenges emerging in a range of sectors, within government, industry and for society. RAi UK aims to be the trusted voice that they turn to for advice on how to develop and integrate AI into their processes, products, and daily lives to ensureAI is responsibly deployed and governed.”
Professor Sarvapali (Gopal) Ramchurn FIET
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Thursday, 11 December 2025
Are AI researchers concerned about the existential threat of AI?
Are AI researchers concerned about the existential threat of AI? Our survey suggests not Ananya Karanam, University College London Introduction:...
Friday, 28 November 2025
RRI and EDI into practice at RAi UK All Hands Meeting
RRI and EDI into practice: Lessons from Experience As part of the RAi UK all hands meeting held in Manchester...
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Embedding inclusion in events on Responsible AI for Mental Health (RAI4MH)
Embedding inclusion in events on Responsible AI for Mental Health (RAI4MH) by Rafael Mestre (project lead), University of Southampton When...
Monday, 29 September 2025
DOMINOS: Disruption Mitigation for ResponsibleAI
DOMINOS: Disruption Mitigation for Responsible AI by Radu Calinescu, project lead (University of York); Lina Marsso (University of Toronto’s Schwartz...
Thursday, 31 July 2025
Connecting people with Ai in healthcare through ethical and inclusive conversations
Connecting people with AI in healthcare through ethical and inclusive conversations by Dr Raquel Iniesta (project lead), Kings College of...
Thursday, 17 July 2025
MusicRAI: Responsible AI international community to reduce bias in AI music generation and analysis
MusicRAI: Responsible AI international community to reduce bias in AI music generation and analysis by Prof. N. Bryan-Kinns, Creative Computing...
Friday, 4 July 2025
Harnessing AI to enhance electoral oversight
Harnessing AI to enhance electoral oversight by Dr Sam Power (PI), University of Bristol     We consider Equality, Diversity...
Monday, 30 June 2025
Transport, Trust & Technology: Transport AI Action Plan
Transport, Trust & Technology: Transport AI Action Plan by Kavita Mittal, University of Southampton Earlier this month, the UK Department...
Monday, 23 June 2025
AI Regulation Assurance for Safety-Critical Systems
AI Regulation Assurance for Safety-Critical Systems by Jennifer Williams (project lead), University of Southampton Project workshop held on 11th June...
Thursday, 29 May 2025
Responsible AI in global perspective
Responsible AI in global perspective by Helena Webb, University of Nottingham Workshop panellists (from left to right): Samuel Baker, Gisela...
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Understanding Robot Autonomy in Public
Understanding Robot Autonomy in Public  by Dr Stuart Reeves, University of Nottingham    In our RAi UK International Partnerships project...
Friday, 23 May 2025
RAi UK Research Showcase at CHI 2025
Guest post by Kath Jones, Northumbria University The ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing...
Monday, 12 May 2025
Embedding EDI and RRI in AI Governance: Lessons from a Collaborative Toolkit Project
Embedding EDI and RRI in AI Governance: Lessons from a Collaborative Toolkit Project by Peter Winter and John Downer (University...
Friday, 25 April 2025
Reflecting on RAi UK Impact Accelerator project’s Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) blogs
Reflecting on RAi UK Impact Accelerator project’s Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) blogs by...
Wednesday, 9 April 2025
Amplify: Empowering Underserved Voices in Spoken Language Interaction
Amplify: Empowering Underserved Voices in Spoken Language Interaction by Simon Robinson, Thomas Reitmaier, Jennifer Pearson The Amplify project is focused on expanding...
Thursday, 20 February 2025
Four things to look for when choosing your next Responsible AI training
Four things to look for when choosing your next Responsible AI training Contributing authors in alphabetical order: Abbott, Y Pamela;...
Friday, 24 January 2025
Applying RRI Principles within the AI Equality by Design, Deliberation and Oversight.
Applying RRI Principles within the AI Equality by Design, Deliberation and Oversight.   written by: Dr. James MacLaren (Operations Lead...
Monday, 13 January 2025
Responsible Innovation into action: RAKE engagement with the business sector
Responsible Innovation into action: RAKE engagement with the business sector By Prof Rob Procter (University of Warwick) and Dr Virginia...
Thursday, 19 December 2024
Learner perceptions with AI tutors
Learner perceptions with AI tutors by Aisling Third The SAGE-RAI project , by the Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute and...
Friday, 13 December 2024
Automating Empathy, Globalising International Standards
Automating Empathy, Globalising International Standards by Project AEGIS/ Alexander Laffer, Lecturer in Media and Communication, University of Winchester   How...
Thursday, 5 December 2024
AI Accountability in Policing and Security (AIPAS) – Whose accountability is it anyway?
AI Accountability in Policing and Security (AIPAS) - Whose accountability is it anyway? Prof P. Saskia Bayerl, CENTRIC AIPAS’s main...
Monday, 2 December 2024
The Ethics of Emulated Empathy: Considering the Significance of Anthropic and Hume’s Collaboration
Guest post by Andrew McStay and Vian Bakir Why This Collaboration Matters Recent months have seen collaboration between Anthropic and...
Wednesday, 27 November 2024
A Roadmap for an Ethical AI in Healthcare
A Roadmap for an Ethical AI in Healthcare   [caption id="attachment_3526" align="alignnone" width="640"] Panellists on stage at the A Roadmap...
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Responsible Generative AI for SMEs in the UK and Africa (RAISE) Impact Accelerator project- RRI and EDI Practice
Responsible Generative AI for SMEs in the UK and Africa (RAISE) Impact Accelerator project- RRI and EDI Practice. 21st November 2024...
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Listening to EdTech users – RAi FATES of Africa
Listening to EdTech users - RAi FATES of Africa by Tim O’Riordan Dr Nora McIntyre leads a community workshop in...
Wednesday, 6 November 2024
Inclusivity and epistemology in AI
Inclusivity and epistemology in AI   The recent news of the Garrick Club – one of the oldest and most...
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Decolonising AI: What, Why and How?
Decolonising AI: What, Why and How? By Damian Eke and Gisela Reyes Cruz The Artificial intelligence (AI)’s design, development, deployment,...
Wednesday, 14 August 2024
A facilitated residential approach: coalescing collaborative research projects for Health Equity in AI Decisions (HEAD) Residency 2024
The HEAD Residency 2024 forms an element of the TAS Hub and Good Systems Strategic Partnership (an RAi UK International Partnership...
Tuesday, 27 June 2023
First Town Hall
The first UKRI Responsible AI UK town hall event was held on 26th June, with around one hundred people joining...
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Where does output diversity collapse in post-training?
Where does output diversity collapse in post-training?
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PARTICIPATE-AI: Exploring the Participatory Turn in Citizen-Centred AI
PARTICIPATE-AI: Exploring the Participatory Turn in Citizen-Centred AI
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OntoScope: Using a Divergent-Convergent Interaction Framework to Support LLM-based...
OntoScope: Using a Divergent-Convergent Interaction Framework to Support LLM-based...
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Reasoning Dynamics and the Limits of Monitoring Modality Reliance...
Reasoning Dynamics and the Limits of Monitoring Modality Reliance...
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Assessing the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Gender Disparities...
Assessing the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Gender Disparities...
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