Each week the college hosts a community dinner called Ration Club. It's open to anyone who'd like to find out more about the college and its work. To find out more or if you'd like to attend, please register.

What do smart bins, data centres, and delivery drones have in common - and how do everyday publics make sense of them? Join Careful Industries to explore AI in the Street.  

​The AI in the Street project explored how data-intensive and AI technologies show up in people’s physical environments. Drawing on findings from AI Observatories in London, Coventry, Edinburgh, and Logan, our findings show a critical - and growing - gap between government policies and the needs of local urban communities.

​4:00pm: Take part in a creative workshop, led by artists Yasmine Boudiaf (University of the Arts London) and Mukul Patel (Ambient Information Systems), and co-create diagrams of AI in the street.

​5:00pm: Presentation of the project findings and policy recommendations by Professor Noortje Marres (University of Warwick) and Dr Alex Taylor (University of Edinburgh).

​5:15pm: Panel discussion with Dominique Barron (Careful Industries), Tim Squirrel (Foxglove), Matt Davies (Ada Lovelace Institute), and tbc (Local Government Association), chaired by Rachel Coldicutt (Careful Industries).

​6:00pm: Networking.

​Refreshments will be provided 

​Read more about the AI in the street project: https://www.careful.industries/ai-in-the-street/

​Curious about how Bluesky is different from other social network websites? Interested in building cool stuff using ATProto, the underlying technology powering the Bluesky social network? Want to learn how to use this cutting-edge decentralised platform to launch the next generation of online applications? You’ve come to the right place!

ATProto.London is open to anyone with an interest in this technology or decentralised social media more generally. It’s meant less to be a developer meetup and more a space to discuss this emergent sphere of online interaction. Regardless of whether you’ve written a few lexicons or just created a Bluesky account, we’d love to have you!

• Alex (@alex.bsky.team) will be discussing and demoing a wide range of ATProto-related stuff coming up from the Bluesky team
• Mihailiк ᵖᵒ⁶ᵒᵐᵃ (@oyin.bo) will be demoing a few ATProto-based data visualisation projects
• We’ll have an open show-and-tell to start the evening; if you’re working on something you want to show off but don’t feel like doing an entire talk, this could be a good opportunity!

​​This session is part of the Introduction to Political Technology course at Newspeak House, open to faculty and fellowship candidates only.

This foundational lecture explores how groups of humans can exhibit emergent behaviors and intelligence that transcend what any individual could achieve alone. Drawing from neuroscience, complexity science, and social psychology, we’ll examine the mechanisms that enable collective action and decision-making. We will cover:

• ​Why the collective? going beyond the individual brain
• ​Emergence in social systems: The scientific principles behind how simple interactions between individuals give rise to complex collective behaviors - from flocking patterns to social movements
• ​Collective Intelligence: When and why groups outperform individuals, exploring the conditions that foster collective problem-solving versus groupthink and social contagion
• ​Social Technologies as Cognitive Extensions: How tools, rituals, institutions, and digital platforms extend our collective cognitive capacity and enable coordination at scale

​Key Question: What transforms a collection of individuals into a genuinely collective intelligence capable of solving problems no individual could tackle alone?

This session is open to faculty and fellowship candidates only.

​Inspired by “shut up & write” - this is a focus hour to advance your creative content work (e.g. fellowship prototypes) - writing up research insights, shaping blog posts or explainers, polishing decks, scripting demos, editing videos, drafting updates, designing visuals… any artifact that helps you share what you’re building with the world.

​This is weekly momentum toward shipping your ideas publicly!

​How it works

• ​We’ll start with a goal-setting round.
• ​You can decide your mode - focus mode or collaborative (brainstorming or feedback)
• At the end, we’ll do a tiny check-in to share what moved forward!
• ​If you need gentle or strong accountability to publish, we’re happy to support!

The quarterly salon for Alrakis, the London-based chapter of Kasurian magazine.

Kasurian aims to contribute to the emergence of a distinct worldview which carries forward the essential truths and traditions of Islam, equipped to negotiate a new understanding with the 21st century.

​​This session is part of the Introduction to Political Technology course at Newspeak House, open to faculty, fellows, and fellowship candidates only.

​In this session, fellowship candidates will learn how political campaigns actually work and explore the different roles technology can play at each stage of the campaigning process.

​We will begin with a worked example from a real campaign, tracing how an initial problem was translated into a specific, time-bound goal; how decision-makers and power structures were identified; and how pressure was applied under tight constraints. Through this example, we will examine how technology was used at different stages of the campaign, particularly in applying pressure and organising the people involved.

​Fellowship candidates will then work in small groups on different campaign scenarios. They will practise the core fundamentals of campaign planning and explore how technology can support three distinct stages of campaigning:

• ​Sense-making: Defining realistic campaign goals and identifying who actually holds power and what may influence them. How can technology support research, power mapping, and modelling decision-making structures?
• ​Tactics and pressure: Designing tactics to apply pressure to decision-makers. How can technology enable new tactics or strengthen existing forms of pressure?
• ​Organising people: Planning how to organise people to carry out those tactics. How can technology reduce friction in coordinating, motivating, and sustaining collective action?

​The session emphasises technology as an enabler of political strategy and organisation, rather than a substitute for political judgement.

​Learning Outcomes

​By the end of this session, fellowship candidates will be able to:

• ​Translate broad political problems into specific, actionable campaign goals. Distinguish between values, issues, and goals by identifying concrete decisions, decision-makers, and timeframes.
• ​Identify where power sits in real political systems. Analyse who formally and informally influences decisions, and explain why some actors matter more than others.
• ​Design a minimum viable campaign intervention. Select and justify tactics that apply pressure to decision-makers, recognising trade-offs between different approaches and outcomes.
• ​Assess how and when technology supports campaigning. Evaluate the role of technology across three campaign functions: sense-making, tactics and pressure and organising, including where technology reduces friction and where it can create power.

​Hannah O’Rourke is the director of Campaign Lab, ​​​​​a network of data scientists, researchers and activists working together to build new tools for campaigning and change the way political election campaigning is analysed and understood. With over a decade of experience in British politics, Hannah has worked closely with generations of politicians and advised numerous political campaigns across the country, from short local actions to large national strategies.

​Bring your instrument, your voice, or just come to listen and vibe with us. If you haven’t had much chance to play in a while this jam is for you - dust off your instrument and rediscover the joy of making music together in a friendly, no-pressure environment.

Join ORG and ORG’s Platform Power and Free Expression Program Manager James Baker for an evening of discussion on the Cyber Security Bill and Digital Sovereignty, and updates on ORG’s latest work.

Everyone is welcome whether you are new to digital rights or a longtime ORG supporter!

Part of the Introduction to Political Technology course at Newspeak House, open to faculty, fellows, and fellowship candidates.

​A space to make computer things with other people. Beginners, dabblers, and pros are all welcome. Explore, tinker, and share what you’re learning.

​Whether no-code, low-code, vibe-code, or trad-code — whatever you’re into, bring it along.

​Drawing room: Co-working and peer learning, work on your own projects, pick up ideas from others, or try out one of the many resources and suggestions floating around.

​Classroom: Workshops tbc - let Fatima know if you want to run one.

Organized by the Open Culture Foundation from Taiwan, this meetup brings Taiwan’s vibrant open-source and civic tech trends, news and projects to London.

By joining the event, you will discover the network driving collaboration, transparency, and digital innovation across government, society, and tech communities.

Join us to connect with creators shaping the future of civic technology and explore how open innovation from Taiwan is making global impact.

We’re on the path to a new kind of web, with an uncertain future: AI-based user agents are fast-becoming a core interface to the internet for over half-a-billion active users per week. Platforms have increasingly seized control of the publisher-reader relationship: search engines are squeezing out web publishers to juice ad revenue, while social platforms have captured audiences with algorithmic reach and paid promotion. The rise of new AI super-apps, in place of traditional browsers, is set to make this dynamic exponentially worse.

How can publishers engage in this platform shift beyond being a dataset to be scraped? How can we avoid being trapped by a new wave of mega-platforms? And how can publishers on the web reach real users, build lasting relationships, and continue to have a equitable business model?

We believe now is a critical time to get technologists & publishers working together to explore—and define—real answers to these questions.

Join us for an evening of presentations and open discussion where protocol builders and publishers share their thinking about the future of the web.

​You will hear short talks about the challenges and opportunities in the space featuring ActivityPub, AT Protocol, Web Payments, and controlling your data in an AI World. Each talk will include Q&A.

​Following will be a relaxed mixer over drinks and light bites with the speakers and peers.

​Learn more about PfP and sign up to the mailing list: https://protocolsforpublishers.com/london-2026

Speakers

• Opening remarks from by PfP NYC alum Ben Werdmuller (ProPublica)
• A conversation with Saskia Welch (Newsmast) and Siddhartha Kurapati (Bristol Cable) about building a local news app using Activity Pub for The Bristol Cable.
• Aendra Rininsland (FT) presents news feeds for news orgs on AT Protocol.
• E.M. Lewis-Jong (Mozilla Data Collective, Common Voice) discusses ethical creation, curation, and control of AI training datasets.
• Jeremiah Lee (Interledger) talks about open payments and web monetization.

We’re on the path to a new kind of web, with an uncertain future: AI-based user agents are fast-becoming a core interface to the internet for over half-a-billion active users per week. Platforms have increasingly seized control of the publisher-reader relationship: search engines are squeezing out web publishers to juice ad revenue, while social platforms have captured audiences with algorithmic reach and paid promotion. The rise of new AI super-apps, in place of traditional browsers, is set to make this dynamic exponentially worse.

How can publishers engage in this platform shift beyond being a dataset to be scraped? How can we avoid being trapped by a new wave of mega-platforms? And how can publishers on the web reach real users, build lasting relationships, and continue to have a equitable business model?

We believe now is a critical time to get technologists & publishers working together to explore—and define—real answers to these questions.

This summit is an invite-only full day of focused conversations. We’ll rotate through small-group discussions on real-world challenges, share new protocol capabilities, and work through the strategic landscape to identify opportunities to leverage for a better future for the web publishing ecosystem.

Build relationships creative and knowledgeable people from both the publishing and technology domains. Chatham House Rules are to be observed, ensuring everyone has a safe space for deep discussion.

Provisional Agenda

​09:30 - Doors open, morning tea/coffee and light breakfast
10:00 - Strategic landscape and discussion sessions focused on AI-intermediation
12:00 - Lunch
13:30 - Laurens Hof of Connected Places gives an analysis of the open social landscape
14:00 - Discussion sessions focused on open social
15:00 - Tea/coffee break
15:15 - Discussion sessions focused on open social
16:00 - Closing

​​Join us for an evening of research presentations, Q&A and conversation with ML Alignment & Theory Scholars past and present.

Talks start at 7:30pm, please arrive by then!

MATS Researchers will present talks across a range of AI Safety / Alignment topics.

​​​​​Campaign Lab is a community of politically-minded progressive data scientists, researchers and activists who are working together to build new election tools and change the way we analyse and understand political election campaigning.

Join us for our bi-weekly Campaign Lab Hack Night - a regular session to work on your tech side projects to help the progressive left campaign more effectively. You can either bring your own project or help out on one of our ongoing ones.

​​​​​Snacks and drinks are provided, all you need is to bring yourself and a laptop. You can also participate remotely via zoom link.

​​​​​All technologists, activists, organisers and campaigners are welcome. We also welcome any new people who are interested in politics, technology and evidence based campaign innovation on the left.

This session is part of the Introduction to Political Technology course at Newspeak House, open to faculty and fellowship candidates only.

​Early enthusiasm for the “government as a platform” metaphor centred around the idea of identifying common needs and building publicly owned digital infrastructure to meet them.

​Rooting out unmet needs is a service designer’s bread and butter. Much of service design is about spotting patterns. Is this booking process much like that booking process? Is one onboarding journey very similar to another onboarding journey? Can we streamline, simplify and re-use existing flows?

​We’ll look at the progress that has been made in realising platform opportunities in the public sector, and think about where there is more work to be done.

​Reading:

• Government as a Platform chapter of Open Government 
• Platform Revolution
• Platform Playbook and/or Platformland
• Platformland
• Digital Identity in the UK
• Design Patterns Catalogue
• Government as a Platform: the next phase of digital transformation

​Please join us for the first session of the Arms Industry Wikithon, a monthly meeting dedicated to expanding the availability of information about companies, entities and individuals involved in the global arms industry. This is a hybrid event, and will take place both in person and online.

​No prior knowledge of either the arms industry or Wikipedia editing is needed, though both are welcomed. Full support and an introduction to Wikipedia editing will be provided. Participants should bring a laptop that can connect to the internet.

​The arms industry wikithon is organised by fellows from the n-space programme at Somerset House. You can get in touch with us here.

The Autonomy Institute kicks off their 2026 CADA event series by welcoming Nick Srnicek to discuss his most recent book Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI.

Since the emergence of ChatGPT, generative AI has been heralded as a technology poised to revolutionize our world. But beyond the hype and hyperbole, who truly wields power over this transformative technology?

In Silicon Empires, Nick Srnicek explores the geopolitical economy of artificial intelligence, revealing how a handful of powerful corporations and states are engaged in a monumental struggle to control its future. Srnicek moves beyond the headlines to lay bare the elaborate strategies that these silicon empires - from tech giants to great powers - are deploying to capture the immense value of AI. This incisive analysis uncovers the deep-seated tensions between corporate ambitions and national interests, and the profound consequences of this new era of technological competition.

As the race for AI supremacy accelerates, Srnicek compellingly demonstrates that the decisions being made in the boardrooms of Silicon Valley and the halls of government will shape the distribution of wealth and power on a global scale for decades to come.

Speakers

Nick Srnicek is Senior Lecturer in Digital Economy at King’s College London, and the author of Platform Capitalism.

Nick will be in conversation with Will Stronge, Chief Executive at the Autonomy Institute. There will be plenty of time allotted for an audience Q&A, so bring your queries and questions.

More info

You can buy Silicon Empires from Polity Press here.

You can watch an earlier discussion of some of the book’s key themes here.

Thousands of people will take to the streets to stand together against the far right on 28 March. Campaign Lab is hosting a one-day hack to build tech tools that support the protesters, organisers, and communities taking part.

​Calling all technologists, designers, organisers, and protest veterans to work on tools to help make protest marches safer, more effective, and more coordinated. Love beats hate!

12:00 - Doors Open
13:00 - Briefing on march logistics
13:30 - Hacking
18:00 - Demos
19:00 - Dinner
22:00 - Close

​Campaign Lab is a community of politically-minded progressive data scientists, researchers and activists who are working together to build new election tools and change the way we analyse and understand political election campaigning. Join at campaignlab.uk.

​This session is part of the Introduction to Political Technology course at Newspeak House, open to faculty and fellowship candidates only.

​Dr Six Silberman leads us in exploring the complex interplay between institutions and organisations; humans; and technologies.

Possible topics: Tyranny of structurelessness; compassion in organizations; entrepreneurship; leadership; economics; justice(s) (organizational, restorative, transformative). Alternatively, ‘prototype workshops’.

Part of the Introduction to Political Technology course at Newspeak House, open to faculty, fellows, and fellowship candidates.

​A space to make computer things with other people. Beginners, dabblers, and pros are all welcome. Explore, tinker, and share what you’re learning.

​Whether no-code, low-code, vibe-code, or trad-code — whatever you’re into, bring it along.

​Drawing room: Co-working and peer learning, work on your own projects, pick up ideas from others, or try out one of the many resources and suggestions floating around.

​Classroom: Workshops tbc - let Fatima know if you want to run one.

​Why are you doing what you’re doing?

​You want to help the most people?

​You want to solve the world’s most pressing problems?

​That’s cool!

​But is that the whole story?

​Are there other things driving you?

​In this experimental workshop, we’ll explore what’s really going on under the hood of your altruistic endeavors.

​This will improve your epistemics, or your money back! That is the int/a guarantee.

​Doors open at 19:00, please arrive by 19:30 to ensure a closed container. The workshop will run from 19:30-21:30.

​Note that the facilitator is not a trained therapist, please only attend if you are able to take care of yourself in an exercise like this.

​This one day workshop is for anyone who wishes to co-inquire into the rapid increase of AI and the real-time and future implications for humans and nature. Whether you see potential, or feel a sense of concern or overwhelm, the purpose of this dialogue is to listen to diverse perspectives and connect to individual and shared experiences and meanings.

​It is also an invitation to slow down and reconnect to the innate creative intelligence and wisdom of humans and the more-then-human. As described by Quantum Physicist and philosopher, David Bohm, “the deep source of intelligence is the unknown and indefinable totality from which all perception originates.”

​Participation does not require any level of ‘expertise’ or knowledge, just a willingness to participate and listen deeply and share meaning. The workshop will combine simple thought-provoking exercises and Bohm Dialogue to collectively explore and co-inquire into three aspects of intelligence; human, more-than-human and artificial, and ask ourselves, what is at stake?

​The workshop will offer a series of short framing exercises, individually, in pairs and small groups. These simple creative exercises are designed to cultivate curiosity and stimulate deeper thinking on universal experiences and feelings that can be explored in more depth during the dialogue. The dialogue itself is practised seated in a circle: creating an inclusive and non-hierarchical space. The process requires deep listening that allows for inquiry into what is important to individuals and the group. Participants are not required to speak unless they feel moved to do so; the group will follow the ‘flow of meaning’ and moments of silence are welcome. Dialogue does not require agreement during the process or specific outcomes. However, it does require a willingness to participate with respect, openness and non-judgement.

​Schedule

​09:45: Arrival and settling in
​10:00: Outline of the day, check-in, mindfulness
​10:30: Human intelligence - framing exercises
​11:00: Intro to dialogue and guidelines, dialogue
​12:00: Break
​12:15: More-than-human intelligence - framing exercises
​13:00: Lunch (and optional creative activity)
​14:00: Mindfulness and check-in
​14:30: Human, more-than-human, and artificial intelligences - dialogue, check-out
16:00: End

​“The basic idea of this dialogue is to be able to talk while suspending your opinions, holding them in front of you, while neither suppressing them nor insisting upon them. Not trying to convince, but simply to understand. The first thing is that we must perceive all the meanings of everybody together, without having to make any decisions or saying who’s right and who’s wrong. It is more important that we all see the same thing. That will create a new frame of mind in which there is a common consciousness. It is a kind of implicate order, where each one enfolds the whole consciousness. With the common consciousness we then have something new-a new kind of intelligence.” - David Bohm, On Creativity

​The event will be facilitated by Jessica Ball, founder of Creating Meaning. Find out more about her work with Bohm Dialogue here - https://www.creatingmeaning.club/dialogue-resources

A book club dedicated to There Is No Anti-Memetics Division, with the author qntm joining us in person.

​The evening will open with an interview with the author, followed by breakout discussions where we unpack the book & the technology in it together in small groups.

​Come curious (and hungry for pizza).

​​​​​Campaign Lab is a community of politically-minded progressive data scientists, researchers and activists who are working together to build new election tools and change the way we analyse and understand political election campaigning.

Join us for our bi-weekly Campaign Lab Hack Night - a regular session to work on your tech side projects to help the progressive left campaign more effectively. You can either bring your own project or help out on one of our ongoing ones.

​​​​​Snacks and drinks are provided, all you need is to bring yourself and a laptop. You can also participate remotely via zoom link.

​​​​​All technologists, activists, organisers and campaigners are welcome. We also welcome any new people who are interested in politics, technology and evidence based campaign innovation on the left.

Should we focus our giving on providing tangible relief for those suffering today, or on stopping AI catastrophe?

​Join us for a debate between two people working hard to make the world a better place on opposite sides of this question.

​Joey Savoie, founder of Ambitious Impact, arguing for prioritising immediate relief to humans and animals now.

​Sam Watts from Lakera AI Making the case for safeguarding the long-term future.

​They will share their perspectives, challenge each other, and take your questions.

​Expect a lively discussion and thoughtful conversation with others who care deeply about maximising the impact of their donations. Light snacks and drinks provided.

​We hope to see you there!

​The London Effective Giving Community is part of a growing global movement of over 10,000 people giving a meaningful portion of their income to high-impact nonprofits. We pool our donations to tackle the world’s most pressing problems. Many of us have taken the 🔸10% Pledge, the 🔹Trial Pledge, or the 1% Pledge. We also warmly welcome those seriously exploring Effective Giving as a way to deepen their impact.

​​​​​Campaign Lab is a community of politically-minded progressive data scientists, researchers and activists who are working together to build new election tools and change the way we analyse and understand political election campaigning.

Join us for our bi-weekly Campaign Lab Hack Night - a regular session to work on your tech side projects to help the progressive left campaign more effectively. You can either bring your own project or help out on one of our ongoing ones.

​​​​​Snacks and drinks are provided, all you need is to bring yourself and a laptop. You can also participate remotely via zoom link.

​​​​​All technologists, activists, organisers and campaigners are welcome. We also welcome any new people who are interested in politics, technology and evidence based campaign innovation on the left.

​​​​​Campaign Lab is a community of politically-minded progressive data scientists, researchers and activists who are working together to build new election tools and change the way we analyse and understand political election campaigning.

Join us for our bi-weekly Campaign Lab Hack Night - a regular session to work on your tech side projects to help the progressive left campaign more effectively. You can either bring your own project or help out on one of our ongoing ones.

​​​​​Snacks and drinks are provided, all you need is to bring yourself and a laptop. You can also participate remotely via zoom link.

​​​​​All technologists, activists, organisers and campaigners are welcome. We also welcome any new people who are interested in politics, technology and evidence based campaign innovation on the left.

​This session is part of the Introduction to Political Technology course at Newspeak House, open to faculty and fellowship candidates only.

Fellowship Candidates will present their preliminary work on their prototype projects.