Flynn Devine

Tech and better futures. Lead Researcher (Digital Policy) @Demos | Ex @collect_intel, @turinginst, @_GlobalAssembly

[Flynn Devine @FlynnDevine]

Full Demos Paper: https://t.co/SDPzEKmezf

[Flynn Devine @FlynnDevine]

@Demos we tested a series of AI chat bots on elections during an election period and the results are concerning.

34.1% of responses included errors including inventing candidates, giving wrong election dates, and making up scandals.

Full report linked below.

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You can find the whole list here: https://t.co/PR7PAi734f

[Flynn Devine @FlynnDevine]

Really interesting resource released by @windfalltrust mapping policy responses to economic disruption from AI that may be coming down the tracks.

Important not just as record of good ideas but as a means to connect ideas to inform a whole of society approach.

Link below.

[Flynn Devine @FlynnDevine]

This is incredibly cool. Always impressed by the work @saffronhuang and the team are doing.

Interesting manifestation of the AI abundance dreams coming through with a wish for more work freedom. Wonder how this trades off against total future of work anxiety on grand scale.

[Saffron Huang @saffronhuang]

SOOO excited to share this research. It has been many months in the making, and it’s the largest and certainly the most multilingual qualitative study that we think has ever been run!?

[Saffron Huang @saffronhuang]

SOOO excited to share this research. It has been many months in the making, and it’s the largest and certainly the most multilingual qualitative study that we think has ever been run!?

[Flynn Devine @FlynnDevine]

Opportunity like no other to shape the future of UK R&D through moonshot bets.

[ARIA @ARIA_research]

The search for ARIA’s next cohort of Programme Directors has begun 🚀

As an ARIA PD, you will design and actively manage a ~£50M R&D programme within or around our opportunity spaces with the goal of unlocking scientific and technological breakthroughs that benefit everyone.

There is no one way to be an ARIA PD – our existing cohorts come from a range of backgrounds, including academia, entrepreneurship, invention and industry, and have launched programmes in areas ranging from synthetic plants to multi-agent coordination to brain surgery-free neurotechnologies.

Full applications will open in August 2026 for a May 2027 start date – over the coming months we’ll be running webinars and in-person events across the UK, Europe, the US and Asia where you’ll get the chance to engage directly with the ARIA team and learn more about the opportunity.

Find out more about what it means to be a PD and register your interest to be the first to receive updates on the recruitment process: https://t.co/rGlDacvV28

[Flynn Devine @FlynnDevine]

Facilitated @windfalltrust workshop on AI-caused economic collapse month ago and been thinking about it non stop.

A lot of hype right now with viral essays abound but no doubt we should at least take these scenarios into serious consideration.

[Flynn Devine @FlynnDevine]

@DanAkarca and @achterbrain are two insanely smart people with huge ideas about the future of AI. Very excited to see this launch.

[Callosum @CallosumAI]

The future of compute & AI is heterogeneous.

That future is being built by Callosum.

Today we launch with new breakthroughs made possible by heterogeneity, new scaling principles & a roadmap reimagining compute & AI infrastructure:
https://t.co/Yp1Qwt45tM

[Flynn Devine @FlynnDevine]

Coordination problem in action.

“We didn't really feel, with the rapid advance of AI, that it made sense for us to make unilateral commitments … if competitors are blazing ahead.”

[Billy Perrigo @billyperrigo]

Exclusive: Anthropic is dropping the central pledge of its flagship safety policy, company officials tell TIME.

https://t.co/XrjUrTfGCg

[Tom Westgarth @Tom_Westgarth15]

Raspberry Pi stock up 63% since this speech btw 🤷‍♂️

[Flynn Devine @FlynnDevine]

The Silicon Valley essay aesthetic making its way into UK politics - not totally against it.

Great to see latest from @KanishkaNarayan outlining UK strengths and ambition for AI and tech.

[Kanishka Narayan MP @KanishkaNarayan]

Last week, I set out this Government’s vision on AI for our startup ecosystem: Machines That Serve Us.

It’s now up at 👉🏽 https://t.co/2QNtcFsxvk

The UK is a global top 3 $1tn tech ecosystem, focused now on moving faster still:

✅ A heritage of tech extending human agency

✅ Spreading AI opportunity across all our communities

✅ No more tall poppy syndrome, just a distinctly British AI trajectory

[Flynn Devine @FlynnDevine]

More info: https://t.co/ZHVWeyHflH

[Flynn Devine @FlynnDevine]

@Demos is hiring a new Chair for our board.

Looking for a senior, ambitious, high agency person who can bring real insight to our work on strengthening democracy for the 21st century.

If you know someone who could be great, tag them below. More info in comments.

[Helen Toner @hlntnr]

In 2025, "automating AI research" went from abstract idea to common practice inside leading AI companies.

Out today: ✨new report✨ from a workshop we ran with some of the smartest people on this topic.

🧵:

https://t.co/Uj9UId1bT4

[Flynn Devine @FlynnDevine]

https://t.co/RTwFHmnUKW

[Flynn Devine @FlynnDevine]

As someone who lives in (and loves) London, I’ve noticed the rise online and IRL of folks saying it’s dangerous and collapsing.

The city has its problems, but does feel like this shift isn’t a coincidence…

Interesting take from @Hothi and @trustforlondon in comments.

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https://t.co/I60ttPbCd7

Great work from @ea_seger and the @Demos and @turinginst CETaS folks who worked on this.

[Flynn Devine @FlynnDevine]

Without effective crisis resilience, the epistemic risks we face pose real challenges to our democracies functioning.

AI misuse, foreign interference, misinformation…we need ways to react before things spiral.

Our new paper with @turinginst launching now. Link in comments.

[Renaissance Philanthropy @RenPhilanthropy]

📙 New playbook | Emerging scientific fields face make-or-break moments early on. Our latest, with @sparkclimate & @CascadeClimate, shares the levers for philanthropists & innovators to catalyze new scientific domains.

Featuring case studies from aging biology, climate innovation, methane removal & more:

https://t.co/zmTY8at1So