Tim Smith

Cultural maven @JoinMultiverse - previously @foreignoffice @10DowningStreet @DExEUgov still 🚲

[Tim Smith @TEMSmith]

📸Apprenticeships getting their deserved place up in lights in Times Square. Must be a first?

Read more here and follow @sophieruddock_ for the US journey: https://t.co/AgQvEzwQ1K

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Euan Blair, CEO and founder of Multiverse, and former Prime Minister Tony Blair's son, says there's been a lack of political will and ambition to make genuine, far-reaching education reforms.

[Multiverse @JoinMultiverse]

Things we know:
- Upskilling the workforce in data and AI.

Things we don’t know:
- How to do a brilliant job hosting a comedy quiz show.
- How to build a digital ID system.

Many thanks for the speedy correction.

[Full Fact @FullFact]

Viral social media posts have claimed that Multiverse, a company founded by the son of former Labour PM Sir Tony Blair, has been chosen to run the new digital ID scheme.

This isn’t true, according to both the company and the government. https://t.co/N3qe1eDndL

[BBC Radio 4 PM @BBCPM]

On BBC Radio 4’s #PM programme, we are going to be looking whether we are preparing people for how AI will change the workforce.

Euan Blair, founder of the business Multiverse, tells @EvanHD that it is “a way of giving people superpowers”.

[Tim Smith @TEMSmith]

@jamespriceglos Maybe, but hope springs eternal.

For me that comparison doesn’t really work. Falklands and Gibraltar have residents whose wishes must be listened to. If they are worried they could always ask residents of BIOT…oh wait…

[Tim Smith @TEMSmith]

Gnashing of teeth from Conservative leadership candidates about BIOT is inevitable…but more important question is whether new Government is/was able to use it to unlock anything more material to our national interest.

[Tim Smith @TEMSmith]

If the new Foreign Sec can use the change in status to materially advance our other interests through UN / Regional players, I think: worth it

If they can’t + use it to trade political points with the opposition about values / colonialism, then the Tory candidates won’t be wrong

[Tim Smith @TEMSmith]

Whether the legal rights to some islands a v long way from us (and, incidentally, Mauritius) are worth it for:
- the bullshit of constantly defending those rights
- the ill will it creates and consequences to discussions about what ‘really’ matters: trade/growth, Ukraine, etc

[Tim Smith @TEMSmith]

Not just blowing smoke for the sake of it: Matt's show has been a bright spark in political coverage (too often dominated by po-faced duos).

Here's hoping the BBC don't put the boring bits back in.

[Matt Chorley @MattChorley]

Clocking off in the next 20 minutes

[Tim Smith @TEMSmith]

Multiverse, the apprenticeship unicorn, acquires Searchlight to put a focus on AI https://t.co/ALCAdHXKFz via @techcrunch

[Multiverse @JoinMultiverse]

Welcome to Anna, Kerry and the team at @searchlight_ai who join Multiverse this week! 🙌

Read more about how this acquisition will supercharge our ability to identify, analyze, and close skills gaps within organizations ↓
https://t.co/RMHYOrLUlQ

#Multiverse #AI #FutureofWork

[Multiverse @JoinMultiverse]

Full house at tonight's AI Ethics panel, hosted at Multiverse with @turinginst & @LeverhulmeCFI 🤖

➡️ Topic: Developing ethical applications of #AI - price or prize?

🎤 Panelists: @tanyagoodin, @KerryAMcInerney, @soy_prichaves, @mayameme & Sarah Spencer.

#AIUKFringe #AIUK

[Tim Smith @TEMSmith]

We use AI to enhance human coaching and ensure our apprentices can always access personalised support. You can read our early insights about how our learners are using it, as well as our latest launches, here: https://t.co/YU7rHUC0qM

[Tim Smith @TEMSmith]

@virginmedia 2 Jan. It did (both in the offer, and in the confirmation I received after I made the order)

[Tim Smith @TEMSmith]

Long time @virginmedia broadband customer. Have twice (TWICE) tried to move my mobile phone contract to them on an offer they marketed to me. Each time, received confirmation emails. Each time, never received the SIM. And I've cancelled my contract with my previous provider...

[Tim Smith @TEMSmith]

@virginmedia Btw I was on Whatsapp to your team through today and they tried to process the order for a third time, and it failed again. Complaint reference: C-080224636, if it helps.

[Tim Smith @TEMSmith]

@virginmedia The first. Virgin Media order, including the SIM. (To be clear: I'm a long term VM Broadband customer and you offered me a SIM)

[Tim Smith @TEMSmith]

@virginmedia i have! yes they have no record of the order being made by Virgin. Although i have received confirmation that it's been made by Virgin.

[Tim Smith @TEMSmith]

@virginmedia yeah the problem is, I'm not yet a mobile customer. I'm a Broadband customer who has placed an order, which is being handled by O2, but appears never to have been received by them. So I get handed from one to the other.