Verity Harding

TIME100AI | Founder, Formation Advisory | Director, AI & Geopolitics Project at Cambridge Uni | Book, AI Needs You @PrincetonUPress

[Verity Harding @verityharding]

Honoured to be in the inaugural TIME100 most influential people in AI list. #TIME100AI

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TIME's new cover: The 100 most influential people in AI https://t.co/I0yZ5V1gMu

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In my latest post I explore why, whether the trend matters or not, and what it means for the latest Anthropic vs OpenAI rivalry.

Featuring The Beatles, Anna Wintour, Jeff Bezos and those viral 'thinking caps' at @AirMailWeekly

https://t.co/Hw6prgBDYa

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"I have no tolerance for it – nor the ever encroaching, constant conversation we keep having about it...it’s all so f-ing boring."

This was the response from Gen Z's favourite internet boyfriend Jacob Elordi when asked about AI. He's not alone, among the young it's v unpopular

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All of the lessons from my article of 2024 still apply. The space race shows that competition and collaboration needn't be mutually exclusive. Any hint of recognition that AI isn't just a race to be won would be a huge step in the right direction.

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Two years ago I wrote in the FT about how the Biden-Xi Summit in San Francisco was a missed opportunity for the two superpowers to make progress on AI cooperation.

https://t.co/74FKRgesm2

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But it does mean that there is a huge opportunity in Trump’s state visit to China this week to look beyond the notion of AI as an 'arms race'.

I'd be amazed if, in 2026, there is still no agreement or even dialogue about cooperation on AI risk.

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@mmitchell_ai Thanks Meg! Love this.

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Thank you David!

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Post with some books I enjoyed reading last year, including Joseph Roth, @ShippersUnbound, @mustafasuleyman, @verityharding, @JamieMetzl, Tony Blair and @NateSilver538 https://t.co/FUMF07hvqu

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I was asked to write a prediction for @WIRED “The World in 2025” bumper edition, so I wrote about AI & geopolitics:

‘It’s time to move past AI nationalism’

Lots of other great pieces in there too, pick up the physical magazine if you see it.

https://t.co/pBziJYtOp5

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Thanks to Behavioral Scientist @behscientist for naming 'AI Needs You' one of their top books of 2024!

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@timhwang @sarahdrinkwater Indeed. This section on my book is on Atari Democrats and their role in the early internet:

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@HelenHet20 You’re welcome - thank you for writing it! Good to know I’m not the only massive Paul fan in POLIS :)

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Beautiful from Helen Thompson on the genius, wonder and complexity of McCartney

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I am very grateful to Jason Cowley for giving me in his last edition of the @NewStatesman the chance to write about Paul McCartney and the Beatles, my first and longest music love.
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The first full report from the AI & Geopolitics Project, my research group at Cambridge, is out today. We go beyond the simplistic 'AI arms race' narrative and explore practical, realistic opportunities for international collaboration on AI. Kudos to @AlTurobov for leading this!

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It’s an honour to have Angela on our AIxGEO advisory board and even more to have someone her calibre and expertise find our report unique and useful.

[Angela Kane @kaneview]

So many writings on AI but they rarely the international aspect, so this report is important and timely. Rather than deploring AI global fragmentation, the report outlines practical steps to make process. Great work by @AITurobov, @DianeCoyle1859 & @verityharding

[Angela Kane @kaneview]

So many writings on AI but they rarely the international aspect, so this report is important and timely. Rather than deploring AI global fragmentation, the report outlines practical steps to make process. Great work by @AITurobov, @DianeCoyle1859 & @verityharding

[Aleks Turobov, PhD @AlTurobov]

The AI race doesn't have to be zero-sum.
International organisations already find natural alignment in specific domains, where competition naturally transforms into collaboration, not through grand agreements.
Check out our policy paper

[Verity Harding @verityharding]

The first full report from the AI & Geopolitics Project, my research group at Cambridge, is out today. We go beyond the simplistic 'AI arms race' narrative and explore practical, realistic opportunities for international collaboration on AI. Kudos to @AlTurobov for leading this!

[Bennett Institute for Public Policy @BennettInst]

Our new AIXGEO report—Moving Beyond Competition—explores emerging opportunities for international cooperation in AI.
@AlTurobov, @DianeCoyle1859 & @verityharding argue that smaller-scale collaborations in specific AI domains could result in real progress.
https://t.co/kSNcIWRQSW

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Any of my NYC followers who want to be lucky enough to get an early copy of this exceptional book too — @mrianleslie has some good news for you:

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Beyond excited to receive an early copy of this today. I haven’t looked forward to the release of a book this much since The Mirror and the Light, and I don’t say that lightly.

(I have also pre-ordered the hardback out next year and if you like the Beatles then so should you!)

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@Gilesyb Oh to be a growthy country