Sir Bashir M. Al-Hashimi بشير CBE FREng FRS

King’s College London VP (Research & Innovation), Academic, Engineer, Husband, Dad of 3 girls (all work in Healthcare) . Keen🏃🏾. Tweets are personal opinions

[Sir Bashir M. Al-Hashimi بشير CBE FREng FRS @hashimi_bashir]

They will need other interventions: better links between education and employers, for example, and more security and support for those who want to start their own businesses. https://t.co/zNEnZLojtI

[Prof Katherine Sleeman @kesleeman]

📣📣📣 Webinar on the economic benefits of palliative care

📅 Thursday, 12 November
⏰ 2:00pm–3:00pm (GMT)
💻 Online via Microsoft Teams

With @petermay_csi, lead author of new research that demonstrates that hospital- and home-based specialist palliative care for adults reduces NHS costs, supports people to die out of hospital and reduces bed days.

🔎 PLUS we will launch bespoke briefings for ICSs on the economic benefits of specialist palliative care. To access the briefing for your ICS, email [email protected].

🎟️ Register here: https://t.co/ZSkGhxzMLk

[Sir Bashir M. Al-Hashimi بشير CBE FREng FRS @hashimi_bashir]

https://t.co/sSjt9x8xSO

[Sir Bashir M. Al-Hashimi بشير CBE FREng FRS @hashimi_bashir]

Where is the operating manual for an LLM?
We have manuals for complex technologies but not for LLMs.
We maybe using only a fraction of their capability because we haven’t learned how to work with them effectively.
We need manual for Human–AI Partnership.

[King's College London @KingsCollegeLon]

King’s and @HongKongPolyU are launching a new smart grid research centre in Hong Kong, bringing together 34+ universities and 60 industry partners to use AI to build smarter, more resilient energy networks. 🌍

Read more ⬇️

https://t.co/Q68qnD1iEe

[King's Chemistry @kclchemistry]

We're hiring! We have a 4x postdoc positions across both Chemistry and Physics.

Join one of our vibrant Departments at King's College London!

💸 Salary: £45,031- £48,607

➡️ Apply: https://t.co/vbMuM5CWxc

Closes: 27th August

@KingsJobs #postdocjobs #UniversityJobs

[Sir Bashir M. Al-Hashimi بشير CBE FREng FRS @hashimi_bashir]

This is what our back garden looked like in May 2026… and this is what it looked like yesterday after all the very hot weather! 😱

So, to cheer myself up, here’s a more positive transformation: this is how our front gate looked two days ago and how it looks today! 😄🌸

[Sir Bashir M. Al-Hashimi بشير CBE FREng FRS @hashimi_bashir]

Is a university degree worth it?. Definitely a must read article https://t.co/39j9IyXY53

[Sir Bashir M. Al-Hashimi بشير CBE FREng FRS @hashimi_bashir]

https://t.co/HhG141xyWx

[Phosphen @phosphenq]

The CEO of Anthropic:

"We might be six to twelve months away from when the model is doing most, maybe all, of what software engineers do end to end."

In 30 minutes, Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis break down the day after AGI.

AGI timeline + self-improving models + the first jobs to go + who stays in control

Worth more than a year of AI hot takes on your timeline

[Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @KingsIoPPN]

We are thrilled to announce that 3 teams of 20 teams awarded #LongitudePrizeOnALS Discovery Awards are led by or collaborate with King’s researchers.

🔗https://t.co/bKyHISfcqI

@AhmadAlKhleifat @JemeenSreed @AlfredoIacoange @PrimaMente
@NIHRMaudsleyBRC
@mndassoc @Challenge_Works

[Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @KingsIoPPN]

We talk a lot about surviving #cancer. We talk far less about what that survival feels like.

Dr Lauren Heathcote (@LCHeathcote) writes for the Wellcome Trust's blog series on her work on the mechanisms of anxiety after cancer.

https://t.co/MvJMqbPs3d

[Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @KingsIoPPN]

Professor Karen Steel has been awarded the Grand Scientific Prize by @PourlAudition, a French hearing foundation.

The Grand Scientific Prize honours scientists who have achieved a major breakthrough in the field of hearing research.

🔗 https://t.co/GeDwjrVoJw

[King's Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine @kingsmedicine]

Researchers have been awarded £1.9m from @The_MRC to evaluate the impact of the UK’s mandatory folic acid fortification policy on maternal and child health: https://t.co/MsbyjvdK9q @KingsCollegeLon

[Faisal Islam @faisalislam]

NEW

Cambridge-headquartered tech giant Arm Holdings announces it will manufacture its own AI chips - a significant change after 3 decades of success getting its chip designs in 350 billion devices worldwide - IPhones, cars, data centres etc… partnerships announced with most of the worlds tech giants including OpenAI and Meta. The chips will be specialised for AI use, especially the deployment of “agents”.

CEO Rene Haas tells BBC: "This marks the next phase of Arm’s journey - building on our roots in Cambridge, and the strength of our teams across the UK and around the world…” which puts Arm and the UK at the centre of global AI transformation.

[King's College London @KingsCollegeLon]

Who decides what counts as “good” taste?

At @kingsartshums, Sir Grayson Perry challenged how classical civilisation shapes ideas of beauty and power.

https://t.co/NVV5GB37FI

[Sir Bashir M. Al-Hashimi بشير CBE FREng FRS @hashimi_bashir]

Love to hear your views on our article please share them @LboroVC @timeshighered @KingsCollegeLon @aiatkings

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

Opinion: Artificial intelligence can help with research, but humans must remain accountable, say Bashir M. Al-Hashimi and Nick Jennings
https://t.co/juNGHWckAk

[King's Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine @kingsmedicine]

A £1.7m award from @BBSRC will fund King’s-led research to investigate how food structure, processing and the gut microbiome shape the release, absorption & metabolism of key compounds found in plant-based foods, and how this impacts cardiovascular health https://t.co/m1jDdS6P72

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

We hear how a woman from rural southern Italy became the first female professor of chemical engineering in Scotland – and what she’s working on now: https://t.co/1ZUlIqHwti

[Wendy Hall @DameWendyDBE]

I recorded this after the Indian AI Summit in Delhi. My voice is a bit muffled but the message is clear. Thank you @EconomicTimes and especially @kpswathi for putting this out on International Women’s Day. Women’s voices need to be heard strong and clear in AI @unisouthampton