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Global polling by Pew finds 64% of Americans in 2026 say social media harms democracy, with public attitudes in many other countries becoming markedly more negative compared with earlier years.
Synthetic survey responses did not match real public opinion on timely early‑2026 topics, showing large errors on presidential approval and attitudes toward data centres, indicating digital twins poorly capture current public mood on topical questions.
Results from a pilot programme assess digital inclusion for disabled adults, reporting impacts on confidence, digital skills and social connection and informing future inclusive support approaches.
The UK and Taiwan held the 28th annual UK–Taiwan Trade Talks in London, launched a new Science, Innovation and Technology Arrangement and engaged with a Taiwanese business delegation to deepen trade and technology cooperation.
Argues for a UK national open‑source intelligence centre to set standards and coordinate government analysis, complementing the new information defence centre aimed at hostile state threats.
Globally, growing majorities say social media harms democracy by fostering manipulation and division, even as many also report it informs people and gives individuals a political voice, according to Pew Research Center’s global polling analysis.
Synthetic poll respondents were likelier than humans to converge on a single answer or skip response options, indicating reduced diversity and response variability in AI‑generated survey data versus human respondents.
Synthetic samples tended to overstate differences between demographic groups and presented some answers as nearly universal, implying digital twin approaches can distort subgroup estimates and population distributions.
Estimates employment in the UK Digital Sector for January–December 2025 using the ONS Annual Population Survey, covering filled jobs including employed, self‑employed, full‑time and part‑time roles in the sector.
Stablecoins are emerging as important payments infrastructure, but current policy approaches still rely on financial crime frameworks designed for traditional finance, leaving gaps in how to govern their specific risks to payments and financial integrity.
A national Australian survey finds around 80% of adults back restricting children’s access to social media, including 51% who strongly support such limits.
An Adam Smith Institute piece argues that major societal shocks often arise when existing technologies cross cost or capability thresholds, citing Viagra, GLP‑1 drugs and large language models as examples of unforeseen widespread effects.
AI‑generated survey respondents were much less likely than humans to choose “not sure” and far less likely to give factually incorrect answers, suggesting synthetic respondents express higher certainty and apparent factual knowledge.
A widely shared clip purporting to show an ‘asylum seeker’ asking for “more money and more freedom” is AI-generated; the video contains a SynthID watermark indicating it was produced with Google’s AI tools.
British companies will for the first time gain access to battlefield data from Ukraine to train new AI models intended to develop advanced drone swarm capabilities, leveraging operational data for defence-related AI development.
Findings examine how family, friends and informal supporters help people access digital services and develop skills, identifying support patterns and policy implications for service design and inclusion.
Final evaluation presents findings from the last phase of the Building Digital UK legacy voucher schemes, assessing outcomes and impacts of the voucher programme for broadband rollout.
DCMS proposes a Software Security Ambassadors Scheme to promote secure software development practices and bolster cyber resilience by appointing industry champions to share guidance, build capability and encourage adoption of best practice.
Global data on social media platform use shows Facebook typically remains the most-used platform worldwide, followed by Instagram, with lower overall penetration for TikTok, X and Snapchat.
A Resolution Foundation blog reflecting on party conference season and recent research/events, with a lighter piece referencing ‘Swedish spouses’ and AI in therapy—mixing commentary and topical policy discussion from the think tank.
Privacy notice explains how personal data submitted by organisations will be used for the 2027 cyber security skills and sectoral analysis research run by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
A clip of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese falling off a stage has been confirmed by Full Fact to be AI-generated, showing the original video was digitally altered.
The UK depends substantially on foreign suppliers for key satellite technologies and services, prompting questions about resilience, supply‑chain vulnerability and options to boost domestic capability and redundancy in critical space infrastructure.
The CMA is consulting on proposed conduct requirements—new rules to govern Google’s general search services. The proposals set out obligations the regulator would expect Google to follow; responses are invited as part of the consultation process.
A viral video that appears to show a large pro‑Palestine march in the UK is AI‑generated; both audio and visuals contain Google’s SynthID watermark, indicating the footage is fabricated.
The CMA seeks feedback on updated proposals for a user choice conduct requirement targeting Google’s general search services, aiming to give users clearer options when selecting search providers within Google’s ecosystem.
Project Gigabit has supported the rollout of government-backed broadband, creating more than 3,000 jobs and apprenticeships in England while delivering faster, more reliable connections to hard-to-reach communities.
Eamonn Butler described launching an Adam Smith graphic novel, explaining he used a Hollywood-style script and AI tool Grok to generate graphics, iterating from flawed outputs to produce usable illustrations at the Mont Pelerin Society congress.
Prime Minister highlights UK leadership on artificial intelligence at the UN General Assembly and announces a Plymouth‑made undersea drone fired a US torpedo, described as strengthening Euro‑Atlantic maritime security.
UCL’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose argues for treating digital systems—such as IDs, payments and data exchanges—as infrastructure, applying infrastructure economics to assess their properties and fit with political and institutional contexts.