What Britain Really Thinks About AI, and Why It's a Problem for Whitehall

​Britain has already made up its mind about AI. The trouble is, it isn't the view Westminster assumes. And the gap between the two is wider, and more consequential, than almost anyone in politics has noticed.

​Underneath it is a contradiction: 85% of the public want stronger laws to make AI safe, but 80% don't trust the government to deliver them. From copyright and children's safety to the oversight of frontier AI, people are concerned, but rarely in the same way. The evening unpacks this brand new research, which reveals why and how it's already moving votes. The technology is being deployed at speed, and it's shaping policy and politics now, not at the next election.

​UK AI Compass is the most detailed picture yet of what the public actually thinks: almost 3,000 people in a nationally representative survey, 773 questions, a wave of focus groups across the country, and built-in experiments designed to reveal which arguments land and which quietly fall apart. If you're trying to build a real public majority for action on AI, this session sets out who you need to win, where they are, and what moves them.

​Lead author Daniel Stone launches the report alongside notable guests from academia, Whitehall and civil society. Together they'll walk through the findings in plain terms, show you the moments worth pausing on, then open the floor so you can push back.

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