Research

My current focus area is methods, governance mechanisms, policy, infrastructure and capacity building for evaluating AI models.

My previous research has included developing algorithmic impact assessments, as well as transparency and accountability for of AI in the public sector.

Recent publications

• Holistic Safety and Responsibility Evaluations of Advanced AI Models, 2024, Weidinger, L., Barnhart, J., Brennan, J., Butterfield, C., Young, S., Hawkins, W., Hendricks, L.A., Comanescu, R., Chang, O., Rodriguez, M., Beroshi, J., Bloxwich, D., Proleev, L., Chen, J., Farquhar, S., Ho, L., Gabriel, I., Dafoe, A. and Isaac, W.
• Going public: the role of public participation approaches in commercial AI labs, 2023, Groves, L., Peppin, A., Strait, A., and Brennan, J.
• Algorithmic impact assessment: a case study in healthcare, 2022, Ada Lovelace Institute
• Technical methods for regulatory inspection of algorithmic systems, 2021, Ada Lovelace Institute
• Algorithmic accountability for the public sector: Learning from the first wave of policy implementation, 2021, Ada Lovelace Institute, AI Now and Open Government Partnership
• Inspecting algorithms in social media platforms, 2021, Ada Lovelace Institute and Reset
• Examining the black box: tools for assessing algorithmic systems, 2020, Ada Lovelace Institute
• Beyond face value: public attitudes to facial recognition technology, 2019, Ada Lovelace Institute

Press, media, blogs

• Why Ofcom needs clear powers to audit Big Tech's algorithms - written for The New Statesman
• The U.K.'s new AI transparency standard is a step closer to accountable AI - written for VentureBeat
• Getting under the hood of Big Tech - on auditing in the EU Digital Services Act with Alex Circuimaru for the Ada Lovelace Institute blog
• Algorithms in social media platforms: realistic routes to regulatory inspection - on the Ada Lovelace Institute blog
• Understanding the impact of algorithms - co-authored with DataKind UK CEO Giselle Cory for Charity Digital News
• Facial recognition: defining terms to clarify challenges - on the Ada Lovelace Institute blog