Exposing AI summarisation

Exposing AI summarisation

We know that using AI can cause hallucinations but it’s less clear how these manifest and what the pitfalls might be.  In most cases, hallucinations occur in large language models. They typically introduce facts learned from their training data, which is vastly...
The Friendship Bench – London project

The Friendship Bench – London project

The project focuses on adapting the Friendship Bench Zimbabwe, a successful, community-driven mental health initiative originally developed in Zimbabwe, to better support Black communities in London. The goal is to create a culturally responsive, accessible mental...
The Friendship Bench – London project

Research into disability and wellbeing in London

Real is a Disabled People’s Organisation based in Tower Hamlets that is carrying out research into D/deaf and Disabled people’s quality of life across London using a research tool called the ‘Personal Outcomes Scale’. This explores what is important to you in...
Public meetings with extra voice

Public meetings with extra voice

Getting the most out of a public meeting takes effort. It requires facilitators to take accurate notes and summarise the mini-debates and mechanisms to prevent the loudest voices from dominating the dialogue.  Some time ago MySocitety launched a little known project...