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Nell Watson is an AI ethics engineer and researcher: chair of IEEE AI safety standards, President of the European Responsible AI Office, and author of Taming the Machine (Kogan Page, 2024) and Safer Agentic AI (Kogan Page, 2026).
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- BBC World ServiceFocus on Africa
- WiredThe Law and Ethics of AI
- BBC Radio UlsterSunday Sequence on Artificial Intelligence
- ForbesA conversation in Austria between Nell Watson and Dominik Meisinger
- Al Jazeera (Arabic)ما بعد السلامة المطلقة.. لماذا تخلتأنثروبيك عن نهجها الأكثر تحفظا؟2026
- Al Jazeera (Arabic)رغم وعود الاستقلالية.. لماذا لا يزال الذكاء الاصطناعي الوكيلي بحاجة إلى البشر؟2026
- TechRadarNavigating the rise of agentic AI in 20262026
- Daily MailRevealed: The 32 terrifying ways AI could go rogue – from hallucinations to paranoid delusions
- Live ScienceThere are 32 different ways AI can go rogue, scientists say — from hallucinating answers to a complete misalignment with humanity
- Live ScienceAI can handle tasks twice as complex every few months. What does this exponential growth mean for how we use it?
- Live SciencePeople find AI more compassionate than mental health experts, study finds
- Live Science'Put glue on your pizza' embodies everything wrong with AI search
- ForbesDo The Right Thing: 4 Ways To Navigate The Ethics Of AI2024
- The GuardianMoney for nothing: is universal basic income about to transform society?2024
- Fast CompanyWill AI become your assistant or your boss? An ethicist explains
- Fast CompanyAI is turning workers in ‘cyborgs,’ ‘centaurs,’ and ‘meat puppets’
- Daily MailChatGPT passes the famous 'Turing test’
- Live ScienceGPT-4 has passed the Turing test, researchers claim
- Daily MailHow AI 'smarter than any human being' by 2025 could come true
- Live ScienceHow humans could be mistreating AI right now without even knowing it
- ForbesAdvanced Manufacturings Moment2020
- ForbesRobots Poised for Wider Role on Assembly Lines2019
- Forbes (Deutsch)Moralische Maschinen
- Fast CompanyFive Powerful Reasons Coders Need Yoga
- ViceHow Humans Could Become 'Our Own Walking Hard Drives'
- Daily MailRobots could murder us out of KINDNESS unless they are taught the value of human life, engineer claims
- BBCCould robots be marking your homework?
- The GuardianWill automation make us happier?2016
- CNBCShould you have sex with robots? Experts weigh in2015
- ForbesHow Artificial Intelligence Could Eliminate (Or Reduce) The Need For Managers2015
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- 6G WorldThe Faces of Network AI: Toddler, Retriever, Mafia, Villain
- ABBWelcoming robots into our lives2017
- Adformatie (Nederlands)Robots Opvoeden, hoe doe je dat?
- AFR5 key takeaways from SXSW
- AI MagazineThe Eyes of a Machine: Automation With Vision
- AI Quick BitsInterview with Nell Watson
- Andrew PerlotLove and Physics: What the Universe Wants
- Arabian Technology Arabicنحو-الذكاء-الاصطناعي-الأخلاقي
- Are You A Robot?S#E#: Robots with Morals // Nell Watson
- AtelierWhat rights should robots have?
- BCSF-TAG welcomes new members
- Belfast TelegraphMeet your AI partner: How tech is shaping the future of love
- Big ThinkHow responsible “agentic AI” can supercharge your startup
- BIMAMy Digital Hero2019
- BIMAAn Audience With: Nell Watson, Futurist and Technology Philosopher
- Biohacker SummitSynthetic Biology Leads to New Forms of Life2015
- Biohacker's PodcastNell Watson on Artificial Intelligence
- Business ReporterAgentic AI is set to drive business transformation in 20262026
- Business ReporterDeveloping AI talent for safer, smarter agentic systems in 20252025
- Business ReporterGenerative AI’s Hype Cycle
- CapacityReaction: UK, US AI safety agreement
- Carine SitCan we make tech more responsible? Thoughts after one week in the Silicon Valley.
- CEO InsightShould We Be Scared Of Elon Musk’s “Superhuman AI”?
- Chosun Ilbo (한국어)국내외 미래 전문가 9人이 예상한 포스트 코로나
- City A.M.Robots really could help dig us out of our low productivity spiral
- Cloudera AI ForecastAgentic AI Is Forcing a Governance Reset
- CNETRobots could murder us out of kindness, says futurist
- Cognitive TimesThe Ethical Algorithm
- Cyber Security IntelligenceThe Threat Of Agentic AI Manipulation
- Cybernews2050: Future students
- Cybernews2050: Future universities
- Cybernews2050: Transhumanism in education
- Cybernews2050: Artificial education
- Daily DotDeepfakes 2.0: The terrifying future of AI and fake news
- Daily SabahCan a robot truly love a human?2014
- Data News (Nederlands)Een onbevooroordeeld systeem maken is een echte kunst2020
- Deutsche WelleAI Experts Discuss Pausing AI Development
- DiginomicaBring on the therapists! Why we need a DSM for AI 'mental' disorders
- Digital.se (Svenska)Din Framtida Chef Kan Vara en Robot
- Disruption HubMachine Ethics: From Principles To Practicality
- DroppinNell Watson on Machine Intelligence and the Democratising Power of Tech
- Elite BusinessThe rise of AI executives: Reshaping leadership in the digital age
- Emerce (Nederlands)Digitale Makers om AI Ethics Brengen
- Engati CXThe keystone for ethical tech
- EnzaiAI Governance Podcast - Agentic AI and our AI Future2024
- European Business ReviewCan AI Make Us Better Leaders?
- Executive Excellence (Español)Guía práctica para mantenerse sano durante el COVID19
- Exponential TimesAI Exponential Thinker Part 1
- Fair AIThought Leader Speaks Series
- Fault Lines RadioWe Need An Endohazard Warning Symbol
- Financial TimesCan AI outperform a wealth manager at picking investments?
- Foresight InstituteFlourishing from COVID-19 (with David Pearce, Andres Gomez, Yancey Strickler)
- FortuneGen Z’s digital natives will seem old-fashioned next to ‘Gen A2023
- Futurati PodcastNell Watson on Cosmology, Quantum Computing and AI
- Future GrindAI Ethics and Social Reform with Nell Watson2020
- FutureTechRobots With Ethics?
- Goethe InstituteCouch Lesson: AI & Intelligence (with Markus Gabriel)
- GOTO 2019Machine Ethics, Artificial Intelligence & Humanity: Nell Watson & Priyanka Vergadia
- Henrik Føhns at IDK (Dansk/English)Kan vi skabe etisk kunstig intelligens?
- HiFluenceHuman-Machine Relations and the Future of Human Society
- HumAIn PodcastNell Watson: How To Teach AI Human Values
- Humanity PlusWar on Transhumanism: Joe Allen debates scholars Max More, Nell Watson & Natasha Vita-More
- i-InvestHow should we handle humanity’s problem child?
- I-ScoopTurning AI, deep learning and robots from children into responsible citizens
- I-ScoopTurning AI, deep learning and robots from children into responsible citizens
- IDA (Dansk)Hvad skal menneskeheden lave, når robotterne har taget vores jobs?
- IEEETransmitter Profile
- IEEEHow To Make Autonomous Systems More Transparent and Trustworthy
- IEEECreating a Kinder Society through Kinder AI
- IEEE Computer SocietyIEEE 3152: A Standard for Transparent Human and Machine Agency Identification
- IEEE Spectrum‘AI Pause’ Open Letter
- IEEE Standards AssociationIEEE CertifAIEd The Mark of AI Ethics
- Iklim Gazetisi (Türk)Bir yapay zeka ahlak bilimcisi olarak çalışmak
- InnoMagFuturist Nell Watson on AI, job loss and the solution for preserving a welfare state
- Insight.netHow AI will Transform the Way we Design and Manage the Places we Work
- IOT World TodayQuantum Vs. Classical AI Computing: Expert Reactions
- Irish Tech NewsThe Case for Generative AI in Business
- Irish TimesIn a future brave new world will it be possible to live forever?
- ITC.uaPsychopathia Machinalis: all 32 types of AI 'madness' in a new study
- ITProWhat is high-performance computing (HPC)?
- ITProHow chief AI officers can streamline strategy from the boardroom down
- ITProGPU memory vulnerability could allow hackers to access LLM responses
- ITProRegulatory and Monetary Incentives to Adopt Safer Programming Languages
- ITProSeven reasons why machine learning is a good career
- ITProWhat the brain-computer interface (BCI) means for business
- ITProHow AI can help – and hinder – the supply chain crisis
- Kainos’ Beyond BoundariesAgentic AI: Navigating human-machine power dynamics
- Kogan PageA Blueprint for Safe Agentic AI Adoption (with Ali Hessami)
- Kogan PageHow to Prevent Powerful AI from Exceeding Our Grasp
- La Nación (Español)Futuro del negocio invita a empresas a más empatía2019
- LNGFRMAI Mental Health: A New Diagnostic Framework
- L’EchoNous allons entretenir une relation de plus en plus forte avec les machines
- Machine LearningHow Artificial Intelligence can help build resilient communities
- MaddynessWould you trust AI to speak to your customers?2024
- Management TodayCould our future leaders be AI?
- MetroElon Musk’s chatbot which has phone sex with users ‘will hit global birth rates’2025
- MetroIt’s Not Only Scarlett Johansson Who Should Worry About AI Taking Her Voice2024
- MetroWhat Is Digital Exclusion – And Who Is At Risk?2024
- Mindplex MagazineCo-Evolution: Machines For Moral Enlightenment
- Mindplex MagazineSubstrate-Independent Computation
- Mindplex MagazineOptionality & Infinite Games
- MoonshotRobot Ethics with Nell Watson
- MultiversesNell Watson on the Near & Not So Near Future of Intelligence
- Nathalie NahaiThe Hive Podcast: AI, Ethics, and Humanity
- Nathalie NahaiEmpathy, Participation & The Future of AI
- NBC NewsHere's how AI could help catch shoplifters in the act
- Next Big FutureIntelligence 2.0 – Brain, AI and Hybrids2017
- NodeThe AI talent imperative: Building expertise for safer agentic AI in 20252025
- NokiaNetworks Will Power AI’s Next Big Breakthroughs
- NS Digital WorldUK and US sign landmark AI agreement2024
- Observador (Português)No futuro, vamos ter amigos robôs. E isso é uma coisa boa
- ORFMagnanimous machines: Why AI work should work for people and not the other way around
- PEXIEEE study: 96 percent of leaders expect agentic AI adoption to accelerate in 20262026
- Professional SecurityUK, US sign AI MOU for safety testing
- RaconteurData in the driving seat for city transport systems
- Rebellion ResearchComputer Vision, Machine Learning & Our New Society
- Rebellion ResearchDeep Reinforcement Learning Applications
- Robotics & AutomationUK government announces £8m for shipping automation
- Robotics & Innovation MagazineThe Benefits of Using Collaborative Robots
- SeVRArtificial Intelligence Ethics
- ShapewatchVisualization of the Quantified Self
- SIM Professional DevelopmentEvolution of AI and where is it leading us
- Singularity HubThe Struggle to Make AI Less Biased Than Its Creators2017
- SSBCrackScientists Create New Framework to Understand AI Dysfunctions and Risks
- Stephen Ibaraki, IEEE TEMS / ACMA Chat with Nell Watson
- StylistDeepfakes Are Being Weaponised Against Women; We Need To Take Action
- Super Data ScienceAgents Will Develop Their Own Distinct Culture, with Nell Watson
- SyncNIEthics integral to the advancement of modern technology
- TAFFDS magazineFuture Discussions
- Tech CentralTowards a hybrid future of man, machine and corporate entities
- Tech MagNell Watson on face masks, telepresence, & the rise of niche markets
- TechCentralEuropean expert calls for new laws and regulations for autonomous AI
- TechInformed2025 Informed: How AI will transform business2025
- TechInformedAgentic vs copilots: what’s the future of GenAI?
- TechRoundLandmark AI Agreement Signed By UK And US
- Techscape on Taking StockTaming the Machine
- Techzine (Nederlands)Waarom Het Belangrijk Is Dat Machines Leren Denken
- The AI in Business PodcastAI and the Future of Propaganda
- The Brand Called YouThe Challenge of Anticipating Disruptive AI Innovations
- The Brave TechnologistAI Ethics & Safety: What Could Go Wrong and How to Stop It
- The Deep ViewProgress & Predictions 2025: Threats, harms and ethics2025
- The FederalistTranshumanists Gather In Spain To Plan Global Transformation2021
- The New SchoolAI and the Human – AI and Social Trust2020
- The Recruitment ShowAI: Savior or Threat? Your career, your decision, you choose
- The Road to SustainabilityOur ability as humans to overcome global challenges
- The StackMicrosoft resurrects plan to snapshot your screen every five seconds
- The xMonks DriveSam Altman Warns AI Could Kill Us All. Really??? Ft. Nell Watson
- TheStreetAI trends: What experts, execs think artificial intelligence will look like in 20242024
- TheStreetPopular social media platform to sell user data to the company behind ChatGPT
- TheStreetBillionaire venture capitalist defends Silicon Valley in bold, tech-loving manifesto
- TheStreetThe ethics of artificial intelligence: A path toward responsible AI
- TheStreetMicrosoft assumes legal liability as artists, authors battle AI encroachment
- Tijd.be (Nederlands)Gentenaars maken pashokjes passé
- Time LeBerecht (Deutsch)Wir brauchen einen neuen radikalen Humanismus
- TimTalkThe Autonomy Paradox: Building AI We Can Trust to Act, with Ali Hessami
- Total Information AMMaintaining the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
- Trajectory MagazineThe State of AI
- Trending TopicsThe AI would be the CEO and pay the workers with Bitcoins
- Trustworthy AI Chronicles PodcastNell Watson | Author & AI Safety Researcher
- University of the West IndiesHeady Machinery
- Vasco PatrícioVenture Capitalist Interviews: Nell Watson
- VentureBeatWhy the metaverse must be open but regulated2022
- VentureBeatStartups Kick Asana with Nerd Yoga2012
- Voice AmericaThe Human Aspect of Machine Intelligence
- Wall Street JournalThe Rise of the Cognitive Ecosystem
- Waypoint PartnersWhere next for AI?
- YouTubeThoughts on Ùgòchúkwú Chúkwú’s An Exercise in Clear Thinking