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John Healey faces his first major test as Chancellor next week with his first Budget.
Here's five asks we have, looking to tackle some of the big challenges facing the UK in the years to come.
Read more: smf.co.uk/opinion-and-analys…
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1 in 5 people use AI for personal or relationship advice: @SMFthinktank smf.co.uk/publications/the-i…
AI can now convincingly pass for a human in conversation online.
👇Director @theobertram on why policymakers should put in proper guardrails to protect against risks such as false information, fraud, addiction and unsafe mental health advice, while also preserving the benefits.
👇Read The Imitation Game smf.co.uk/publications/the-i…
1 in 5 people use AI for personal or relationship advice, rising to 2 in 5 among Gen Z.
With teenagers increasingly turning towards AI to interpret and manage their relationships are at risk of missing out on the developmental value of figuring things out for themselves.
In a new briefing, The Imitation Game, we're calling for age-appropriate protections for children and more research into how AI affects young people's relationships.
smf.co.uk/publications/the-i…
🚨 NEW POLLING🚨
AI is now so good at mimicking empathy that many people prefer it to their friends.
1 in 5 UK adults have used an AI chatbot for personal or relationship advice – and 54% of them found it more helpful than talking to friends or family.
Our new briefing, The Imitation Game, asks what this means for society and what policymakers should do about it.
smf.co.uk/publications/the-i…
With just over a week to go until Budget 2026, we've set out our five asks from the Prime Ministerlook to tackle some of the big challenges facing the UK in the years to come.
Read more 👇
smf.co.uk/opinion-and-analys…
🚨NEW: Wider AI adoption could add £38–47bn to small business revenues across Great Britain, our new report finds.
79% of SMEs already use AI – but many aren’t yet getting the most out of it.
Read our report, Byte-sized growth, sponsored by @Intuit: smf.co.uk/publications/byte-…
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Three key stats
1 in 4 adults who play casino games on machines experience problem gambling;
SMF estimates that gambling harms associated with machine gaming cost society £2.33 bn a year;
43% of UK adults support increasing taxes on slot machines in high street betting shops.
Join us tomorrow to examine how the UK can turn its ambition to regulate for growth and innovation into a credible and effective regulatory system.
Read more and register your place below👇
smf.co.uk/events/regulating-…
🚨SPEAKER KLAXON🚨
Natalie Black CBE, Group Director @Ofcom will join us next week as we discuss how to regulate for growth & innovation.
📅 Wednesday 21 October, 14:00-19:00
📍 Westminster
Register: luma.com/4o1lirnw
In partnership with @Meta & @OpenLoopProgram
Speaker announcement 📣
@DrMatthewGill, Director at the @instituteforgov, joins our panel: what does regulating for growth look like?
📅 21 Oct, Westminster
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In partnership with @Meta & @OpenLoopProgram
NEW SPEAKER📣
Sophie Tomlinson, Director at the Datasphere Initiative, joins our panel on what a pro-innovation regulator should actually do.
📅 21 Oct, Westminster
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In partnership with @Meta @OpenLoopProgram
Speaker announcement 📣
Stefano Fratta, VP Global Advocacy, Privacy and Data Policy at Meta, joins our panel: what should a pro-innovation regulator actually do?
📅 21 Oct, Westminster
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In partnership with @Meta @OpenLoopProgram
NEW SPEAKER📣
The SMF's Stuart Hudson, former Senior Director of Strategy at the CMA, brings a regulator’s-eye view to our panel on what regulating for growth looks like in practice
📅 21 Oct, Westminster
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In partnership with @Meta @OpenLoopProgram
Speaker announcement📣
@SLG_Econ, Director of SLG Economics, joins our panel: what does regulating for growth look like?
He’ll be alongside Dr Matthew Gill (IfG) & Stuart Hudson (SMF)
📅 21 Oct, Westminster
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In partnership with @Meta @OpenLoopProgram
📢Speaker announcement📢
Ruth Ray, Managing Director, Economic Crime at @UKFtweets, joins us to discuss how regulation can support growth while keeping consumers and businesses safe.
📅 21 Oct, Westminster
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Kindly sponsored by @Meta
📣Speaker announcement📣
Prof @HelenMargetts, Professor of Society and the Internet at Oxford, joins our panel on governing the regulatory system: coherence, capacity and participation.
📅 21 Oct, Westminster
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Join us and @Meta for a half-day conference examining how the UK can turn its ambition to regulate for growth and innovation into a credible and effective regulatory system.
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