The Latest Breaking News from Faculty

The AI Fear That Crushed Accenture Just Created Its Biggest Opportunity. Here’s What The Anthropic Partnership Means.

The same fear that cut ACN stock in half just handed Accenture a new paid role as an AI safety evaluator for Anthropic.

Barchart · Sep 27

This AI Underdog Stock Just Landed a $1 Billion Catalyst With Anthropic

Accenture’s latest AI push comes as the stock remains about 32% lower this year and faces questions over consulting demand.

Barchart · Sep 24

‘This is the least crazy AI is ever going to get’: The lessons Europe’s execs must take from Anthropic’s shutdown

The challenge for Europe’s senior executives is that access to the world’s best AI may come at the cost of strategic autonomy, and they need to decide whether that tradeoff is worth it.

Fortune · Jun 23

Private sector lobbyists embedded into Labour’s shadow cabinet teams

Party appealed to engineering firms and management consultancies, requesting help with policy work

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

Brexit campaign’s AI firm Faculty gets political again

Has the AI firm behind the Brexit campaign had a second referendum on its political activity?

Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2024

Jameel Jaffer (Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia) and I, at Cornell, on Free Expression

I much enjoyed this panel, introduced by Cornell President Martha Pollack and moderated by Cornell Dean of Faculty Eve De Rosa; you can watch it here. My fellow panelist (with whom I largely agreed), Jameel Jaffer, is a former deputy legal director at the American Civil Liberties Union and director…

Reason · Sep 28, 2023

Glasgow University rapist's lawyer to be investigated over 're-traumatising survivor'

Lornexo Alonzi, who represented convicted rapist Daniel McFarlane, is to be investigated after a complaint to the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission was submitted.

Glasgow Live · Jul 7, 2023

Rapist's lawyer to be investigated over 're-traumatising survivor' in court

Lorenzo Alonzi represented sex attacker Daniel McFarlane when the 24-year-old was convicted of two counts of raping Ellie Wilson.

Daily Record · Jul 7, 2023

Rape victim who blew whistle on top Scots lawyer blasts ‘pathetic’ punishment

The woman also said she was “appalled” Brian McConnachie KC had escaped a ban from practising.

Daily Record · Mar 30, 2023

Spotting the patterns in the data to predict the future for the NHS

Business worked with Brexit guru Dominic Cummings at the start of the Vote Leave campaign

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2022