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Today marks my first day at Google in London, where I’ll work as a Product Policy Lead for Multimodal Generative AI. To say the least, it’s an exciting and timely opportunity to help shape effective policy for GenAI products in a trust and safety context.

Naturally it’s bittersweet to be leaving academia after spending over a decade (!) researching the societal implications of digital technology, and watching the intellectual interest in and institutional capacity of this field blossom. I’m proud of my track record in academia and am constantly inspired by colleagues’ incredible and important work. I’m also grateful for a recent rewarding stint in public policy. But since finishing my PhD last year I’ve been on the lookout for a new challenge, and I’m thrilled to now be embarking on just that.

I’m pleased to say that I’ve joined Ofcom to undertake a six-month research assignment into generative AI in the context of the UK’s new online safety regime. It’s great to return to the world of policy, and an exciting time to be asking important questions about AI and its social and political impact.