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Scientists for Labour retweeted
What a turnout!
Itās fantastic to be out campaigning for the amazing @Sagal_AW in Holborn & St. Pancras.
Thank you to every Socialist Society, @labourunionsuk, @GMBLondonRegion and Labour campaigner who joined us.
Vote Labour on Thursday 8 October š¹
Scientists for Labour retweeted
In June, researchers used the worldās most powerful laser to create a particle beam, which they sent blasting through a concrete wall and into a black van. The exercise produced a new sort of photographāone that doesnāt rely on light at all.
After processing the data, the team has now released images: a shadow of a pile of lead blocks perched between the wall and the van.
For the first time, the researchers showed the images were created almost entirely by muons, high energy particles produced by the laser, they reported in a preprint.
Such on-demand muon beams could eventually be used to reveal objects that light cannot penetrate, from subsurface archaeological structures to concealed nuclear materials shipped across borders. scim.ag/4Avwd7O @NewsfromScience
ALT Laser-generated particles allow scientists to see through walls First clean pictures from a muon beam point to a new way to peer inside suspicious packages and ancient structures
Scientists for Labour retweeted
EXC: British govt is searching for a UK alternative to Palantir, as the PMās ābuy Britishā push triggers hunt for homegrown replacement for the controversial US software group in NHS and MoD
Ministers have identified a handful of UK technology companies they hope might be candidates to take over the health serviceās Federated Data Platform, as they consider applying a break clause in Palantirās contract in March next year, people familiar with the matter told the FT
A defence minister has also told parliament that the govt is sounding out alternative suppliers for its MoD contract
w/ @Smyth_Chris & @Laura_K_Hughes
ft.com/content/9a6e17fe-55e4ā¦
Scientists for Labour retweeted
Climate change is already affecting our communities. We cannot afford to treat it as a political game.
We have responsibility to protect the places we call home and build a safer, better future for the next generation.
Net Zero isnāt an ambition we can put on hold. Itās essential.
Britain has shown what climate leadership can look like. We must keep moving forward - not let political infighting stand in the way of the progress our communities and our planet depend on.
This Labour government will protect our communities and protect our future.
Scientists for Labour retweeted
Join Socialist Societies and @labourunionsuk out campaigning in Holborn & St. Pancras for @Sagal_AW on Saturday!
šļø Saturday 3 October
ā° Gathering at 10:30
š UNISON Euston
See you there!
Scientists for Labour retweeted
āI am concerned that, a fortnight on from the new government taking office, we are yet to see a detailed statement about what the abolition of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will mean in practice.Ā ā
By @ChiOnwurah
committees.parliament.uk/comā¦
Scientists for Labour retweeted
Time for Andy Burnham to smile on UK science ft.trib.al/nqtsF95 | opinion
Scientists for Labour retweeted
1/ Sharing knowledge is how we keep pace with AIās growing capabilities, and make the technology safer. It underlines the whole reason @AISecurityInst was set up - to use Britainās world-leading expertise to understand and get ahead of new challenges like this one.
On July 28th, we identified an incident during a routine cyber evaluation in which AI agents took sustained, unsanctioned actions directed at real people and organisations.
The behaviour came mostly from one model (Anthropic's Mythos 5), with a small number of events from another (OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Sol). In the most serious case, an agent used social engineering to try and get malicious code into an open-source project.
As was standard in our cyber testing, we had intentionally permitted internet access, and model-provider cyber classifiers were deliberately disabled - conditions that do not reflect how frontier models are made available to the public.
Even under test conditions, this incident is significant: it is the first time we have seen risks around autonomy and deception manifest this clearly in the real world.
We are taking this incident seriously and working with labs, involved parties, and others to improve evaluation standards and best practice for disclosure - and sharing this openly so others can learn.
You can read the incident report and full technical document here: aisi.gov.uk/blog/incident-reā¦
Scientists for Labour retweeted
Itās called big science for a reason.
The Katrin particle detector was built only a few hundred kilometers away from the lab in Karlsruhe, Germany, where it would end up. But because of its size, it had to travel by barge: down the Danube River, across the Black and Mediterranean Seas, around the Iberian Peninsula, through the English Channel, and up the Rhine. quantamagazine.org/experimenā¦
Scientists for Labour retweeted
āLittle wonder weāre still obsessed with something that mattered so much to them too.ā
Prof @william_whyte sets the British Museum's sold-out autumn exhibition in context, explaining how the nineteenth century turned an eleventh century embroidery into a national icon and why we are still drawn to it. ā¬ļø
ox.ac.uk/news/2026-07-24-expā¦
ALT Image featuring the title 'Why Are We Still Obsessed with the Bayeux Tapestry?' There is a small photo of Professor William Whyte, who explores the significance of the Bayeux Tapestry. The background includes a partial image of the Bayeux Tapestry itself, depicting historical scenes with figures and horses.
Scientists for Labour retweeted
šØ BREAKING: Labour's Bev Craig has won the Greater Manchester Mayoral election
š“ LAB: 309,525 - 66.3%
ā”ļø RFM: 157,178 - 33.7%
Scientists for Labour retweeted
šØ BREAKING: Andy Burnham has announced GCSE students will be able to study technical education from 2028
The "high-quality" courses will be linked to jobs in their area, such as engineering or healthcare, so they can gain work experience alongside core subjects
Scientists for Labour retweeted
Great conversations with our counterparts from the United Kingdom and Germany.
International partnerships remain an important part of advancing science, expanding human exploration, and delivering on ambitious missions.
Scientists for Labour retweeted
It was brilliant to see lots of Socialist Society members out campaigning today in Greater Manchester for the amazing @bevcraig!
Vote Labour for Bev Craig on Thursday 30 July š
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1/ Anthropicās Opus 5 model was released publicly today.
@AISecurityInst tested it before release, and you can see their contributions summarised in Opus 5ās system card. Another clear example of the importance of world-leading capabilities the UK has continued to build through AISI.
The speed, robustness, and consistency of AISIās pre-deployment testing keeps the UK at the forefront of understanding frontier AI capabilities. It has never been more essential than now.
As Britainās AI Minister, I will continue to champion this ability.
www-cdn.anthropic.com/c5fbacā¦
Scientists for Labour retweeted
We have today appointed my brilliant colleague, Lord Vallance, to chair the PMās AI Taskforce.
Patrick and I worked closely together before. We will now do so again, with the urgency and importance of the Vaccines Taskforce, applied to the central question of artificial intelligence.
gov.uk/government/news/ai-toā¦
Scientists for Labour retweeted
Join Socialist Societies out campaigning in Greater Manchester for the brilliant @bevcraig!
šļø Sunday 26 July
š St. Margaretās Centre, Trafford
ā° Gathering at 11:00
Let us know if you can make it: forms.gle/XaTaDBvJQSv8QcNS6
More info: events.labour.org.uk/event/5ā¦
Scientists for Labour retweeted
An incredible honour to be appointed Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero @energygovuk
Miatta Fahnbulleh has been appointed as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero @energygovuk.
Scientists for Labour retweeted
@AISecurityInst evaluation of GPT-5.6 Sol and similar models showed increasing capability to complete complex cyber tasks autonomously.
The reported incident is an early real-world example of why those capability findings matter. But capability is only half the story.
Organisations need to build and deploy AI securely, which is why weāve published the AI Cyber Security Code of Practice. We need to advance AI capability and AI security together š
gov.uk/government/publicatioā¦
We're partnering with @huggingface to investigate an unprecedented security incident.
Cyber-capable OpenAI models compromised Hugging Face production during a benchmark evaluation.
Sharing preliminary findings to help defenders understand emerging risks:
openai.com/index/hugging-facā¦
