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The Festival of NewMR returns after a hiatus - a free online festival of talks, workshops and debate for researchers and insights professionals, live across time zones.
17 November 2026 – 19 November 2026
Latest from NewMR
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What Is So Worrying About Recursive Self-Improvement?
Recursive self-improvement, or RSI, sounds like science fiction. RSI is when AI improves itself, then the improved AI…
5 August 2026
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AI Update – 3 August 2026
Here are three big themes from last week';s AI news. AI moves from conversation to action: three developments…
3 August 2026
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Open-weight AI: four ways to use it and why access matters
Open-weight AI is often discussed as though releasing the model automatically makes AI accessible. In practice, access depends…
1 August 2026
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5 AI Tips – June 2026
5 AI Tips, June 2026: Synopsis This is a practical webinar by Ray Poynter, part of the NewMR…
30 June 2026
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When the model vanishes overnight: the lessons from the Fable ban and its implications for your AI supply line
Anthropic's two most capable models disappeared for everyone in a single evening. For research teams now building on…
20 June 2026
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Myth Number 2: MIT Showed That 95% of AI Pilots Fail
Perhaps the most commonly quoted statistics about AI projects is that 95% of them fail, according to MIT.…
31 May 2026
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