Peter Smith

General-purpose AI must be safe and transparent. The Code of Practice is now available. It is designed to help industry comply with the AI Act’s rules on general-purpose AI, which will enter into application on 2 August More info ↓

The final version of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice is out! Prepared by independent experts, the tool helps industry comply with the AI Act’s rules on general-purpose AI. These rules aim to ensure that general-purpose AI models placed in the EU are safe & transparent.

“London is doing incredibly well as a global tech ecosystem.” @RussShaw1 , Founder of @TechLondonAdv & @GlobalTechAdv, catches up with Oli Barrett about why diversity is our city's superpower. #LondonTechWeek

Lots of announcements all round! 📣 Jessica Rusu, Chief Data, Information, and Intelligence Officer at @TheFCA tells us more about their exciting announcement with @nvidia.

@PensionsMonkey Tom - intriguing - good luck in whatever it is - corridors of Westminster maybe?

Personal news, for anyone who's interested, the lang cat and I have amicably parted company and I am no longer employed by them. I'm grateful to them for having accommodated me for this long. In a couple of months I'll be taking up a new part-time job...

👇 v1.4 of the Architecture and Reference Framework (#ARF) was made available by the European Commission. The ARF outlines how EU Digital Identity Wallets will function. You can give feedback on the ARF by leaving comments on our Github: github.com/eu-digital-ide…

The official journal of the EU has published the text of EU Regulation 2024/1183, amending Regulation EU 2014/910 for establishment of a European Digital Identity Framework. This will be written into EU law on 20 May 2024. loom.ly/sV90y0A

⏳9 Days to Go! The Mansion House Summit returns next week ✨ Here's what's in store 👇 - Connecting the Commonwealth: Cross-board regulation - Legal tender vs. CBDCs - Tokenising The City: Future of capital markets - Exploring DePin - International collaboration in digital assets Join us on May 2nd for a day packed with engaging conversations, networking & a sumptuous three-course luncheon with the top minds in Web3, AI, Crypto, and Fintech. RSVP now 🎟️ lu.ma/4o3st270

Hmmmm! @jeffprestridge

@reidremoney Could be controversial!!

Looking forward to it

Join me at @BigData_LDN 2024, register free here! invt.io/1txbv1so1qq #BigDataLDN

Check out my latest article: Digital Identity for Financial Services moves on again. linkedin.com/pulse/digital-… via @LinkedIn

@reidremoney Price & value with consumer understanding 2 tenets of Consumer Duty - bet your average punter doesn’t realise!

Brave or foolish? Abrdn's II boss says client cash interest 'belongs to the platform' citywire.com/new-model-advi…

Our BEAR research conference "The Prudential Framework" is underway! It's a pleasure to welcome in-person participants to Threadneedle Street and those joining online. This thread is dedicated to the paper presentations of day 1... #bearconf2024 bankofengland.co.uk/events/2024/fe…

@jeffprestridge Looking good @jeffprestridge

Saturn half at Staines. Puddles galore! #run #loverunning

@reidremoney @johnlappin Change Hats

‘Gaza George’ Galloway becomes Rochdale by-election frontrunner as I was saying ⁦@johnlappin⁩ thetimes.co.uk/article/d2517e…

.@FinTechScotland has launched its inaugural innovation challenge, aiming to encourage firms to share best practices on solutions to key financial regulatory challenges, supported by @Deloitte, @TescoBankNews, @MorganStanley and @abrdn_plc. Apply here: fintechscotland.com/fintech-scotla…

@reidremoney @leerobertson64 @SmartSacks Looks your ideal place - hope alls good up there - Happy New Year - catch up soon

My local a place where ⁦@leerobertson64⁩ and ⁦@SmartSacks⁩ would feel@at home

@reidremoney Have a good one

Its been an eventful year but all has turned out well. Thanks to all for the kindness and thoughtfulness that I benefited from. I am privileged to have great friends,peers and followers Merry Christmas

@faisalislam @CommonFutrs @reidremoney Simples!!

Scotland’s new 6-band income tax system… just announced by Scottish finance minister Robison starter rate, basic rate, intermediate rate, higher rate top rate… the 45p rate starts at £75k in Scotland (45p rate elsewhere in kicks in at £125k). Divergence.