Jonathan Dupont

How are governments actually using AI? In the first episode of AI Policy Brew, @WilsonLWhite and Public First’s @jondupont talk about how AI can deliver tangible results and government that works. youtube.com/watch?v=8RkzhD…

Which countries are adopting AI most? GDP matters - but it's not just GDP that explains it pfdatablog.com/blog/which-cou…

In the last few weeks, there’s been a lot of discussion about how AI is particularly powerful in areas easy to verify. But what about the opposite case - how much does it matter for AI’s economic impact if it struggles with the more ambiguous? pfdatablog.com/blog/lack-of-v…

Three years on from Bletchley, ~2/3rds still see superintelligent AI as dangerous. But the real finding is why. Standard poll options surface prosaic risks like hacking. Let people answer in their own words and its loss of control that matters most. pfdatablog.com/blog/worries-a…

The PF team are out in Delhi in force - if you want to talk more, just get in touch

Finally, we use GitHub data to explore the impact of vibe coding and coding agents on the global distribution of development activity pfdatablog.com/blog/is-coding…

How much do people care where their AI model come from? What might be the impact of Gen AI media on the creative sector - and are fears of job loss overstated? And is coding becoming the new back office?

Absolutely delighted that @PJTheEconomist is joining us an adviser from August. He will make us sharper and better in every way. And I can also just buy popcorn and watch him and @timleunig debate in the office

📆TOMORROW, May 13 @ 3PM: Join us for new 2025 #polling on how Americans feel about #AI—& what it means for US policy. Featuring @mbogen (@CenDemTech), @MattInThemittel (@CatoInstitute), @jondupont (Public First), & @castrotech. Register now⬇️ datainnovation.org/2025/05/how-am…

While it might not always be talked about, it looks like AGI progress is cutting through to ordinary people too - we found a majority of Americans expected AGI to arrive in the next four years: pfdatablog.com/blog/agisoon

Stunning night celebrating with Labour Digital. Well done @amyjprice_ 👏🏽 for bringing together a great group of tech folk

Much more in the report at ai.publicfirst.co - and UK results to follow soon Thanks again to @DataInnovation for all their help with the project

But Americans were deeply divided when forced to choose between introducing more regulation and slowing down development (43%) OR staying at the technological frontier, in front of countries like China (35%)

Today I was in DC with @vinousali to launch our second US State of AI with @DataInnovation and @castrotech. You can see the full report at ai.publicfirst.co or read on for some of the more interesting findings