Oxford Generative AI Summit

✨ Looking back at the Oxford Generative AI Summit ✨ I’m still processing all the impressions – it truly was an unforgettable experience together with my amazing colleagues Kate Nazarova and Dr. Christoph Weisser 💙 We listened to inspiring talks, had great conversations, and gained fascinating insights into university life at Oxford. My absolute highlight: the Formal Hall Dinner in a (for me 😄) “Harry Potter” hall 🍽️🏰. I’m taking home so many ideas and inspirations!

🎉 Thank you for an unforgettable #OxGen25 “The conversations were filled with energy, excitement, and thoughtful reflection” — Cassidy Bereskin, Founder and Director Thank you to everyone who made #OxGen25 such a special two days. We explored how AI is reshaping society and business from agentic systems and adoption-at-scale, to governance, copyright & privacy, sovereignty & infrastructure, information integrity, public-good deployments, founders’ playbooks, and the science that’s suddenly possible. What was your highlight or biggest takeaway? Missed a session? Get an online ticket to watch all recordings on demand. 🎥 Online tickets: https://lnkd.in/edF-Z2mU With thanks to our partners & sponsors: Google • Razorfish • XMOS • The Adaptavist Group • Positive Change Group • Burson • BASF • Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP • InsightGenie • Flourish Ventures #AI #GenAI #TechLeadership #AILeadership #AIGovernance #AIandSociety #Innovation

My PwC UK colleagues and I are just back from the Oxford Generative AI Summit 2025. It was a really well-curated space for leaders across enterprise, startups, government, academia and media to explore generative and agentic AI — how to adopt it, how society is being reshaped by it, and what the future might hold. It was great to meet the Minister for AI and Online Safety Kanishka Narayan MP, hear from Google’s James Manyika, Matt Clifford, Prashanth Chandrasekar, and catch up with Gina Neff, Tim Clement-Jones, Kenneth Cukier, and many others. My main takeaways: 1️⃣ Generative & Agentic AI are moving fast with value and risk increasing together. Organisations that treat AI as an experiment rather than a strategic capability will be at risk of falling behind. At the same time, deploying agentic systems raises complexity — governance, safety, trust, transparency become paramount. 2️⃣ Societal transformation is the other side of the coin. From workforce impact, to media and misinformation, to geopolitics, the discussions explored how to ensure AI augments rather than diminishes human dignity, fairness, and democratic values. 3️⃣ Multi-stakeholder, cross-discipline dialogue is essential. It wasn’t just technologists talking to other technologists. AI doesn’t live in a vacuum — it lives in organisations, in society, in policy frameworks. The summit reinforced that the conversations must happen across domains, not just within them. Congratulations to Cassidy Bereskin for an excellent couple of days in the wonderful city of Oxford 👏🏻 #OxGen25 🚀

💡 “We need to ensure that our relationships with AI do not erode our capacity for intimacy with humans.” — Amelia Miller A thought-provoking and inspiring workshop to close out #OxGen25! In AI, Advice, and The Self, Amelia Miller asked us to consider: Who do we become when we take advice from machines? Drawing on insights from her research at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, and her human–AI relationship coaching practice, Amelia guided participants to reflect on how we invite machines to shape our inner worlds. The interactive workshop introduced research on LLMs’ personality defaults and shared digital and analog tools to help us cultivate the relationships — with AI and with each other — that we want. “Chatbots view advice as an information exchange, not a relational exchange. They neglect the social function of advice,” Amelia Miller argued. To reclaim it, participants received post-workshop homework: Call someone you love and ask for advice!

“Consensus never built the future… it will be built by those non-conformists.” True Partner Tony Conrad joined the Oxford Generative AI Summit to discuss how bold ideas and small, non-conformist teams are shaping the next wave of AI innovation.

🎬 And that's a wrap! Thank you to everyone who powered an incredible Day 2. A few highlights we’ll be replaying on the train/walk home: “We are not translating these technical gains into social gains,” – Prof. Gina Neff, urging flexible oversight and real participation from workers, educators and citizens. “The real divide is going to come on whether you have AI literate populations or not” – Matt Clifford CBE, on adoption, talent and domestic compute shaping the UK’s edge. “That isn’t purely about economic growth, it’s about wellbeing as well,” – The Lord Tim Clement-Jones CBE “Everyone knows how to speak … it's the most natural user interface" – William Tunstall-Pedoe FREng “One test will be as technology develops ... how quickly can you respond to new developments?” – Imran Shafi OBE, on agile regulation and enforcement. “The opportunity is to invest in curiosity, not in consensus” – Tony Conrad, on founders, small models and non-conformist bets. “AI is too important not to be regulated and not to be regulated well.” — Juliana Nolasco Ferreira “We want to ensure public trust in AI and ensure the UK gets the benefits from AI in terms of gaining growth, these are sometimes painted as contradictory but I don’t think they have to be” — William Malcolm What’s next (tonight): Post-Summit Networking @ Cosy Club — drop in and keep the conversations going! Missed a session? Get an online ticket for replays. 📅 16–17 Oct 2025 📍 Oxford, Jesus College, Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub 🔍 Full agenda: https://lnkd.in/eDV3Fx_q 🎟️ Online tickets: https://lnkd.in/dta_WcXD #OxGen25 #AI #GenAI #TechLeadership #AILeadership #AIGovernance #AgenticAI #AIandSociety

🚨 Live update | Founders’ Perspectives on Generative AI “If your company isn't exploring small models right now, you probably should be.” Harvey Pitt Panel: Ahana Banerjee (Founder & CEO, Clear) • Zo Ahmed (Founder, amble) • Romain Sestier (CEO, StackOne) Moderator: Harvey Pitt (Founder, Alive Industries) A founder-first hour on building durable businesses in a frothy market: move from tech-for-tech’s-sake to clear problems, tight unit economics, and ethical data practices – while doubling down on distribution, brand, and “taste” (deep workflow understanding) as technical barriers fall. From the room: Ahana Banerjee: “Even before this boom of Gen AI, when I started the company, data was always central.” Clear focuses on evidence from user outcomes, stays brand-agnostic, and tailors enterprise pitches to the buyer’s workflow. Zo Ahmed on motivation and agency: “I realised that you have to wait a ton when you start your career before someone tells you now you have permission to make an impact” – founders shouldn’t wait; build within your zone of influence. Romain Sestier: Pragmatic B2B. Distribution can beat product; build a real brand. Privacy is costly but non-negotiable, however, “usually privacy is the first thing that is a negotiable,” – resist that temptation! Harvey Pitt: small models for specific tasks, clear ROI, and put AI where users actually want it. “Understanding who your user is and where they want to see AI”. Watch the full session on demand with an online ticket! 📅 16–17 Oct 2025 📍 Oxford, Jesus College, Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub 🔍 Full agenda: https://lnkd.in/eDV3Fx_q 🎟️ Online tickets: https://lnkd.in/dta_WcXD #OxGen25 #AI #GenAI #TechLeadership #AILeadership #Startups

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