Angel Harper

  • When AI Meets Faith: Forging Cultural Resilience in Uncertain Times

    In a world grappling with rapid change and global crises, a surprising new ally is emerging in the quest for stability and meaning: Artificial Intelligence. Led by  Adam James Fenton and the Co-Investigator Dr Chris Shannahan, the SALIENT Hub research project Cultural Resilience, Religious Faith and the intersection of Generative and Agentic Artificial Intelligence explores the fascinating intersection of AI, religion, and…

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  • The Manufactory: Samuel Colt’s Three Years in London

    By SALIENT co-investigator Michael A. Lewis, Professor of Operations and Supply Management, University of Bath I have finally read Priya Satia’s prize-winning history, Empire of Guns, which firmly connects Britain’s industrial revolution to the state’s demand for weapons. Showing how the military as much as markets drove industrial experimentation. It also includes a fascinating nineteenth-century manufacturing story with…

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  • Drones and the UK Strategic Defence Review 2025

    written by SALIENT Academic Lead and Deputy Director of TAI Richard Kirkham and SALIENT co-investigator Prof Mike Lewis , University of Bath The 2025 Strategic Defence Review [1] (SDR) emphasised the integration of autonomous and semi-autonomous drone systems into the UK’s future force structure. References to “swarms”, “uncrewed targeting networks”, “Digital Targeting Web”, etc. underscored a vision of defence transformation by…

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