The PHAWM project, with Stirling’s contribution coming from Leonardo Bezerra, Sandy Brownlee, and Penny Johnston, reached a major milestone this week with the launch of the PHAWM workbench and methology for paticipatory auditing of AI systems. Penny in particular has put in a huge amount of work to the workbench implementation. This has been broadly covered in the media, with a few articles linked below. You can find out more about the project on the link above.

https://futurescot.com/glasgow-researchers-develop-ai-safety-and-trustworthiness-tool/

https://www.digit.fyi/glasgow-uni-launches-free-tool-to-make-ai-more-trustworthy

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/ai/uk-researchers-launch-ai-audit-tool-for-non-experts

https://www.intelligentedu.tech/2026/02/18/research-project-launches-free-tool-to-make-ai-safer-and-more-trustworthy/

https://scottishbusinessnews.net/research-project-launches-free-tool-to-make-ai-safer-and-more-trustworthy/

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-free-tool-ai-safer-trustworthy.html

https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/free-tool-by-university-of-glasgow-to-maximize-ai-benefits-and-identify-harms

https://glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com/university-of-glasgow-launches-free-tool-to-support-responsible-and-trustworthy-ai-adoption/

https://www.myscience.uk/en/news/wire/research_project_launches_free_tool_to_make_ai_safer_and_more_trustworthy-2026-glasgow

https://sheffield.ac.uk/hpdh/news/research-project-launches-free-tool-make-ai-safer-and-more-trustworthy

https://www.strath.ac.uk/whystrathclyde/news/2026/freetoollaunchedtomakeaisaferandmoretrustworthy