Watch the full recording of the CoSTAR Foresight Lab webinar ‘Creative work in the age of AI: Tools, practice and the road ahead’

As part of the CoSTAR Network’s AI for Creativity Season, the CoSTAR Foresight Lab hosted an online webinar to explore the most pressing AI insights across the creative industries over the last year, from policy through to practice.

Posted: 13 August 2026

Two ceramic-like hands grip and pull on delicate threads that emerge from a "woven circuit board." The contrast between the rigid, heavy material of the hands and the soft, fragile threads creates a visual paradox, symbolising the insertion of human touch into the mechanised world. The image evokes a sense of personified anonymity, questioning whose histories and labours are being revealed or concealed when the threads of technology are pulled.

The session’s keynote (15:15-28:52) was delivered by Sally Davies, Managing Director of Abbey Road Studios and the UK Government’s appointed AI Champion for the Creative Industries, who gave an overview of the recently published AI adoption plan for the sector.

Other speakers included industry representatives Susan Cummings from 10six Games, and Christine Hartland from My SMASH Media, who discussed their use of AI across game production workflows, and feature in the recently published AI casebook.

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