Artificial intelligence

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From the climate crisis to personalised medicine, we are applying AI to the world’s major challenges, exploring its ethical dimensions and collaborating with industry to ensure that our research has the greatest impact.

Left to right: Nicola Ayton, Deputy Chief Executive of Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� Hospitals (CUH), Feryal Clark MP, Minister for AI and Digital Government, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge ̽��ֱ��, Professor Deborah Prentice

Minister for AI and Digital Government visits Cambridge to tour the DAWN supercomputer

13 January 2025

̽��ֱ��Minister for AI and Digital Government, Feryal Clark MP, visited the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge on the day the Government announced their new AI Action Plan.

̽��ֱ�� spin-out secures funding to improve AI energy efficiency and bandwidth

24 Mar 2025

A ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge spin-out company working to improve AI efficiency and bandwidth has raised €25 million in new funding.

Nobel laureate and Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� alumnus Sir Demis Hassabis heralds a new era of AI drug discovery at 'digital speed'

24 Mar 2025

Google DeepMind co-founder tells Cambridge audience 'digital biology’ could reduce the amount of time it takes to identify new drugs from years to...

Scientist looking at a computer screen with two weather forecasts

Fully AI driven weather prediction system could start revolution in forecasting

20 Mar 2025

A new AI weather prediction system, developed by researchers from the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge, can deliver accurate forecasts tens of times faster...

Under the bonnet at Dawn, the UK's fastest AI supercomputer

17 Mar 2025

How AI supercomputer, Dawn, is being used to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing humanity.

Free tech eliminates the fear of public speaking

14 Mar 2025

Cambridge scientist launches free AI-enabled virtual reality platform that transforms users into skilled and confident public speakers.

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Sam Nallaperuma-Herzberg

11 Mar 2025

Dr Sam Nallaperuma-Herzberg is a Senior Research Associate at Cambridge ̽��ֱ��’s Department of Computer Science and Technology, and a Fellow in...

Major new policy school at Cambridge set to advance ‘good growth’

03 Mar 2025

̽��ֱ��Bennett School of Public Policy opens this autumn, and is already leading work on two of the most pressing policy problems of our time...

Forcing UK creatives to ‘opt out’ of AI training risks stifling new talent, Cambridge experts warn

20 Feb 2025

̽��ֱ��UK government’s proposed ‘rights reservation’ model for AI data mining tells British artists, musicians, and writers that “tech industry...

Illustration and photograph of 'smart pyjamas'

Scientists develop ‘smart pyjamas’ to monitor sleep disorders

18 Feb 2025

Researchers have developed comfortable, washable ‘smart pyjamas’ that can monitor sleep disorders such as sleep apnoea at home, without the need for...

£10 million programme to use AI and state-of-the-art analytics to fight cancer

22 Jan 2025

Cambridge researchers are to lead a £10 million project that could result in doctors being able to predict your individual chances of getting cancer...

AI-deas: Using AI to tackle society's biggest challenges

09 Jan 2025

Aspirations for the ability of AI to transform society couldn’t be higher. Realising this potential will require bridging the gap between AI...

Young woman talking with AI voice virtual assistant on smartphone

Coming AI-driven economy will sell your decisions before you take them, researchers warn

30 Dec 2024

Conversational AI agents may develop the ability to covertly influence our intentions, creating a new commercial frontier that researchers call the “...

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