Society

Record-breaking Cambridge Festival 2025 ends on a high, uniting 45,000 visitors in celebration of ideas, discovery and dialogue

10 Apr 2025

The fifth Cambridge Festival has drawn to a triumphant close, having welcomed a record-breaking 45,000 visitors across 385 events during 17 inspiring...

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Cambridge is shaping AI for everyone

07 Apr 2025

Explore how Cambridge is using AI for better healthcare, smarter public services and new ways of tackling climate change. Meet our community and...

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3D visualisation of forest plot. Credit Harry Owen.

Turbocharging the race to protect nature and climate with AI

06 Apr 2025

Rebalancing the planet must happen faster. Cambridge researchers are using AI to help.

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Opinion: AI can help us heal the planet

04 Apr 2025

AI can do in seconds what might take a team of experts a year. This is why we must harness it to reverse the damage we’ve done to the planet. Anil...

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Michael Barrett

Opinion: We must balance the risks and benefits of AI

04 Apr 2025

AI will only be as good – or as bad – as the information fed into it, so we need to fix any bias that perpetuates inequality and marginalisation...

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Jill Duffy

Opinion: AI belongs in classrooms

04 Apr 2025

AI in education has transformative potential for students, teachers and schools but only if we harness it in the right way – by keeping people at the...

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Anna Korhonen

Opinion: Humans should be at the heart of AI

03 Apr 2025

With the right development and application, AI could become a transformative force for good. What's missing in current technologies is human insight...

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Neil Lawrence and Jess Montgomery

Opinion: Universities play a vital role in the future of AI

02 Apr 2025

Universities can bridge the gap between those who develop AI systems and those who will use and be affected by them. We must step up to deliver this...

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Children’s hospital ward

Play 'humanises' paediatric care and should be key feature of a child-friendly NHS – report

31 Mar 2025

The Cambridge report argues that play should be a recognised component of children’s healthcare in the Government’s forthcoming 10-year plan for the...

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Opinion: AI can unlock productivity in public services

27 Mar 2025

AI applications have tremendous potential for improving productivity – saving time and money and improving quality of service. Here's what's required...

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Connecting AI to public benefit

26 Mar 2025

There’s no shortage of buzz around artificial intelligence (AI). From self-driving cars to the promise of revolutionising healthcare, AI is being...

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Martin Ruehl

19 Mar 2025

Dr Martin Reuhl is a Senior Lecturer in German Intellectual History in the Faculty of History and a University Associate Professor in German History...

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