Society
Record-breaking Cambridge Festival 2025 ends on a high, uniting 45,000 visitors in celebration of ideas, discovery and dialogue
10 Apr 2025The fifth Cambridge Festival has drawn to a triumphant close, having welcomed a record-breaking 45,000 visitors across 385 events during 17 inspiring...
Cambridge is shaping AI for everyone
07 Apr 2025Explore how Cambridge is using AI for better healthcare, smarter public services and new ways of tackling climate change. Meet our community and...
Turbocharging the race to protect nature and climate with AI
06 Apr 2025Rebalancing the planet must happen faster. Cambridge researchers are using AI to help.
Opinion: AI can help us heal the planet
04 Apr 2025AI 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...
Opinion: We must balance the risks and benefits of AI
04 Apr 2025AI 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...
Opinion: AI belongs in classrooms
04 Apr 2025AI 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...
Opinion: Humans should be at the heart of AI
03 Apr 2025With the right development and application, AI could become a transformative force for good. What's missing in current technologies is human insight...
Opinion: Universities play a vital role in the future of AI
02 Apr 2025Universities 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...
Play 'humanises' paediatric care and should be key feature of a child-friendly NHS – report
31 Mar 2025The Cambridge report argues that play should be a recognised component of children’s healthcare in the Government’s forthcoming 10-year plan for the...
Opinion: AI can unlock productivity in public services
27 Mar 2025AI applications have tremendous potential for improving productivity – saving time and money and improving quality of service. Here's what's required...
Connecting AI to public benefit
26 Mar 2025There’s no shortage of buzz around artificial intelligence (AI). From self-driving cars to the promise of revolutionising healthcare, AI is being...
Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Martin Ruehl
19 Mar 2025Dr Martin Reuhl is a Senior Lecturer in German Intellectual History in the Faculty of History and a University Associate Professor in German History...