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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 University Hospitals (CUH), Feryal Clark MP, Minister for AI and Digital Government, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, Professor Deborah Prentice

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

13 January 2025

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

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AI is as good as pathologists at diagnosing coeliac disease, study finds

27 Mar 2025

A machine learning algorithm developed by Cambridge scientists was able to correctly identify in 97 cases out of 100 whether or not an individual had...

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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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Marco Romagnoli and Andrea Ferrari

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

24 Mar 2025

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

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Nobel laureate and Cambridge University 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...

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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 University of Cambridge, can deliver accurate forecasts tens of times faster...

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Dawn, the UK’s fastest AI supercomputer

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.

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Chris Macdonald wearing a VR headset

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.

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Sam Nallaperuma-Herzberg

11 Mar 2025

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

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

03 Mar 2025

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

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

20 Feb 2025

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

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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...

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£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...

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