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Cambridge is shaping AI for everyone

07 April 2025

Explore how Cambridge is using AI for better healthcare, smarter public services and new ways of tackling climate change. Meet our community and discover how ai@cam is supporting the development of AI that works for science, citizens and society.

Opinion: AI can democratise weather forecasting

01 Apr 2025

AI will give us the next leap forward in forecasting the weather, says Richard Turner, and make it available to all countries, not just those with...

Wallace R. Harper's granddaughter, Karen Harper. (Jane Sponagle/CBC)

From family archive to stage: The remarkable journey of ‘Not for a cat’ play at the Cambridge Festival

31 Mar 2025

A recently rediscovered play, Not for a Cat: A Play for the Nuclear Age, will be premiering at the Cambridge Festival. The play was originally...

Weasel testicles, stargazing and royal remedies: medieval medicine examined in Curious Cures exhibition

27 Mar 2025

Ancient manuscripts reveal complex theories behind the terrifying treatments of the medieval era

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...

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...