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¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ is shaping AI for everyone

07 April 2025

Explore how ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ 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.  

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Richard Turner

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...

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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 ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ Festival

31 Mar 2025

A recently rediscovered play, Not for a Cat: A Play for the Nuclear Age, will be premiering at the ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ Festival. The play was originally...

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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

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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 ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ 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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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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Modern magic unlocks Merlin's medieval secrets

24 Mar 2025

Fragments of a rare Merlin manuscript from the 1200s have been discovered and digitised in a ground-breaking three-year project at ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ...

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Nobel laureate and ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ University alumnus Sir Demis Hassabis heralds a new era of AI drug discovery at 'digital speed'

24 Mar 2025

Google DeepMind co-founder tells ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ audience 'digital biology’ could reduce the amount of time it takes to identify new drugs from years to...

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Helen McCarthy at St. John's

How will history tell our stories?

24 Mar 2025

Historian Helen McCarthy helps us make sense of our recent past. She infuses her subjects – from working mothers to modern retirees – with urgency...

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Herd of European bison in the snow

Conservation efforts are bringing species back from the brink

18 Mar 2025

A major review of over 67,000 animal species has found that while the natural world continues to face a biodiversity crisis, targeted conservation...

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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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Free tech eliminates the fear of public speaking

14 Mar 2025

¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ scientist launches free AI-enabled virtual reality platform that transforms users into skilled and confident public speakers.

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