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AI not yet good enough to mark university essays, rewarding ‘style over substance’

22 May 2026

Top AI systems show bias towards rewarding overly complex prose styles and only match human examiners for grade bands around half the time, research...

Cambridge academic appointed to new UN panel on AI

13 Feb 2026

A University of Cambridge academic has been appointed to a new United Nations panel on Artificial Intelligence.

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...

Young woman talking with AI voice virtual assistant on smartphone

Coming AI-driven economy will sell your decisions before you take them, researchers warn

30 Dec 2024

Conversational AI agents may develop the ability to covertly influence our intentions, creating a new commercial frontier that researchers call the...

A visualisation of one of the design scenarios highlighted in the latest paper

Call for safeguards to prevent unwanted ‘hauntings’ by AI chatbots of dead loved ones

09 May 2024

Cambridge researchers lay out the need for design safety protocols that prevent the emerging “digital afterlife industry” causing social and...

Institute for Technology and Humanity

AI not yet good enough to mark university essays, rewarding ‘style over substance’

Cambridge academic appointed to new UN panel on AI

Humans should be at the heart of AI

Coming AI-driven economy will sell your decisions before you take them, researchers warn

Call for safeguards to prevent unwanted ‘hauntings’ by AI chatbots of dead loved ones

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