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Testing the limits of what’s possible (and what isn’t) with AI
When can we trust the results we get from artificial intelligence, and when is learning impossible? Researchers have shown that there are some problems that even the most powerful AI cannot reliably solve, no matter how much data it’s given.
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Operation Blue Skies takes off: landmark trial to test AI-driven contrail avoidance
18 Aug 2026 A UK-based consortium will conduct the world’s first airspace trial aimed at reducing condensation trails – known as contrails – that could greatly...
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Cambridge researchers contribute to AI Materials Foundry
28 Jul 2026 Researchers from the University of Cambridge are contributing to the AI Materials Foundry, a global network launched by Cambridge-based start-up...
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Sustained global financial instability requires rethink among business leaders, report argues
17 Jul 2026 The global financial system has entered a phase of sustained instability as geopolitical fragmentation, rapid technological change and shifting...
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Predicting human behaviour with AI
15 Jul 2026 The start-up using AI to predict how people will react in different scenarios and its founder's unexpected journey from Chengdu to Cambridge and...
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Testing the limits of what’s possible (and what isn’t) with AI
14 Jul 2026 When can we trust the results we get from artificial intelligence, and when is learning impossible? Researchers have shown that there are some...
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Spinout developing hardware needed for quantum computing and the next wave of AI applications
09 Jul 2026 From quantum computing to AI infrastructure and autonomous systems, much of today’s deep tech innovation depends on how well we can control and...
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AI system could predict safety problems in social housing before they happen
22 Jun 2026 Cambridge researchers are developing an artificial intelligence tool that could tell councils which social housing tenants are most at risk, before a...
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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...
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European Commission greenlights €211 million funding for Cambridge graphene photonics spinout
15 Apr 2026 University spinout, CamGraPhIC, has received the EC greenlight for €211 million funding (about £183 million) from Italy to support the development of...
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New computer chip material inspired by the human brain could slash AI energy use
20 Mar 2026 Researchers have developed a new kind of nanoelectronic device that could dramatically cut the energy consumed by artificial intelligence hardware by...
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