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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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Most AI bots lack basic safety disclosures, study finds

20 Feb 2026

An investigation into 30 top AI agents finds just four have published formal safety and evaluation documents relating to the actual bots.

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Professor Anna Korhonen

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.

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Doctor listening to a man's heart with a stethoscope

AI stethoscope can help spot ‘silent epidemic’ of heart valve disease earlier than GPs, study suggests

10 Feb 2026

Artificial intelligence could help doctors detect serious heart valve disease years earlier, potentially saving thousands of lives, a new study...

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St Helena Ebony, a plant who is dignified, deeply tied to her home and a survivor against the odds.

What happens when plants talk back? Experimental AI exhibition at the Botanic Garden

10 Feb 2026

From ant plant meditations to orchid jokes, an exhibition opening at Cambridge University Botanic Garden gives a voice to rare specimens.

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Digital wave background and program code

New AI models trained on physics, not words, are driving scientific discovery

27 Jan 2026

While popular AI models such as ChatGPT are trained on language or photographs, new models created by researchers from the Polymathic AI...

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The University of Cambridge’s supercomputer.

Government funding boost for Cambridge supercomputer

26 Jan 2026

• £36 million investment to increase the AI Research Resource supercomputing capacity at Cambridge sixfold by spring 2026. • More cutting-edge AI...

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Rice crops in Casamance, Senegal

AI weather forecasting initiative to strengthen climate resilience in West Africa

22 Jan 2026

A new initiative will harness the latest advances in artificial intelligence for weather prediction, with a goal of improving climate resilience and...

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Person wearing a white choker around their throat

‘Revoice’ device gives stroke patients their voice back

19 Jan 2026

Researchers have developed a wearable, comfortable and washable device called Revoice that could help people regain the ability to communicate...

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stem cells under a microscope

Cambridge and GSK announce new partnership to advance our understanding of the role of cells and tissues in disease, paving the way for new medical breakthroughs

19 Dec 2025

The collaboration will use state-of-the-art genomics approaches in combination with machine learning methods to advance our scientific understanding...

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Young woman speaking to a chatbot

‘Personality test’ shows how AI chatbots mimic human traits – and how they can be manipulated

18 Dec 2025

Researchers have developed the first scientifically validated ‘personality test’ framework for popular AI chatbots, and have shown that chatbots not...

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Factory production line

Cambridge AI spinout is helping factories become more productive, lower energy use and reduce emissions

18 Dec 2025

University of Cambridge spinout Matta has raised $14 million in funding to transform how products are designed and manufactured.

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Digital eye focus burst

We may never be able to tell if AI becomes conscious, argues philosopher

18 Dec 2025

This gulf in knowledge could be exploited by a tech industry intent on selling the “next level of AI cleverness”, argues Dr Tom McClelland.

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