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Aim policies at ‘hardware’ to ensure AI safety, say experts

14 Feb 2024

Chips and datacentres – the “compute” driving the AI revolution – may be the most effective targets for risk-reducing AI policies, according to a new...

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Making operating systems safer and faster with ‘unikernels’

28 Jan 2016

Technology to improve the security, speed and scale of data processing in age of the Internet of Things is being developed by a Cambridge spin-out...

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Privacy

How can we protect our information in the era of cloud computing?

26 Jan 2015

Private information would be much more secure if individuals moved away from cloud-based storage towards peer-to-peer systems, where data is stored...

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Online privacy

Privacy by design

18 Oct 2012

New research aims to ensure that we can exploit the full benefits of the digital world and still protect our online privacy.

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Cloud computing

Cloud computing and the philosophy of trust

05 Apr 2011

Some of the world’s finest minds in academic philosophy are debating the impact of the internet and cloud computing in Cambridge this week.

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Digital trust

Trust on the wild web

18 Mar 2011

Philosopher Tom Simpson asks: can we build a trustworthy and safe Internet?

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