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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...

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Making the digital world a safer place

25 May 2022

New technology developed by Cambridge researchers and Arm to make our computers more secure is being put through its paces by tech companies in the...

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Global evidence for how EdTech can support pupils with disabilities is ‘thinly spread’, report finds

26 Mar 2021

An 'astonishing' deficit of data about how the global boom in educational technology could help pupils with disabilities in low and middle-income...

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Collecting COVID-19

03 Apr 2020

Cambridge University Library appeals for help in building a collaborative history of the coronavirus outbreak

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Create a WTO-equivalent to oversee the internet, recommends new report

12 Feb 2020

The internet needs an international World Trade Organization (WTO)-style body to protect and grow it as one of the world’s unique shared resources: a...

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Cambridge in the 2019 New Year honours list

28 Dec 2018

Members of collegiate Cambridge recognised for outstanding contributions to society in science, education, engineering and art

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Inaugural $100,000 Nine Dots Prize winner chosen from more than 700 worldwide entries

31 May 2017

James Williams, a 35-year-old doctoral candidate researching design ethics at Oxford University, has been announced as the inaugural winner of the $...

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DeepMind acquired the data for software that could send clinicians alerts about patients at risk of Acute Kidney Injury, but the agreement also gave it access to a substantial number of records about unaffected patients.

DeepMind-Royal Free deal is “cautionary tale” for healthcare in the algorithmic age

16 Mar 2017

A study of a deal which has allowed Google DeepMind access to millions of healthcare records argues that more needs to be done to regulate such...

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What can Pokémon Go teach the world of conservation?

16 Nov 2016

The augmented reality game, designed for mobile devices, allows users to capture, battle and train virtual creatures called Pokémon that appear on...

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Could cryptocurrency help the ‘bottom billion’?

17 Oct 2016

Many of the world’s poorest poor don’t have access to a bank account and yet depend on being able to transfer money across borders. Could digital...

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Internet censorship: making the hidden visible

14 Oct 2016

Despite being founded on ideals of freedom and openness, censorship on the internet is rampant, with more than 60 countries engaging in some form of...

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'Syrian Hero Boy'

The Whistle: verifying digital evidence of human rights violations

12 Oct 2016

Smartphones and social media have made it easy for accidental witnesses “in the wrong place at the wrong time” to capture and share violations and...

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