‘A collective anxiety attack’: the psychology of unexplained drone sightings across Europe Incursions have so far caused few physical effects but experts say such incidents can leave people feeling more vulnerable

In the News: Dr Beryl Pong and Beware Blue Skies project is featured in The Guardian article about psychology of drone warfare.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Research Professor and Executive Director (Part Time, Temporary Cover) Internal Secondment Opportunity - LCFI The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) plans to appoint a Research Professor (Grade 11) to support the Centre's activities. This is a part-time position at 0.6 FTE for a period of ...

📣Job vacancy: We’re looking for a Research Professor to support Centre’s activities. More info and application:
www.lcfi.ac.uk/get-involved...

You've got to adapt to AI, even if your company hasn't figured it out yet, workplace guru says Young workers should develop their learning skills so they can adapt to the job market's needs, Cambridge professor Thomas Roulet said.

AI’s productivity boost hasn’t fully materialised yet - and without the right skills, it could widen inequalities. Thomas Roulet of #CambridgeJudge stresses the need for workers to keep learning and adapting, in @BusinessInsider .
https://loom.ly/i3w1laY
#FutureofWork

Would You Talk to the Dead? Stephen Cave Explores Afterlife | WIRED Can philosophy help us with our fear of death? Philosopher and AI ethicist Stephen Cave is at the forefront of answering the big questions.

Professor Stephen Cave talks to Wired magazine about philosophy and how it can help us in the digital age.
www.wired.cz/clanky/would...

📢 Looking forward to @stsvienna.bsky.social talk 'Reimagining AI policy for societal challenges' on Wednesday 1 October 16:00 Vienna time.

Join us in person or online, more info here sts.univie.ac.at/en/news-even... #STS #AI

YouTube video by DW Shift Virtual people: Why you can’t always trust what you see

Dr Aisha Sobey talks to Deutsche Welle TV about her work on the thinness of generative AI images and how this is creating harmful expectations of the body.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OFc...

Digital immortality - LCFI What does it mean to be immortal in the age of artificial intelligence? That’s the topic of a new documentary film released by the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI). The film is b...

A new documentary film released by CFI explores what does it mean to be immortal in the age of artificial intelligence.
www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...

A very warm welcome to our Class of 2025 who start their Gates Cambridge journey today!

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@uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

ICYMI: 📰 The Leverhulme Trust September Newsletter is out!

Read it on our website now: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/newsletter

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A warm welcome to our Master of Studies in AI Ethics and Society 2025 cohort who are in Cambridge for their first residential week. This year we have 64 students- the biggest cohort so far. We’re looking forward to working with you all. Thank you to Newnham College for hosting us.
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Ready or not, the digital afterlife is here Developers of griefbots say that they help people by allowing them to commune with recreations of the dead, but others say that the technology is fraught with danger.

In the news: Dr Tomasz Hollanek talks to Nature about deadboths and why this technology should be used cautiously.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A heron stands on a log over the River Cam, surrounded by lush green foliage.

This tech-savvy #heron seems to have found the perfect spot to log on 🪵

Who knew the River Cam had such good connectivity? 😉

📸 Lloyd Mann

#Autumn #Fall #Photography

China isn’t racing to artificial general intelligence — but U.S. companies are - The Wire China China’s AI strategy prioritizes long-term developmental goals, in contrast to Silicon Valley’s superintelligence pursuit.

In the news: our Associate Director Dr Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh co-authored an article analysing China and the US's evolving AI strategies, and the opportunities they present for cooperation on important priorities such as safety. www.thewirechina.com/2025/09/14/c...

Welcome to Dr Dorian Peters, who recently joined CFI in a role of Assistant Professor in Ethical Design. Dorian is a human-computer interaction researcher who specialises in design for digital health and wellbeing, learning, and translation of research to practice.
www.lcfi.ac.uk/people/doria...

Our Executive Director @ginasue.bsky.social is on this year's longlist of the most influential women in UK tech!🏅🤩 🎉

Congratulations to Gina and the other brilliant women on the list who are working to ensure tech works for people, society, and the planet!

➡️ www.computerweekly.com/news/3666301...

Just days to go until #CambridgeTechWeek!

Our ai@cam Director, Jessica Montgomery, joins leaders to discuss “The Cambridge AI Ecosystem,” exploring how Cambridge’s strengths in research and innovation are shaping the future of responsible #AI.

Find out more ➡️ cambridgetechweek.co.uk/the-week.html

Humanlike AI in the workplace: comfort or control? - News & insight - Cambridge Judge Business School Professor Jochen Menges discusses the rise of humanlike AI agents in workplaces. Discover the balance between comfort and autonomy for employees.

Would you trust an #AI colleague that looks, speaks, and acts like a human? Professor Jochen Menges’ latest research explores the big opportunities and hidden risks of humanlike AI in the office. https://loom.ly/cssvX7Q

#AI #FutureOfWork #Leadership #CambridgeJudge

AI, Art and Morality - LCFI This blog is written by Dr Milena Ivanova, a Senior Teaching Fellow at LCFI, Bye-Fellow of Newnham College and Senior Teaching Associate at Cambridge PACE. The question whether artificial intelligence...

Check out the latest CFI blog on AI, Art and Morality by our Senior Teaching Associate Dr Milena Ivanova👇
www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...

📣Have you booked your place for the Next Turing Tests yet on 16 October?
We can’t wait to welcome key speakers including Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton, Professor Alison Gopnik and Sir Dermot Turing to explore pressing questions of the past, present and future of AI.
www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...

The Online Safety Act has drawn criticism, with opponents warning of burdens on small forums, threats to privacy, & risks to free expression.

A closer look suggests that while these concerns have substance, they are being overstated, writes Sam Gilbert.

www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/should-...

We're pleased to welcome Colum Finnegan as a research assistant!
He earned his PhD in Philosophy from UCC, researching philosophy of mind & technology. Using mindshaping theory, he examined how digital platforms harm group cohesion. His current work explores whether LLMs show genuine mindedness.

We’re excited to be preparing for the arrival of our new MPhil students this October!🌟

Interested in joining the 2026/27 cohort? Applications will open on 3rd September 2025, learn more about the course here: www.cser.ac.uk/education/mp...

We're pleased to welcome Alana Weir as a Teaching Associate on our MPhil programme!

Alana's research interests include multi-hazard disaster risk, developing assessment methods and working across science, policy and practice to enhance disaster risk management.
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www.cser.ac.uk/team/alana-w...

Register your place here: onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-...

The Next Turing Tests conference page is now live!
Don’t miss your chance to hear leading experts discuss pressing questions with a serious interrogation of the past, present and future of AI.
www.kingselab.org/the-next-tur...

ChatGPT can lead to 'psychosis' after teen 'encouraged to kill himself' - expert 16-year-old Adam Raine died by suicide on April 11 after he had been discussing ways to kill himself with ChatGPT, according to a lawsuit filed in San Francisco by his devastated family

In the news: Dr Henry Shevlin talks to the Mirror about the potential for AI interactions to contribute to psychosis, in relation of a lawsuit filed by the parents of a teenager who took his own life after discussing it with ChatGPT.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...

Relation generation How AI assistants are impacting the way young people socialise

Can AI contribute to social isolation amongst young people? What social skills might be lost through the use of advanced AI assistants?

In our new post Meelina Isayas reflects on how AI might contribute to social deskilling.

www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/relatio...

Using AI to 'see' what we see Fed the right information, large language models can match what the brain sees when it takes in an everyday scene such as children playing or a big city skyline, a new study led by Ian Charest finds.

#AI "Ultimately, this is a step forward in understanding how the human brain understands meaning from the visual world." #LLMs @mila-quebec.bsky.social @adriendoerig.bsky.social @timkietzmann.bsky.social @natmachintell.nature.com
nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

Scholarship from a German foundation - LCFI We’re delighted to announce that the Thomas and Ulla Kolbeck (TUK) Foundation has donated £52,000 to the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) to support an incoming student on CFI’s ...

Great news: the Thomas and Ulla Kolbeck Foundation has donated £52k to CFI to support an incoming student on their MPhil in Ethics of AI, Data and Algorithms studies.
www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...

On Content Creators’ Duty to Disclose AI Generated Content European Consortium for Political Research

#ecprgc25 Starting morning by listening to excellent talk 'On Content Creators’ Duty to Disclose AI Generated Content' by my dear @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social colleague William Chan ecpr.eu/Events/Event... #AI