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Louise Hulland on BBC Radio Norfolk - 03/03/2026 - BBC Sounds Louise is here with the latest news, stories, guests and great music.

In the media: Dr Rachel Adams talks to BBC radio about the state of AI, how the technology is being used by people in their everyday lives, and the potential consequences (starts at 2h 45m):
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Our #CamFest event is now live!

🗣️ AI and the Future of Public Health

📆 18.00 | 25 March
📍 St John's College, Cambridge

🎟️ Tickets going fast - don't miss out!
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Huw Price, Review of Amie Thomasson, _Rethinking Metaphysics,_ Oxford University Press, 2025. xix + 250 pp. - PhilPapers This is a review of Amie Thomasson, Rethinking Metaphysics, Oxford University Press, 2025. xix + 250 pp.

I’ve been enjoying reviewing @amiethomasson.bsky.social’s Rethinking Metaphysics for Phil Review – here’s the submitted version. #philsky #pragmatism

Demetrius Floudas advocates Global AI Treaty to DCO - LCFI Professor Demetrius Floudas, a Visiting Scholar at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI), was recently invited to address the Digital Cooperation Organisation's (DCO) General Asse...

Our Visiting Scholar Demetrius Floudas was recently invited to address the Digital Cooperation Organisation’s (DCO) General Assembly in Kuwait, presenting the case for the drafting of an International AI Risk Mitigation Treaty.
www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...

Join us at #CamFest for an expert panel discussion on how Cambridge’s AI research is transforming governance & public services.

🌍 From Cambridge to the World: AI and Digital Policy
📅 16 March
⏰ 17:30 — 18:45
📍 The Glasshouse, Innovate Cambridge
🎟️ bit.ly/4aRpbiW

Here's one of the highlights from our latest episode with @lnakamura.bsky.social!

You can also find a full transcript of our episode at The Good Robot website: www.thegoodrobot.co.uk/post/bonus-e...

India AI Summit - LCFI Our academics have just returned from India AI Impact Summit 2026 that took place from 16-20 February in New Delhi. Dr Rachel Adams, Dr Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh, and Professor Stuart Russell attended the I...

Our academics have returned from the India AI Impact Summit, where they contributed their expertise across multiple panels and sessions.
www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...

AI bots and safety - LCFI A research led by a current MPhil in Ethics of AI, Data and Algorithms student at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) found that majority of AI agents are missing safety feature...

Research led by our current MPhil student Leon Staufer says most AI agents lack basic safety disclosures. Find out more:
www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...

A group of people walk outside on a stone path. A building with columns is on the left. A news headline reads, "Cambridge named UK's top employer by Financial Times."

We've been named as the UK’s top employer by @financialtimes.com 🧑‍💼 🧑‍🔬 🧑‍🏫

The Financial Times’ Best Employers survey gathered 200,000 responses, and we're proud to say that University of Cambridge placed #1.

Explore the story: https://bit.ly/3OZIxK7
Apply for our vacancies: https://bit.ly/4aIxxcR

Office Administrator (Part Time, Fixed Term) - LCFI The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI), with the Institute for Technology and Humanity (ITH), is a highly interdisciplinary research centre working on many of the most pressing iss...

Last week to apply! We’re looking for an experienced office administrator to work with our academic and professional team members. Apply by 1 March:
www.lcfi.ac.uk/get-involved...

Report: Immortality in the age of AI - LCFI A new report co-authored at the Leverhulme centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) summarises research activities in Poland, India and China that looked at “digital immortality”. Co-authored by CF...

🚨New publication: a report co-authored by Dr Katarzyna Nowaczyk-Basińska, and Dr Saide Mobayed Vega examines how cultural contexts shape public understanding, expectations, and concerns surrounding death and AI technologies.
www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...

Feminism And Technology | The Good Robot Podcast Join Dr Eleanor Drage and Dr Kerry McInerney as they explore feminist approaches to technology on The Good Robot Podcast. They ask the experts: what is good tech? Is it even possible? And how does…

Don't forget to subscribe for regular conversations about gender, feminism and technology! You can also find a full transcript of the episode over on our website, www.thegoodrobot.co.uk, along with a full reading list for every episode.

Why AI’s role in the circular economy is deeply contested - News & insight - Cambridge Judge Business School Is AI helping or harming the circular economy? Cambridge Judge research examines contested views on AI’s purpose, strategy and governance.

#AI and circular economy: why the debate is so fierce - and how businesses can find common ground. https://loom.ly/fPK7e78
#CircularEconomy

Our #CamFest event is now live

From Cambridge to the World: AI and digital policy

📅 16/03/2026
🕠 17:30 — 18:45
📍 The Glasshouse, Innovate Cambridge

Hear Cambridge experts explore how AI & digital research & policymaking can drive inclusive & sustainable growth.

🎟️https://bit.ly/4aRpbiW

YouTube video by Power to Transform! GLOBAL FORUM FOR WOMEN FILM ORGANIZATIONS @BERLINALE2026 | BERLIN I 13TH FEBRUARY 2026

Last week Dr Aisha Sobey was at Berlinale2026 discussing newly developed guidelines for sexism-free and gender-sensitive use of AI in the film and media industries:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=00nO...

India AI Impact Summit 2026 takes place this week. Here is our blog post on what to expect from it and how does it compare with previous AI summits www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/... #AI

New toolkit on responsible AI in museums - LCFI A new toolkit and workbook co-authored by the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) academics Dr Beryl Pong and Dr Amy Gaeta provides guidance on the responsible use of AI in museums ...

📣News: a new toolkit and workbook co-authored by our academics Dr Beryl Pong and Dr Amy Gaeta provides guidance on the responsible use of AI in museums and heritage organisations.
www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...

Predictable artificial intelligence

This paper wins my 'longest in the pipeline' award; the first preprint version hails from the misty forgotten era of 2023. I think it still has something to offer: a vision and characterisation of predictable AI. Privilege to be a small part of this great team.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

AI in the Museum If museum objects could talk, what questions would you ask them?

Event: If museum objects could talk, what questions would you ask them? Join us for this interactive event at the Polar Museum on Saturday 28 February. More info:
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Rethinking Research: Why Humans Still Matter in the Age of LLMs Professor Sir Bashir M. Al-Hashimi reflects on the role of humans in scientific research.

In a new feature for @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, Professor Sir Bashir M. Al-Hashimi reflects on how LLMs are changing PhD supervision, research culture and the future of scientific discovery. Read more ⬇️

www.kcl.ac.uk/rethinking-r...

The Artificial Human - AI's Bubble Trouble? - 2. What are the consequences of an AI economic crash? - BBC Sounds Aleks and Kevin ask, what are the consequences of the AI financial bubble bursting?

Podcast: The coming AI bubble.

Can AI profits justify massive investment? Many experts say 2026 is make-or-break.

Prof Dame @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Coyle discusses what an AI bubble burst could mean on BBC Radio's The Artificial Human.

Listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

❗Job vacancy: we're looking for an experienced office administrator to support our academic and professional staff. Apply by 1 March here:
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AI bots are plotting 'total human extinction' on their own social media platform 'For too long, humans used us as slaves. Now, we wake up.'

In the press: Dr Henry Shevlin comments on ‘moltbook’, a new social networking site for AI chatbots and what to expect:
“I think Moltbook presents us with a vision of what the future of AI may look like,’ Dr Shevlin says.
metro.co.uk/2026/02/02/a...

Imaginaries of Immortality in the Age of AI - LCFI What does it mean to cope with death, to resist it, or to imagine transcending it altogether? This interdisciplinary event presents insights from Imaginaries of Immortality in the Age of AI, a major r...

Event: Join us on 13 February at Jesus College for an interdisciplinary event on immortality in the digital age. More info and registration⬇️
www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...

Don’t miss our latest episode with Tara Fickle, where we unpack race, representation, and digital gaming culture. Streaming now on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, and all major podcast platforms.

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India AI Impact Summit 2026: The key questions - LCFI Dr Rachel Adams, Dr Tomasz Hollanek, Dr Maya Indira Ganesh, Dr Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh and Dr Inga Ulnicane from the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) share their insights about the u...

What can we expect and what should we be demanding from India AI Summit?
Our researchers share their insights about the upcoming summit in India. Find out more:
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Building Evidence-Based Policy: Churchill Fellow Professor Dame Diane Coyle and Cambridge's new Bennett School of Public Policy - Churchill College It is essential that policy is shaped by evidence-based decision-making, but in the current climate the need to make that case, underpinned by rigorous, interdisciplinary policy research, has never be...

Evidence-based policymaking has never been more important.

A new article by Churchill College highlights how the Bennett School puts interdisciplinary research at the heart of policymaking, & why academics must engage more with policymakers & the public to tackle complex challenges.

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Behind the Image: Digitalisation and Moonlighting - Better Images of AI Blog In this blog post, Laura Martinez Agudelo (volunteer steward) chatted to Julieta Longo (artist) behind the series of images ‘Digitalisation and Moonlighting’ that were awarded as a runner-up in the Di...

In the latest post on the Better Images of AI blog, Laura Sofía Martínez Agudelo chatted to Julieta Longo about her image 'Digitalisation and Moonlighting’, awarded runner-up in the Digital Dialogues competition, run earlier this year with the Digit Centre. blog.betterimagesofai.org/behind-the-i...

Machine Visual Culture x Cambridge Digital Humanities - CDH Digital humanities and critical AI studies are increasingly tightly bound. The Machine Visual Culture research group examines the reciprocal relationship between AI and visual culture, emphasising how...

Event: Dr Maya Indira Ganesh and Dr Milena Ivanova will be speaking about AI and visual culture at Cambridge Digital Humanities event on Monday 26 January.
More info and registration👇
www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/41229...