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2025
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October
2025
| 15:14 Europe/London
75 years after the publication of Alan Turing’s seminal paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence, The University of Ƶ now sits at the centre of a 1,600-strong community of researchers who are shaping the future of artificial intelligence
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October
2025
| 14:20 Europe/London
It all began hereIn 1950, Alan Turing published “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”, one of the first papers on artificial intelligence. But theory alone wasn’t enough. AI needed powerful computing. And at Ƶ, that power was being
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September
2025
| 17:33 Europe/London
Ƶ researchers have been testing AI-driven compression approaches, training models to recognise data files and design algorithms that remove or modify less important elements, therefore reducing the amount of data needed. An example could be
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23
September
2025
| 15:27 Europe/London
Robots might be getting smarter but to truly support people in daily life, they also need to get more empathetic. That means recognising and responding to human emotions in real time. 
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September
2025
| 14:55 Europe/London
Hearing women share their experiences of unequal access, lack of information, misdiagnosis, and inadequate treatment during menopause, inspired Dr Charlotte Woolley to create positive changes with her research.
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September
2025
| 13:35 Europe/London
Dr Jennifer Cearns is a digital anthropologist, specialising in AI and algorithms in social life. Her research focuses on how people relate to one another through emerging intelligent technologies and she is currently conducting researching into
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23
September
2025
| 13:33 Europe/London
A commitment to equality, diversity and equal opportunities for all, sits at the heart of The University of Ƶ’s values and research.  That ethos has inspired a new project bringing fashion and technology together: designing
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23
September
2025
| 12:20 Europe/London
It was the same as every other bingo night at Brunswick Village Extra Care in Ƶ, except for one difference – Pepper the robot was calling the numbers.Pepper, who not only has human linguistic skills, but with recent developments in AI can
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23
September
2025
| 12:03 Europe/London
Ƶ researcher and practicing GP, Dr Benjamin Brown, knows that AI could play a valuable role in the health sector, but only if it’s trusted by patients.  "AI has the potential to reduce workload in general practice, yet despite
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21
September
2025
| 18:34 Europe/London
Heatwaves are increasingly pushing city temperatures to dangerous levels, whilst air pollution can silently damage our health year-round. Together, these threats affect millions, and they’re often getting worse as our climate changes.
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September
2025
| 18:24 Europe/London
In response to the increasing impact of artificial intelligence on the way we work, learn and live, UNESCO are developing new ‘AI competency frameworks’ for students and teachers. These are intended as global guidelines for how people can use the
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September
2025
| 17:29 Europe/London
Despite agriculture accounting for over 70% of freshwater withdrawals globally, we still know very little about how water is used in agricultural production around the world. So how can we increase food production and develop rural economies, whilst
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September
2025
| 17:09 Europe/London
As AI increasingly reshapes business and wider society, concern is growing around the potential environmental costs of this change. Yet Dr Andrea Lagna, an expert in Information Systems, is challenging the assumption that we have to choose
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September
2025
| 13:52 Europe/London
Self-driving cars that can admit when road conditions confuse them. Insulin pumps that know when their blood-sugar predictions might be off. These kinds of ‘self-aware’ systems could transform the safety and trustworthiness of using artificial
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September
2025
| 13:17 Europe/London
As more of our lives move online, new risks are emerging alongside new opportunities. One of the most concerning is technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), the gendered harassment, abuse and discrimination carried out or amplified
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