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Anthony Torres-Ruesta, Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), has been selected to attend the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, taking place in June 2026.The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings were established in 1951 as an international forum to exchange knowledge between nations, cultures and disciplines, fosteri…

Dr Ramit Debnath, Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge, has started a new role as Executive Director at the Centre for Human Inspired Artificial Intelligence (CHIA). Dr Debnath will support the Centre’s strategic priorities and operations.Dr Debnath specialises in human-centric AI for climate and sustainability, integrating computatio…

Last week, Professor Anna Korhonen, Director of Centre for Human Inspired AI (CHIA) and co-director of ITH, was formally appointed to the United Nations Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence. Established by the United Nations General Assembly, the Panel is the first global, fully independent scientific body dedicated…

Dr Rachel Adams has been appointed Research Professor and Executive Director at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI).Starting this week Dr Rachel Adams will act as CFI’s Executive Director while Professor Stephen Cave, the Academic Director of CFI, serves as co-Director of the Institute for Technology and Humanity (ITH).Dr Rac…

Six new faculty members have recently joined the Institute for Technology and Humanity (ITH), University of Cambridge. All three research centres at ITH – the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI), the Centre for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence (CHIA), and the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) have welcomed new…

The Institute for Technology and Humanity (ITH) is committed to raising awareness of environmental issues and improving sustainability. We have established a Green Team, which leads initiatives to reduce our environmental impact and promote sustainable practices across the Institute.In 2025, the ITH Green Team was proud to receive the Bronze Award,…

A new book by CFI’s Dr Maya Indira Ganesh offers an in-depth examination of the cultural and ethical issues surrounding artificial intelligence, with a focus on autonomous systems like driverless cars.​The book explores how and if ethics can be integrated into driverless cars and examines the infamous trolley problem – an ethical dilemma once propo…

A new Institute at University of Cambridge launched aiming to meet the challenges and opportunities of new technologies. Three research centres- the Centre for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence (CHIA),  the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI), and the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) - are now part of Institut…

A new multi-year research agreement creates the potential for researchers and scientists from Google and the University of Cambridge Centre for Human Inspired AI (CHIA) to more closely collaborate on foundational AI research projects in areas of shared interest across a range of disciplines, including climate and sustainability, and AI ethics and s…

Feminist AI showcases the vital contributions of feminist scholarship to thinking about AI, data, and intelligent machines, as well as laying the groundwork for future feminist scholarship on AI.The new collection, published by Oxford University Press (OUP) was edited by Professor Jude Browne, CFI Director Dr Stephen Cave, CFI Senior Research Fello…

We are delighted to announce the publication of The Era of Global Risk: An Introduction to Existential Risk Studies edited by SJ Beard, Martin Rees, Catherine Richards, and Clarissa Rios Rojas.This volume presents a series of specially written essays that explore different aspects of global risk, with the potential to bring about human extinction a…