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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…

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 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…