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Inclusivity in AI: Dr Susan Oman presents research at AI Summit in Paris

The AI Summit in Paris will begin in the Grand Palais on February 10th, with a forum bringing together many stakeholders worldwide including representatives of governments, businesses and civil society, researchers, artists and journalists.

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Prof. James Marshall to Speak at The UN's AI for Good Global Summit 2025

CMI Director, Prof. James Marshall, will take the stage as a keynote speaker at the UN's AI for Good Global Summit 2025 in Geneva, exploring sustainable AI solutions for the future.
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New AI guidance could help businesses and government use the technology

A new framework that could help businesses better understand and use AI has been developed by researchers from the University of Sheffield.
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Prof. Tom Crick, Chief Scientific Adviser, Visits Sheffield’s Centre for Machine Intelligence

The Centre for Machine Intelligence welcomed Professor Tom Crick for a visit focused on policy engagement and collaboration opportunities this week.
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Professor Tony Prescott launches new book ‘The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence’

At an in-person event, Professor Tony Prescott launched his new book ‘The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence’.
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Tackling tomorrow’s engineering research challenges

Sheffield is involved in new engineering networks to address key strategic challenges and support future growth.
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University of Sheffield spinout company receives £4 million investment to unleash full potential of robotics

A University of Sheffield spinout company that is set to help developers overcome the cost and complexity of programming robots, has secured £4 million in funding.
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Sheffield part of £10million programme to identify individual cancer risk

Doctors could soon be able to predict your individual chances of getting cancer and offer personalised detection and prevention, thanks to a new research project.
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Large language models: how the AI behind the likes of ChatGPT actually works by Dr Mark Stevenson

The arrival of AI systems called large language models (LLMs), like OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot, has been heralded as the start of a new technological era. And they may indeed have significant impacts on how we live and work in future.

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Our researchers talk to the Times Higher Education podcast about using AI to streamline dementia diagnosis

Sheffield Researchers, including Prof Heidi Christensen from Computer Science, recently talked to the THE podcast about Cognospeak and how AI is being used to reduce wait times and improve outcomes for people who may be at risk of developing dementia
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Our 2024 research highlights

As the year comes to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect on and celebrate some of our research news stories from 2024.