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Generative AI: what actually is it?

Educ-AI-tion Week 2024: Find out more about GenAI and education at Sheffield

Educ-AI-tion Week 2024 (11-15 November) aims to support you in exploring responsible, critical and ethical approaches to the use of AI in education.
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AI-powered project to transform UK beef farming

The University of Sheffield is part of the £1.2m UKRI-funded BeefTwin project, using AI to tackle key environmental and economic challenges in beef farming.

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Live Podcast: Will AI make a good companion?

Hear Prof. Tony Prescott from the School of Computer Science at The University of Sheffield discuss the potential of AI in addressing human loneliness on a special Guardian Science Weekly podcast, recorded live at the recent British Science Festival.
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New additions to the Centre for Machine Intelligence team

We at the Centre for Machine Intelligence (CMI) are delighted to announce a significant expansion, marking a new chapter for us, and the extension of our support of the AI community. 
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BBC podcast The Artificial Human - Can AI get me a new job?

Dr Nicola Thomas, from the University of Sheffield Management School, explains how recruitment has changed as a result of AI.
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Festival of the Mind returns to Sheffield

Sheffield's Festival of the Mind is back for its seventh edition this September (19-29 September). The free Festival, which features several exhibitions about AI, promises to be the most ambitious programme yet.
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Blast Theory announced as artist in residence for University of Sheffield responsible AI project

Blast Theory has been announced at London Data Week today as the embedded artist in residence for an ongoing research project that will help define the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI).
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University of Sheffield test fire world-first ‘AI designed’ rocket engine

A team from the University of Sheffield collaborated with software start-up AI engineering company, LEAP71, and inventor Sam Rogers, to test fire the world's-first ‘AI designed’ 3D-printed rocket engine.
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Computer Science student wins third prize at financial technology hackathon

Congratulations to Andreas Evripidou, a final year Computer Science student studying a BSc in Computer Science with a Year in Industry, who, along with his team, recently came third in a financial technology (fintech) hackathon.
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AI helps develop rare earth-free magnet

The University of Sheffield has partnered with Materials Nexus, a UK company using AI to design materials for net-zero technologies, to design and create a new rare earth-free permanent magnet.
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Launch of UKRI AI and Robotics Accelerator

The UKRI TAS Hub sits at the heart of the £33M Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) Programme, funded by the UKRI Strategic Priorities Fund.