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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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Farm robots inspired by ant brains

Ground-breaking tracking technology from the University of Sheffield, which has revealed new insights into how desert ants navigate their complex worlds and could inspire the next generation of smart robots, is featured.
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Festival of Social Science 2023

The Festival of Social Science returns to Sheffield to delve into the ideas that shape our lives through the pioneering work of the city’s world-leading social scientists, including 'AI, Sensors and Robots: What is next for social care in the uk?'
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Unlocking the secrets of bladder dysfunction

Pioneering technology aiming to uncover the mysteries of a bladder dysfunction that affects millions of people is being developed thanks to a partnership between the University of Sheffield and the University of Pittsburgh.
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Cloud-based AI helps to reduce river pollution

A cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to detect blockages in sewers, developed in collaboration with Siemens and Yorkshire Water, has shown an almost 90 per cent accuracy rate in a recent trial.
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UI launches Sheffield Urbanism Lecture Series 2023

The Urban Institute is excited to announce the Sheffield Urbanism Lecture Series 2023 on "Robotic restructuring: Cities, climate and ecology".