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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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University team recognised for efforts to build AI tech without bias

The team behind a new AI tool that could help doctors spot the early signs of dementia more quickly and efficiently has been recognised for its partnership efforts to build AI technology without bias.
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Transforming the efficiency of wind turbines

Researchers from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering are leading a major collaboration between universities and energy companies to make vital improvements to offshore wind turbines.
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AI brain imaging technology given funding boost to help revolutionise healthcare research for patients with chronic nerve pain

Innovative AI technology which can identify new biomarkers that could lead to more effective chronic nerve pain treatments, has been awarded a funding boost to revolutionise healthcare.
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The Turing Online Learning Platform

This week The Alan Turing Institute launched the Turing Online Learning Platform, the suite of free cutting-edge courses on data science and artificial intelligence.

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The Alan Turing Institute launches Turing Fellow Call 2023

The University of Sheffield is encouraging its researchers to apply for the prestigious Turing Fellow scheme. Turing Fellowships are aimed at established researchers with the potential to be the next generation of world leaders.