Booking is now open for our Annual Conference 2025. Join us on Friday 28 March at Churchill College for policy discussions on misinformation, forgotten-about places, wicked problems, rethinking work, & the investment imperative. Attend in person or online: bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/events/annual-…

In the current push to deploy AI in politics, high-performance benchmark results are taken as evidence to solve political challenges. In this blog post, I discuss how AI's technical excellence should be complemented by normative reasoning to address political complexities.

New report published today says the unregulated use of Generative AI in the UK economy will not necessarily lead to economic growth & risks damaging the UK's creative sector. bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/ai-ip/

And Ukraine should never, ever sign any minerals deal. Not to this bully. The attitudes of the American bullies have to change. Extraordinary.

I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

We're pleased to announce the Bennett School of Public Policy opening this autumn. It will be a flagship, multi-disciplinary policy school, that will integrate & expand the teaching, research & engagement activities of the Bennett Institute. bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/bennett-s…

🎙️In this month's Crossing Channels podcast, Diane Coyle, Jacques Cremer & Paul Seabright discuss Europe’s position in competing with the US in technology & if can ever catch up. 🎧pod.fo/e/2b3dba

With big changes happening in the Trump administration, Diane Coyle comments in the The Washington Post on the potential for the US to deviate from GDP as an economic measurement. archive.ph/bCehZ

.Cambridge University’s Diane Coyle suggests ways to account for “free” digital services in economic frameworks, considers how to prevent the emergence of AI monopolies, warns that cutting funding for basic research is tantamount to destroying the US economy’s foundations, and more

APEC economies offer pragmatic alternatives to Western-dominated frameworks. Our AIxGEO project, led by Verity Harding , reveals how Asia-Pacific's focus on practical implementation provides crucial perspectives for more complex AI policy.

Drawing on in-depth research, Alex Walker & Michael Kenny set out why the Council of the Nations and Regions matters for devolution in times of political fragmentation. In a new blog, they discuss what’s needed to make it work. bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/why-the-c…

Skytte political scientists speak out... ft.com/content/939b90… "We condemn the US government’s use of extortion to coerce independent institutions...; its illegal detention and deportation of hundreds of our international students ...; its fear-mongering against those with

📢 New report by Diane Coyle & Wendy Hall explores how AI can serve the public good—covering administrative justice, local govt, public health & regulations & markets. Based on 4 cross-sector workshops in 2024. bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/ai-for-co…

The future of AI won't be decided by who builds the biggest model, but by who builds the best bridges. New analysis from the AIxGEO project, led by Verity Harding : How ASEAN turned AI governance into geopolitical power - without competing with anyone.