How will #AI shape democratic elections?

Join Centre for Geopolitics & Future Intelligence for an exciting panel event to examine how new technological advancements are affecting democracy.

🕐 17.00
📅 8 May
📍 St Catharine's College

Register below ⬇️
eventbrite.co.uk/e/democracy-af…

UK political parties should agree a code of conduct for using GenAI in elections:
1) Don't use AI generated materials to mislead voters
2) Be transparent when GenAI is used
3) Don't amplify misleading GenAI materials
4) Create clear guidelines
demos.co.uk/research/open-…

New event: Democracy after deepfakes - elections, disinformation, and artificial intelligence (AI)

Dr. Nahema Marchal
Ciaran Martin
Anita Williams
Mary Hockaday Trinity Hall
Suzanne Raine

Wed 8 May, 5pm, Cambridge
Reg: bit.ly/3wasArE

New event: How will AI impact “the year of elections”?

Join us for panel discussions w/ Diane Coyle Prof Gina Neff Tom Mason Dr Kerry McInerney (Mackereth) Kenneth Cukier Henry Ajder & Walter M. Pasquarelli

Tuesday 21 May, 18:00, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge

Book your free ticket: bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/events/how-wil…

Are you using #AI methods in your research?

Join Accelerate_Science & Cambridge Digital Humanities for the next AI Café to explore the possibilities of deploying AI within research projects & discuss your ideas with our teams ⬇️

🕐 12.00
📅 25 April
📍 Sidgwick Site

cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/38006/

TODAY Trades Union Congress publish the #AI (Regulation and Employment Rights) Bill.

➡️ A collaborative project between us, the TUC, and AI: Equality, Data Protection and Human Rights - and advised by an expert committee of civil society, professional organisations, academics, and politicians.

[1/5]

mctd.ac.uk/draft-law-call…

How can #AI provide better eye care & help support patients?

New Cambridge University research has found that #AI exceeds non-specialist doctors at assessing eye problems & could prove useful in triaging patients for those who require urgent care.

Read more 👇
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Finding new treatments for #Parkinsons is enormously time-consuming and expensive.

But scientists from Cambridge Chemistry have used #AI techniques to massively speed up the process while reducing costs, which could help treatments reach patients faster 👇
cam.ac.uk/research/news/…

'One of the really positive possibilities for generative #AI models is that they can speed up scientific discovery'

Prof Diane Coyle from ai@cam & Bennett Institute for Public Policy explores the future of productivity in the latest Society of Professional Economists podcast.

Hear more ⬇️
spe.org.uk/speakers/podca…

Have you registered for our AI cafe with Cambridge Digital Humanities on the 25th of April? Sign up now to join us and meet with our teams and other researchers across Cambridge University using AI in their research.

📢We are inviting you to participate in our survey “Challenges in Responsible AI”, an initiative to understand your challenges that will further help shape the future of Responsible Ai UK research programme.
Click to participate: forms.office.com/e/aviHhV17gF

Open until April 20, 2024

There is a growing community of researchers in the arts, humanities and social sciences at Cambridge who are using AI.

Discuss your ideas with our team and meet other researchers at the AI Café ⬇️
buff.ly/3J01oyq

Cambridge researchers from our ai@cam early access call get their first hands-on training on the UK's fastest AI system, DAWN.
#AI

How easy is it to identify an AI generated image?

Yesterday our director Prof Gina Neff joined Shay Kaur Grewal on BBC Radio London discussing AI imagery in the wake of the Princess of Wales photo controversy

Read more and listen back:

mctd.ac.uk/listen-how-eas…

Would you like to learn how to package & share your code? Sign up for our workshop on 1 May West Hub, Cambridge to learn about workflows & tools with opportunities for hands on experience. Open to all Cambridge University postgrad students & staff. bit.ly/3v14nDJ

What risks might #AI pose to elections?

Part of Cambridge Festival, our founder John Naughton will host an expert panel exploring the impact of AI on democracy

📅 Wed 20 March 6pm

With: Ella McPherson Jonnie Penn Melisa Basol & Chris Stokel-Walker

More: mctd.ac.uk/events/how-wil…

Check out the cover story and how you can be a part of the future of #ethically rooted #public sector #AI use as part of this Cambridge University ai@cam #project .

LGANews Socitm Digital Planning UK Gov ESRC Digital Good Network Ramit Debnath Frau Dr.Auntie Occident is here and on Mastodon Manuel Herrera Jennifer Schooling

Dr Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong from CSIC-IKC leads a multidisciplinary team announced as a winner of the 'AI-deas' challenge – a new University prize supporting ambitious ideas for how #AI can address critical societal issues⤵️

eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge…

ai@cam Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong, PhD

First meeting for the AI for Climate and Nature project including collaboration with Google Deepmind and use of the amazingly powerful DAWN supercomputer. Ambitious plans to synthesis evidence and create an evidence pipeline for policy makers and practitioners. Exciting!

Hear more from Diane Coyle—with Jacques Crémer 🇺🇦 Jean Tirole & host Rory Cellan-Jones—discussing whether digital technology has made us better off. Spoiler alert: productivity growth has slowed in spite of immense technological progress.
pod.fo/e/14406b
#CrossingChannels #Podcast