AI not yet good enough to mark university essays, rewarding ‘style over substance’ Fred Lewsey Fri, 05/22/2026 - 08:54 Top AI systems show bias towards rewarding overly complex prose styles and only match human examiners for grade bands around half the time, research finds. Read more about AI not yet good enough to mark university essays, rewarding ‘style over substance’

European Commission greenlights €211 million funding for Cambridge graphene photonics spinout University spinout, CamGraPhIC, has received the EC greenlight for €211 million funding (about £183 million) from Italy to support the development of photonic optical transceivers based on graphene. Sarah Fell Wed, 04/15/2026 - 10:57

New computer chip material inspired by the human brain could slash AI energy use Researchers have developed a new kind of nanoelectronic device that could dramatically cut the energy consumed by artificial intelligence hardware by mimicking the human brain. Sarah Collins Fri, 03/20/2026 - 18:00

Speaker spotlight: Hanna Foerster Zoe Smith Tue, 03/17/2026 - 14:03 In this Speaker Spotlight, we spoke to PhD researcher Hanna Foerster on how can we reconcile these tensions between the usefulness and the danger of AI. Read more about Speaker spotlight: Hanna Foerster