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The AI Con: In Conversation with Professor Emily M. Bender

Department of Computer Science and Technology, 15 JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0FD
16th July 2025
18:00 - 19:30
Please register here – places are limited.
 
Is AI going to take over the world? Have scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Is it going to replace all our jobs? Are we about to enter an age where computers are better than humans at everything?

Join AI Con for an exclusive event featuring one of the world's best-known AI insiders-turned-critics, University of Washington's Professor Emily M. Bender. Professor Bender is co-author of The AI Con and featured in TIME100's inaugural list of the most influential people in AI in 2023. She will share insights from her latest book, explaining how the hype around these technologies is impacting our jobs, health, society and the environment.

Emily will be in conversation with Dr Guy Emerson, Departmental Early Career Academic Fellow and Co-Director of the Cambridge Language Sciences IRC.

Event Schedule
From 17:30 onwards – Arrival
18:00–18:30: Interview with Professor Emily M. Bender
18:30–19:00: Audience Q&A
19:00–19:30: Drinks reception

For any enquiries, please contact contact@languagesciences.cam.ac.uk

Please register here – places are limited.


Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar

VPN Heart and Lung Research Institute, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Papworth Road, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 0BB
24th July 2025
13:00 - 14:00

Dr.Rajat Gupta from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University is invited as the speaker for the upcoming Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series.

Talk title: Identifying the Shared Genetic Risk Between Rare and Common Vascular Disease with High- Throughout CRISPR Screens.

Lunch will be provided from 12:30 pm.

These seminars are usually streamed for those unable to attend in person. Contact Jane Sugars (jms80@cam.ac.uk) for a link


Practical Application of Toxicology in Drug Development 2025

The Hub, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
20 - 24 October 2025

The highly acclaimed Practical Application of Toxicology in Drug Development (PATDD) course co-organised by Cambridge Academy of Therapeutic Sciences (CATS) and The British Toxicology Society (BTS) provides comprehensive training in toxicology as applied to drug development, catering to scientists from around the globe. Participants will gain a thorough understanding of non-clinical safety evaluation principles, with a strong focus on practical applications and interpreting safety data. Both European and US regulatory toxicology perspectives will be covered.

Registrations are now open!

REGISTER HERE

Please check CATS website for more information regarding the course.

Any questions about this course, please contact cats@admin.cam.ac.uk