The UK does not have enough water for cooling new data centres Our Executive Director Professor Gina Neff spoke to Daily Mail about the UK’s technology prosperity deal with the US and the environmental costs of data centres. She explains why the UK’s net zero goals could be at risk and characterises data centres as […] The post ‘We don’t have enough power’: Keir Starmer’s US tech deal casts doubt on Net Zero pledge – Gina Neff in Daily Mail appeared first on mctd.ac.uk.| mctd.ac.uk
We don’t have enough water, and we don’t have enough power This morning’s BBC Radio 4 Today covered President Trump’s state visit to the UK and US big tech firms’ pledge to invest £150 billion in the UK. The investment will go into manufacturing, defence innovation, and expanding data centres. Our Executive Director Professor Gina […] The post Is Britain ready to cope with data centres? – Gina Neff on BBC Radio 4 Today appeared first on mctd.ac.uk.| mctd.ac.uk
Summary of our forum on generative AI and the novel Authors: Dr Clementine Collett, Navneet Gidda, Alexis Harrell, and Christian Neubacher Generative AI (GenAI) systems are reshaping Britain’s creative industries. Not only are GenAI tools increasingly being used within creative practice, but they are changing the market in ways that creatives cannot control. How art […] The post How is generative AI reshaping the future of the novel? appeared first on mctd.ac.uk.| mctd.ac.uk
Transparency is not enough to stop US tech companies from illegally scraping Brasilian creators’ copyrighted works Our Research Associate Hugo Leal spoke to Folha de Sao Paolo about how Meta, Anthropic, and Microsoft are using copyrighted works (music, books, and more) to train their language models without compensating Brasilian creators. He talks about the literature […] The post Brasil suffers cultural plundering by AI companies, says Cambridge professor – Folha de Sao Paulo appeared...| mctd.ac.uk
‘AI overwhelm’ is driving some recruiters to favour people they know already, or have employed before A new article in the Financial Times (FT) looks at AI’s impact on social mobility. The piece argues that nepotism could be on the rise as employers hire people from their networks, or internally within organisations, rather than sifting […] The post Why AI is sending hiring practices backwards – Gina Neff in FT appeared first on mctd.ac.uk.| mctd.ac.uk
University of Cambridge and Privacy International warn that data entered into menstrual tracking apps can be used by governments to control people’s reproductive lives and by companies to market products Our recent report on the governance of menstrual tracking apps, ‘The High Stakes of Tracking Menstruation‘, is cited in a new article in El País. […] The post Menstruation apps: What happens to your data and how it can be used to criminalize abortion – El País appeared first on mc...| mctd.ac.uk
Computer Weekly has published its annual longlist of women nominated for the ‘Most Influential Woman in UK Technology’ award We’re excited to announce that our Executive Director Professor Gina Neff, who also serves as Deputy CEO of Responsible Ai UK and Professor of Responsible AI at Queen Mary University of London, has been longlisted for […] The post Gina Neff longlisted for Computer Weekly’s 50 Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2025 appeared first on mctd.ac.uk.| mctd.ac.uk
Research Associate, and lead author of 'The High Stakes of Tracking Menstruation' report, Dr Stefanie Felsberger spoke to The Bureau of Investigative Journalism about Meta, Flo Health, and data privacy.| mctd.ac.uk
Stefanie Felsberger is a Research Associate within the newly launched Horizon Europe consortium AI4Trust.| mctd.ac.uk
We are a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge, radically rethinking the power relationships between digital technologies, society and our planet.| mctd.ac.uk
Sign Language AI systems are being procured across public services without adequate Deaf community involvement, creating institutional risks Authors: Dr Louise Hickman, Dr Alexa Hagerty, and Rose Powell The rapid deployment of AI across UK public services presents both opportunities and significant risks for equality and inclusion. This tension is particularly acute in the emerging […] The post BSL is Not for Sale: A Deaf-led approach to AI procurement appeared first on mctd.ac.uk.| mctd.ac.uk
If Google becomes the main way we interact with the web in the AI age, many websites could get shortchanged A U.S. federal judge has spared Google from a forced breakup in a landmark antitrust case, marking a pivotal moment for the tech giant whose dominance in search and mobile ecosystems has long drawn scrutiny. […] The post Google spared from selling off Chrome, Android after US court ruling – Gina Neff on ABC News Australia appeared first on mctd.ac.uk.| mctd.ac.uk
Gina Neff spoke to IOSH Magazine about how companies can use AI to and large-scale data to further worker safety and health, and the potential safety risks that come with these new technologies.| mctd.ac.uk
Gina Neff is the Executive Director of the Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy at the University of Cambridge and Professor of Technology & Society at the University of Oxford.| mctd.ac.uk
In this report we map the existing and future harms of tracking menstrual cycles by Femtech companies and suggest ways to mitigate the risks to individuals and society.| mctd.ac.uk
