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Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence

What Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence does

The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) is an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Cambridge (within the Institute for Technology and Humanity) studying the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence, with an emphasis on rigorous cross-disciplinary analysis of AI’s societal impacts over the near, mid and long term. CFI’s work is structured through research programmes and projects, spanning topics such as algorithmic transparency, the nature of intelligence, automated warfare, consciousness, social AI, discrimination and injustice, and implications for democracy, geopolitics and the natural environment.

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Aug 07, 2026 · Official · Institute for Technology and Humanity (University of Cambridge)New paper: Beyond the Turing Test

ITH news reported a new Policy Forum article published in Science that calls for a rethink of how progress in AI is understood and evaluated; the ITH page identifies co-authors including ITH academics.

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Jul 24, 2026 · Official · Institute for Technology and Humanity (University of Cambridge)New project: Digital Ojar

ITH news reported a new project by Dr Maya Indira Ganesh titled “Digital Ojar”, focusing on what it means to be marginalised in the world of AI.

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Jul 08, 2026 · Official · Institute for Technology and Humanity (University of Cambridge)CFI members at EU scientific panel on the AI Act

ITH news stated that a newly established EU AI Act Scientific Panel appointed independent experts including academics from CFI.

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Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Institute for Technology and Humanity (University of Cambridge)New project: AI for Social Good

ITH news reported “AI for Social Good”, exploring how AI and human expertise can work together to support safer, more proactive management of social housing.

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Apr 10, 2026 · Official · Institute for Technology and Humanity (University of Cambridge)Results from SCORE project published

ITH news stated that results from the SCORE project were published in a special collection in Nature; it highlights contributions from a CFI-affiliated researcher.

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Mar 16, 2026 · Official · Institute for Technology and Humanity (University of Cambridge)New initiative: Cambridge Digital Minds

ITH news reported the launch of Cambridge Digital Minds at CFI to explore the societal, ethical, and governance implications of digital minds.

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Feb 18, 2026 · Official · Institute for Technology and Humanity (University of Cambridge)Professor Korhonen appointed to UN Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence

ITH news stated that Professor Anna Korhonen (Director of CHIA; co-director of ITH) was formally appointed to the UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence.

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Jan 08, 2026 · Official · Institute for Technology and Humanity (University of Cambridge)CFI appoints new Executive Director (Rachel Adams)

Institute for Technology and Humanity announced that Dr Rachel Adams was appointed Research Professor and Executive Director for the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, while Professor Stephen Cave serves as co-Director of ITH.

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Funding

Latest disclosed valuationNot disclosed
Tracked capital$10M1 sourced round
DateRoundRaisedValuationLead / investorsEvidence
Dec 04, 2015Leverhulme Trust grant (centre launch funding)$10M—

What it builds

Kinds of Intelligence research programme

Kinds of Intelligence is described as a research programme at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence.

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MPhil in Ethics of AI, Data and Algorithms

The University of Cambridge lists an MPhil pathway associated with the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, describing an interdisciplinary curriculum spanning philosophy, machine learning, computer science, policy and law.

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Milestones & partnerships