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- ICYMI: Where is AI taking us? Read @carlbfrey.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk's latest insights in this @nytimes.com opinion piece featuring leading thinkers in the AI space. Read the full article here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- New project to advance global child online safety sees Dr Vicki Nash, @oii.ox.ac.uk collaborating with the @blavatnikschool.bsky.social to address how to safeguard children in online environments. More below.
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- Happening tomorrow! Join us online to hear from @penney.bsky.social exploring key themes from his new book, ‘Chilling effects: repression, conformity and power in the digital age’. Tuesday 3 February, 12.00-13.00 GMT. Register here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
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- Great to see @swachter.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk evidence on risks of generative AI being cited in the Treasury Committee report on Artificial Intelligence in financial services. Download the full report: committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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- ICYMI: Writing for The Conversation, Prof @helenmargetts.bsky.social, @oii.ox.ac.uk, @lsedatascience.bsky.social and Prof Cosmina Dorobantu explore how free‑speech claims are used to sidestep a recurring problem: sexual content taking over new technologies, legal or not.
- Applications for the #OIISDP close on Monday! ICYMI, the Summer Doctoral Programme is the chance for up to 30 doctoral students to spend 2 weeks studying at Oxford in July. More here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/study/summer...
- Catch up on the winter issue of our newsletter here: newsletters.socsci.ox.ac.uk/q/11mmLlK34g... It features a message from new OII Director Dr Scott Hale, updates on the latest happenings at the department, and a glimpse of the impact our community creates through its research.
- Missed our latest episode of "The Human Interface" podcast? Dr Robert Prey (OII) + Dr Seonok Lee unpack how platforms are reshaping music, and why it matters beyond the music industry. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
- The OII's DPhil candidate Lisa Klaassen argues that America is running the wrong AI race, fixated on frontier AI models, while the real race is deploying AI at scale—where China’s industrial strength and public trust give it a leg up. Read more: nationalinterest.org/blog/techlan...
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- New! How can I use AI to raise my salary? Listen to the latest episode of the @oxfordsparks.bsky.social Big Questions podcast with special guest Dr Fabian Stephany, Departmental Lecturer in AI & Work, @oii.ox.ac.uk.
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- News alert! A new international study from @hiigberlin.bsky.social, @tuberlin.bsky.social and @oii.ox.ac.uk challenges the “one size fits all” view of AI adoption and identifies four distinct types of early ChatGPT users with different motivations and concerns. Find out more: bit.ly/3LSJOBO 1/3
- Congratulations to Johanna Barop, DPhil student, @oii.ox.ac.uk selected as an AI@Work Awardee by @schmidtsciences.bsky.social. The award will help support Johanna’s ongoing research into worker representation and AI adoption. Find out more about the awards: www.schmidtsciences.org/schmidt-scie...
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- "Our best baseline estimate is that roughly 28,000 more jobs for translators would’ve been added in the absence of machine translation," says Dr @carlbfrey.bsky.social in @cnn.com’s new article on how AI is reshaping language work. Read more: edition.cnn.com/2026/01/23/t...
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- New coverage from The Times on research co-authored by Prof. @geoplace.bsky.social highlights how ChatGPT demonstrates biased outputs, reflecting long-standing inequalities embedded in AI training data. Read more: www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
- Could you be joining us in Oxford this summer? There's just one week left to apply to the Summer Doctoral Programme at the OII from 13th-24th July 2026! Learn more here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/study/summer... Questions? Reach out to us at sdp@oii.ox.ac.uk.
- ICYMI: OII Visiting Policy Fellow Rebecca Razavi presented research conducted with the Tech Policy Design Institute (TPDi) and OII researchers, which suggests that the debate around AI sovereignty can be better understood for policymaking as AI agency. Recording: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Following legislation introduced by the Australian government to stop young people from using major social media services, the OII's Dr Vicki Nash weighs in on whether the under-16 social media ban is the right course of action: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01...
- How will the AI Revolution impact on the ways that MPs work? The OII's Professor @katyahe.bsky.social will be speaking alongside fellow panelists at the the St Antony's College Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship seminar on Monday 26 January. Register here: www.sant.ox.ac.uk/research/vis...
- NEW PODCAST EPISODE: The OII podcast, "The Human Interface," is back for Season 2, kicking off with Dr @robertprey.bsky.social + Dr Seonok Lee from the University of Groningen, who explore how streaming, social platforms and AI are reshaping music. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
- NEW: The OII's DPhil student Ben Bariach writes for Noema Magazine on world models, epistemology and society, previewing his ongoing research on the philosophy and governance of frontier AI at Oxford. www.noemamag.com/when-ai-huma...
- New coverage from @euronews.com on Prof. @geoplace.bsky.social's research, which finds that answers from OpenAI’s ChatGPT favour wealthy, Western countries and sideline much of the Global South. Read more: www.euronews.com/next/2026/01...
- ICYMI: Big Tech’s ‘kill zones’ threaten Europe’s digital sovereignty, researchers warn. Read Dr Fabian Braesemann, @oii.ox.ac.uk's blog exploring how tech giants’ acquisition strategies mirror those of elite football clubs and why this matters for Europe’s digital sovereignty: bit.ly/4r9lQRQ
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- Latest roundup of AI news from @fortune.com highlights new research from @oii.ox.ac.uk and the @universityofky.bsky.social researchers Francisco W. Kerche, Matt Zook and @geoplace.bsky.social which shows how ChatGPT amplifies global inequalities. fortune.com/2026/01/20/d...
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- Happening tomorrow! Join us online to hear from @oii.ox.ac.uk Visiting Policy Fellow Rebecca Razavi as she discusses how national AI capability and dependency can be systematically assessed in an increasingly interconnected AI ecosystem. Register today! bit.ly/45Gz00n
- New study from researchers at @oii.ox.ac.uk and the University of Kentucky finds that ChatGPT reproduces global biases. For example, the AI tool claims US states Minnesota, Vermont and New Hampshire are rated as have a more effective democracy than other US states. 1/4
- New study from @oii.ox.ac.uk and the University of Kentucky sheds light on how bias manifests in ChatGPT outputs. For example, London boroughs Bloomsbury, Hampstead and the City of London are rated as having the smartest people with Croydon, Tottenham and Hillingdon rated the lowest. 1/2
- “ChatGPT isn't an accurate representation of the world. It rather just reflects and repeats the enormous biases within its training data” @geoplace.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk speaking to @dailymail.co.uk about his new co-authored study with University of Kentucky. www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
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- New @oii.ox.ac.uk and University of Kentucky study shows how ChatGPT amplifies global inequalities, with LLMs reflecting historic biases in training data. With thanks to @telegraph.co.uk for sharing the study. @geoplace.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
- News alert! New study from @oii.ox.ac.uk and the University of Kentucky finds that ChatGPT amplifies global inequalities. Researchers find that large language models reflect historic biases in the data sets they learn from whilst shaping how people see the world. More here: bit.ly/4bF4K9B 1/4
- ICYMI: Interesting piece by @thetimes.com on the effectiveness of LinkedIn as a marketing tool for growing your business with new commentary from Dr Fabian Braesemann, @oii.ox.ac.uk. More: www.thetimes.com/business/com...
- Just two weeks to go to submit your application for the @berkeleyischool.bsky.social and @oii.ox.ac.uk Summer Doctoral Programme 2026. Join us for a fantastic fortnight of study, collaboration and mentorship whilst building lifelong connections. Apply today! www.oii.ox.ac.uk/study/summer...
- Don't miss an opportunity to spend two weeks studying in Oxford this summer as part of the @berkeleyischool.bsky.social and OII Summer Doctoral Programme! More information and application link here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/study/summer...
- Happening tomorrow! Join us online or in-person to hear Dr Fabian Stephany @oii.ox.ac.uk share his latest research on AI skills and jobhunting. Tuesday 20 January 12.00-13.00 GMT. Find out more and book your place today! www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
- ICYMI: The OII's Director @computermacgyver.bsky.social Hale spoke to BBC Radio Oxford about who is responsible for regulating technology, and why healthy scepticism is essential as AI becomes even more embedded in our lives. Skip to 1h50 and 2h50 to hear Scott's POV: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- What do elite football clubs and Big Tech have in common? New research co-authored by Dr Fabian Braesemann shows that tech giants, like top clubs, often buy up promising talent to stay dominant. www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Don't miss an opportunity to spend two weeks studying in Oxford this summer as part of the @berkeleyischool.bsky.social and OII Summer Doctoral Programme! More information and application link here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/study/summer...
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- ICYMI: Hear from @oii.ox.ac.uk Director, Dr Scott Hale @computermacgyver.bsky.social sharing his perspective on tech regulation and the environmental impact of AI in his new interview with Sophie Law, BBC Radio Oxford. (Listen at 1:50 and at 2:50) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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- "The market has failed to regulate itself. This is the tech we get when hard regulation does not exist" said @swachter.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk@socsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk on the need for tighter regulation in light of recent sexualised Grok images. Read the full article: bit.ly/4qOgjQc
