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This report provides an overview of whether African governments and regional bodies incorporate adequate consideration of gender in their discussions of AI and its potential role in economic development.
By Cedefop
Cedefop’s CrowdLearn study is the first to examine skills development and skill matching practices in online platform work. It presents evidence from interviews with platform economy stakeholders, as well as crowdworkers themselves.
The Times, 28 March 2023
ChatGPT will always be biased, according to the head of the company that developed the artificial intelligence.
Bloomberg, 22 March 2023
Opposition figures and hate speech researchers say Iran’s regime shouldn’t get to shut down social media at home and use it to spread alleged misinformation abroad.
The Times, 21 March 2023
Google is releasing Bard, its artificial intelligence chatbot, to the public as it faces up to the challenge presented by ChatGPT to its dominance in web searches.
23 March 2023
Graduate Studies Manager, Chrissy Bunyan, has been named winner of the Role Model Award at the University of Oxford Vice Chancellor’s Professional Services Awards 2023.
20 March 2023
The Oxford Internet Institute (OII), has appointed Carl-Benedikt Frey as Dieter Schwarz Associate Professor of AI and Work.
17 March 2023
The computing power needed to research and develop large AI models can be out of reach even for medium-sized states. Professor Vili Lehdonvirta, Oxford Internet Institute, explores the impact this has.
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With David G. Robinson
Voices in the Code is the story of how one community built a life-and-death algorithm in a relatively inclusive, accountable way.
With Dr Murali Shanmugavelan
An introduction to Critical Caste and Technology Studies with Dr Murali Shanmugavelan
12:00 -13:00, Zoom
With Dr Aliaksandr Herasimenka, Mahsa Alimardani, Dr Jens Foerderer, Dr Michaela Lindenmayr, and Professor Helmut KrcmarA joint webinar from the OII and TUM about governments using technology to control citizens and Firms’ fake follower use. This event is supported by the Dieter Schwarz Foundation
12:00 -13:30, Zoom
With Dr Ana Valdivia, Dr Keegan McBride, Mustafa Mahmoud, Lori Roussey, and Yasah MusaThe panelists will evaluate regulatory frameworks, examine the role of digital ID in improving inclusivity & the impact on service delivery
