Digital Aliens – The new inequality
ARTE, 18 May 2026
Prof. Sandra Wachter shares her perspective about why AI regulation isn’t a barrier to ai innovation but rather the foundation for developing a technology that puts people first.
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ARTE, 18 May 2026
Prof. Sandra Wachter shares her perspective about why AI regulation isn’t a barrier to ai innovation but rather the foundation for developing a technology that puts people first.
Rest of World, 18 May 2026
For $7 an hour, virtual assistants use AI tools to write LinkedIn posts and comments on behalf of Western executives. The OII's Mark Graham comments.
Manx Radio, 12 May 2026
Manx Radio podcast, 'AI, Work and the 15-Hour Week' explores how artificial intelligence is changing the way we work – and whether it’s freeing us, or making us busier than ever with special guest the OII's Dr Fabian Stephany.
29 April 2026
New Oxford research shows that training chatbots to sound warmer makes them up to 30% less accurate, and 40% more likely to validate users' false beliefs.
9 April 2026
For musicians everywhere, streaming is indispensable, but so is the belief that it simply doesn’t pay fairly.
16 March 2026
Study finds digital care technologies could both support and strain unpaid carers, with benefits and risks to loved ones.
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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
With Professor Vili Lehdonvirta, Dr Carl Benedikt Frey, Professor Helmut Krcmar, and Dr Rahild Neuburger
The first in a series of joint webinars looking at the theme of AI & work, jointly curated by the Oxford Internet Institute and TUM Heilbronn Campus.