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New York Times, 11 May 2026
In his latest op-ed the OII's Professor Carl Benedikt Frey argues that the AI self-service economy is on the rise: as AI tools become better at offering practical guidance more tasks once handled by professionals are shifting onto consumers.
BBC Radio 4, 07 May 2026
Even the most sophisticated systems of modern democracy have a hard time discovering, and enacting, the actual Will of the People. Becky Ripley and Emily Knight wonder if the dogs might do it better.
Kreide Kl Karltext, 22 April 2026
The OII's Dr Fabian Stephany highlights findings from his latest study on how AI can increase individuals’ chances of finding a job in his latest podcast interview.
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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