Press Coverage

How a young Indian state turned itself into Silicon Valley’s backyard

The Times, 02 July 2022

Founded only in 2014, Telangana is reinventing itself as a technological hub. But allying with Big Tech comes at a price

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How lax social media policies help fuel a prescription drug boom

Protocol, 01 July 2022

Prescription drug ads are all over TikTok, Facebook and Instagram. As the potential harms become clear, why haven’t the companies updated their advertising policies?

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Microsoft is removing emotion recognition features from its facial recognition tech

NBC News, 27 June 2022

Emotion recognition technology typically relies on software to look at any number of qualities to automatically detect emotional state, Prof Sandra Wachter shares her insights on the ethics behind the tech.

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Diaspora communities reframe history, one Instagram post at a time

rest of world, 28 June 2022

Doctoral Researcher Nayana Prakash shares her insights on using online platforms like Instagram to shape historical memory.

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Sovereign data control could boost Africa’s ‘gig economy’

Rwanda Post, 25 June 2022

Countries on the African continent stand to lose out on the growing global internet economy if challenges around data sovereignty are not addressed head on, with latest insights from researcher Dr Fabian Braesemann.

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Rising food and fuel costs are making gig work unsustainable

rest of world, 17 June 2022

Dr Matthew Cole talks about the cost of living crisis and its impact on gig workers

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Volle Kanne vom 23. Juni 2022

ZDF, 23 June 2022

Sandra Wachter discusses with Nadine Krüger of Germany's ZDF at .54 minutes, the AI bias tests she's created at Oxford Internet Institute [in German]

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Big Tech Is Hoarding the Data that Humanity Needs to Thrive

Time.com, 13 June 2022

Op-Ed from Professor Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Thomas Ramge discussing issues around big data and digital platforms.

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Google engineer believed chatbot had become an 8-year-old child.

Business Insider, 14 June 2022

Last week, a Google engineer was put on leave after he claimed the company's chatbot was sentient. Was he right? The AI experts aren't convinced.

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Why you may have a thinking digital twin within a decade

BBC News, 13 June 2022

Imagine if you could create your very own twin, an exact copy of yourself, but one that lived a purely digital life?

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Oxford study highlights best gig economy firms to work for

Personnel Today, 09 June 2022

Only three of the UK’s most well-known digital labour platforms – Getir, Gorillas and Pedal Me – ensure their workers earn the minimum wage, a new study suggests.

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News bulletin featuring Dr Brent Mittlestadt

BBC Radio Oxford, 09 June 2022

OII Director of Research, Senior Research Fellow, Dr Mittelstadt, speaks to BBC Radio Oxford about the need for clear ethical standards in the use of AI in healthcare. BBC Radio Oxford news bulletin - skip to 2:01 hrs

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