Press Coverage

Have long-distance studies stalled science?

The Times, 01 December 2023

Researchers who take part in long-distance collaborations enabled by the internet make fewer breakthroughs than those who meet in person, according to a study which may help explain an apparent slump in scientific productivity.

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Remote collaboration leads to less innovative science – study

Times Higher Education, 30 November 2023

Analysis of growing distance between researchers looks at puzzle of why digital connections have not led to upsurge in innovation.

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Remote working is ‘stifling the Eureka moment in science’

The Telegraph, 30 November 2023

Remote working is making it harder for scientists to get “Eureka!” moments, an Oxford study has found.

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Is the internet bad for mental health? What the latest study really means.

Mashable, 28 November 2023

A new study on the subject is more complicated than it seems.

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Letter: Lack of AI regulation damages the UK’s leadership ambitions

Financial Times, 28 November 2023

At the start of November, the UK hosted an international artificial intelligence summit that saw states agree that this is a "unique moment to act" in regulating these technologies

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How does AI behave in human jobs – and which professions will it take over permanently? An interview with labour researcher Carl Benedikt Frey.

Süddeutsche Zeitung, 13 November 2023

Ten years ago, labour researchers Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne of Oxford University published their groundbreaking study.

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The wise man who predicted the extinction of 47% of jobs: “Teleworking makes it more difficult for you to move up in the workplace”

El Mundo, 29 November 2023

This professor from the University of Oxford signed the famous paper that predicted the great impact of automation on the labor market. A decade later, he updates his forecast: "AI will increase the competition we humans face," he says.

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When will YOUR job be taken by a robot? As Elon Musk insists AI will mean no one has to work, experts reveal the careers that could be replaced IMMEDIATELY – and those that will face the chop in the future

Daily Mail, 03 November 2023

Billionaire tech maverick Elon Musk has suggested that eventually no one will have to work thanks to the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI).

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Productivity Matters, But Not as a Political Football for Remote Work

Bloomberg, 20 November 2023

A combination of technological and social changes at work have turbocharged the topic.

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AI should make the 4-day work week possible for millions of workers. The question is whether they’ll use the free time for leisure—or more work

Fortune, 24 November 2023

Earthly, a London-founded climate tech company, has had a four-day workweek for over two years now—way before the ChatGPT revolution took the world by storm.

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What will artificial intelligence mean for your pay?

The Economist, 16 November 2023

Around a decade ago Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne, two economists, published a paper that went viral. It argued that 47% of American jobs were at risk of automation

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Oxford study says internet use doesn’t harm mental health, but its research has limits

Tech Crunch, 28 November 2023

In one of the largest studies ever on mental health and internet use, the Oxford Internet Institute has declared that there is no “smoking gun” linking the internet with psychological harm.

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