Matthew McConaughey trademarks iconic phrase to stop AI misuse
BBC News, 15 January 2026
Professor Sandra Wachter comments on the trend of celebrities trademarking their identity to protect themselves against AI deepfakes.
Planet goal: data centers and their energy and water consumption
RTVE Noticias, 30 January 2026
Dr Ana Valdivia spoke to Spanish broadcaster RTVE about data centres, energy consumption and the environmental impact of AI.
Regulating sexual content online has always been a challenge – how we got here
The Conversation, 30 January 2026
Professor Helen Margetts and Professor Cosmina Dorobantu explore how free‑speech claims are used to sidestep a recurring problem: sexual content taking over new technologies, legal or not.
Amazon is cutting another 16,000 jobs
Der Standard, 28 January 2026
Since 2022, nearly 60,000 jobs have been cut. Fabian Stephany points out that a market correction is taking place in many areas.
How can I use AI to raise my salary?
Oxford Sparks Big Questions Podcast, 28 January 2026
Listen to the latest episode of Oxford Sparks Big Questions podcast with special guest Dr Fabian Stephany discussing AI skills and how solid skills can help improve someone's job prospects.
America Is Running the Wrong AI Race
The National Interest, 27 January 2026
In a by-lined blog, OII DPhil student Lisa Klassen together with Broderick McDonald explore US-China AI competition and consider who will be the winners in AI deployment race.
Like digging ‘your own professional grave’: The translators grappling with losing work to AI
CNN, 23 January 2026
As AI’s impact on jobs dominates the World Economic Forum in Davos, Dr Carl Frey highlights data showing machine translation has slowed translator job growth, warning that while displacement isn’t yet mass, deeper impacts on livelihoods are likely.
Is an under-16 social media ban the right course?
Tech Xplore, 23 January 2026
Dr Victoria Nash, senior policy fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, notes that Australia’s under-16 social media ban has strong parental and political backing, but its effectiveness remains an open question.
‘Biased’ AI says Cambridge is harder-working than boozy Oxford
The Times, 23 January 2026
New research co-authored by OII highlights limitations of large language models, showing that one-word prompts to ChatGPT tend to produce binary results.
‘The Silicon Gaze’: ChatGPT rankings skew toward rich Western nations, research shows
Euronews, 21 January 2026
ChatGPT’s viewpoints are shaped by the predominantly Western, white, male developers and platform owners who built it. A new research led by Professor Mark Graham highlights how biased AI tools can amplify existing inequalities.
At Davos, AI hype gives way to focus on ROI
Fortune, 20 January 2026
As world leaders meet in Davos, AI is one of the topics dominating the news agenda. The new research co-authored by the OII shows how AI tools like ChatGPT amplify global inequalities.
Only a systemic housing policy can solve the housing crisis
Network Berlin, 05 January 2026
Dr Fabian Braesemann presents his thesis that there are ways to control the housing market without strict bans and long-term procedures.