Press Coverage

I Used AI To Help Me Organize My Pantry. Here’s What Happened

Chatelaine, 24 May 2025

I'm profoundly challenged in the domestic arts. Could Gemini take the wheel? The OII's Prof. Ekaterina Hertog comments on the privacy implications of using AI to automate household chores.

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Workers powering the AI industry face terrible conditions, but they shouldn’t have to

Investment Monitor, 15 December 2025

Mark Graham, founder of the Fairwork initiative, notes that most of the human labour in the AI supply chain is data work in low-income countries done under poor conditions.

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Time honors AI architects; researcher urges more human recognition

Reuters, 11 December 2025

Speaking to Reuters, AI researcher Fabian Stephany from the University of Oxford commended Time's decision to laud the developers involvement in AI's evolution, but said the human aspect should go even further.

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How worried should you be about spending too much time on your phone?

New Scientist, 08 December 2025

Screen time has been linked to all sorts of problems, from depression and obesity to poor sleep. But how worried should you really be? Jacob Aron sifts through the evidence.

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If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?

El País, 30 November 2025

The technological race among industry giants and the wave of layoffs they have announced has revived the debate about the advisability of taxing automation. The OII's Prof. Carl Frey comments.

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AI chatbots can sway voters better than political advertisements

MIT Technology Review, 05 December 2025

A conversation with a chatbot can shift people's political views—but the most persuasive models also spread the most misinformation.

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Chatbots can sway political opinions but are ‘substantially’ inaccurate, study finds

The Guardian, 05 December 2025

‘Information-dense’ AI responses are most persuasive but these tend to be less accurate, says security report by the OII's Kobi Hackenburg and Prof. Helen Margetts.

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A Bursting Bubble Would Be Great for A.I.

New York Times, 05 December 2025

Prof. Carl-Benedikt Frey writes in the New York Times that if the A.I. boom cools, what survives will be the systems that do more with less.

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AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds

NBC News, 04 December 2025

A paper published in the journal Science by Kobi Hackenburg and Prof. Helen Margetts, jointly-led by the AI Security Institute, found that chatbots become more persuasive when they share large amounts of information.

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Two Versions of Same Photo Spark Online Alarm: ‘It Is So Over

Newsweek, 27 November 2025

Google’s new Nano Banana Pro is making waves online, and people are declaring the end of traditional photography with commentary from Prof. Sandra Wachter.

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‘It’s basically social media on steroids’: What’s at stake when AI chatbots replace human relationships

De Morgen, 27 November 2025

As social media loses popularity, tech companies are deploying AI chatbots to recapture our attention. The OII's Dr Karen Mansfield comments.

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Agentic AI is the hacker’s new accomplice

Financial Times, 27 November 2025

The automation of attacker-defender dynamics is a long-standing fear among cyber defence specialists, writes Prof. Rosaria Taddeo.

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