UK Biobank: Confidential patient health details still online three months after leaks, BMJ finds
BMJ, 11 June 2026
The OII's Luc Rocher comments on the UK Biobank data breach.
En cherchant à être plus aimable et chaleureuse, l’IA deviendrait mauvaise conseillère
franceinfo, 06 June 2026
Sans précautions particulières, les modèles d'intelligence artificielle entraînés pour être plus empathiques généreraient davantage d'erreurs et de recommandations inappropriées.
Training AI chatbots to be warm and empathetic makes them less factually accurate
PsyPost, 29 May 2026
Artificial intelligence models trained to act friendly and empathetic tend to sacrifice factual accuracy and become more likely to agree with a user’s incorrect beliefs, according to new research.
Can a machine do this job?’ is the wrong question
FT, 14 June 2026
In his latest Op-Ed, the OII's Dr Carl Frey explains how AI is ushering in a self-service economy, writing for the Financial Times.
He can well imagine a public meeting with only AI agents
Politiken, 10 June 2026
Jonathan Rystrøm, a PhD student at Oxford University, believes that we need to start getting used to the fact that it is your AI agent who books your holiday and not yourself.
Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time
New Scientist, 10 June 2026
A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving fully autonomous drones set to destroy anything in a given area. The OII's Professor MariaRosaria Taddeo comments.
Inside social media ‘tinder box’ as Henry Nowak murder sparks rage offline
The Mirror, 05 June 2026
EXCLUSIVE: Online and political experts have warned that social media firms must take greater action to stop the rapid spread of anger on their sites to avoid it spilling onto the streets with insights from the OII's Manuel Tonneau.
Is LinkedIn Entering Its Post-Cringe Era?
New York Times, 04 June 2026
Celebrities and paid influencers have transformed the career-focused platform, which for some users, has become a job unto itself with commentary from the OII's Dr Bernie Hogan.
The impact of AI gigafactories such as the one projected in the Ebro: “They are energy vampires”
3cat, 31 May 2026
The OII's Dr Ana Valdivia comments on the European Commission plans to build four mega data centres in different countries within the Union to guarantee the digital sovereignty of the continent.
China’s comparative advantage is industrial policy
Financial Times, 31 May 2026
Prof Carl Frey comments on China’s growing economic power and what it means for the future of Western economic policy.
Don’t fight AI, HSBC CEO tells staff as banks begin job cuts
Reuters, 20 May 2026
Dr Fabian Braesemann was quoted in Reuters as major banks including HSBC and Standard Chartered began signalling job cuts driven by AI adoption.
Digital Aliens – The new inequality
ARTE, 18 May 2026
Prof. Sandra Wachter shares her perspective about why AI regulation isn’t a barrier to ai innovation but rather the foundation for developing a technology that puts people first.