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Sakshi Ghai holds a Women of the Future Award, standing in between two people

Sakshi Ghai wins UK Women of the Future Award

30 November 2023

Sakshi Ghai, Postdoctoral Researcher, Oxford Internet Institute, has been awarded a Women of the Future Award in the Science Category.

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Remote collaborations deliver fewer scientific breakthroughs, says Oxford co-led research

29 November 2023

A research team led by the universities of Oxford and Pittsburgh has documented the rise of remote collaborations among scientists and inventors across the world and reported that remote teams are less likely to make breakthrough discoveries.

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No ‘smoking gun’ mental health harm from internet: landmark Oxford survey

28 November 2023

No ‘smoking gun’ mental health harm from internet: landmark Oxford survey

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Four new members appointed to OII Advisory Board

22 November 2023

The Oxford Internet Institute has appointed four new members to its Advisory Board, who bring experience and expertise from a range of backgrounds.

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Large Language Models pose risk to science with false answers, says Oxford study

20 November 2023

Large Language Models (LLMs) pose a direct threat to science, because of so-called ‘hallucinations’ and should be restricted to protect scientific truth, says a new paper from leading AI researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute.

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No evidence screen time is negative for children’s cognitive development and well-being: Oxford Study

17 November 2023

In a study of nearly 12,000 children in the United States, no evidence was found to show that screen time impacted their brain function or well-being.

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Professor Helen Margetts shares her insights on the AI Safety Summit

15 November 2023

As the media frenzy surrounding the AI Safety Summit subsides, Helen Margetts, Professor of Society and the Internet, Oxford Internet Institute, shares her reflections from attending the Summit and considers its long-term impact on AI policy.

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Dieter Schwarz Foundation: Project Awards announced

9 November 2023

Eight OII DPhil students have received Dieter Schwarz Foundation (DSF) funding to enable them to begin a 12-month research project during the course of their studies.

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Unequal Risk, Unequal Reward: How Gen AI disproportionately harms countries

8 November 2023

In their new blog, OII alumna Barani Maung Maung and Dr Keegan McBride, discuss how the emerging risks associated with Generative AI systems have higher negative potential in countries where non-dominant global language are spoken.

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OII hosts debate on UK’s role in regulation and development of AI

28 October 2023

The Oxford Internet Institute convened a panel of experts to debate the UK’s role in the development and regulation of the technology at Keble College, Oxford.

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Highlighting our work on Generative AI

27 October 2023

The OII is leading the debate on Artificial Intelligence. Generative AI has been a key area of interest for faculty, researchers and students for many years. This article brings together some of this work to date and highlights forthcoming work.

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AI comes out on top: Oxford Study identifies the economic value of specific skills

24 October 2023

Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, and the Center for Social Data Science, University of Copenhagen, find that the economic value of a skill is determined by how well it can be combined with other worker competencies.

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