Study identifies weaknesses in how AI systems are evaluated
4 November 2025
Largest systematic review of AI benchmarks highlights need for clearer definitions and stronger scientific standards.
OII researchers to explore LLM interpretability at EMNLP 2025
31 October 2025
Researchers, including those from the Oxford Internet Institute’s Reasoning with Machine’s Lab (OxRML), will attend the 2025 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP) in Suzhou, China from 4-9 November.
New leadership at the Oxford Internet Institute
27 October 2025
The OII is pleased to announce Dr Scott A. Hale appointed as its next Director, and Dr Kathryn Eccles as Deputy Director.
Lockdown lessons on balance and belonging at work
1 October 2025
OII doctoral researcher Lily Rodel explores what lockdown revealed about how we could all achieve the perfect work-life balance.
Oxford Internet Institute relocates to the new Schwarzman Centre
30 September 2025
The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) has moved to its new home in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.
New report calls for decisive government action to help build public trust in AI
24 September 2025
A new paper from the Tony Blair Institute for Change, featuring a guest contribution from the OII’s Professor Helen Margetts, calls for government action to build better public trust in AI.
Lofred Madzou appointed to OII Advisory Board
16 September 2025
The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at the University of Oxford is delighted to announce the appointment of Lofred Madzou to its Advisory Board.
In memoriam: Dame Stephanie Shirley, CH, DBE, OBE
12 August 2025
The OII pays tribute to its founding donor Dame Stephanie Shirley, CH, DBE, OBE.
AI is not an agent – AI is a tool
6 August 2025
Professor Anoush Margaryan, Visiting Research Fellow at the OII considers how we should frame AI: competitor, collaborator, or tool?
OII researchers will address NLP model inequalities at ACL 2025
28 July 2025
Researchers including DPhil students from the Oxford Internet Institute will present new research and share recent findings at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) in Vienna.
Beyond Safety: The Digital Environment We Owe Children
25 July 2025
Discussions around child internet safety often assume a hostile online environment, focusing on harm prevention. OII VPF Rony Yuria argues that redesigning the online environment itself will help make safety a natural outcome.
Consequences of a skewed discourse around generative AI and elections
23 July 2025
Dr Felix Simon and Dr Sacha Altay assess the evidence and discourse around generative AI and elections.