Technology and culture interact in multivarious ways, from the emerging discipline of digital humanities to the use of digital ledger technologies in the art sector. The questions posed by such interactions are not only academic but have deep practical implications.
OII researchers cover the full range of these questions. Projects such as Cabinet and reports such as ‘Libraries on the Front Line’ have asked how the internet and ICTs might be deployed to strengthen our cultural understanding, while other projects have considered the effects of digital resources in academia or asked how we should best understand the impact of cultural and heritage activities.
This project studies the affordances of algorithmic image search for design inspiration in creative work.
This project analyses Sweden's depiction online and in news media by foreign radical groups and how these depictions, in turn gains visibility in Swedish media
The project studies algorithmic image search, inspiration and creativity in professional creative work. It uses visual art as a facilitation method, using visual language to describe a visual research problem.
By Anne Ploin, Rebecca Eynon, Isis Hjorth, and Michael A. Osborne
There has been much talk about the potential of AI, but could it really transform the creative arts?
7 June 2023
The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) has appointed Chris Russell as Dieter Schwarz Associate Professor, AI, Government and Policy.
17 May 2023
AI technologies are demonstrating their increasingly powerful capabilities, sparking fears of mass unemployment. But we are well-advised to remember that today’s AI-ruled workplaces are craving for human labour.
15 May 2023
Oxford Internet Institute experts Professor Sandra Wachter and Associate Professor Dr Brent Mittelstadt share their perspectives on the risks of AI.
28 April 2023
For the third year, researchers based at the Oxford Internet Institute, part of the University of Oxford, highlight the best and worst companies in the UK platform economy according to how they treat their workers.
Medium, 26 May 2023
A symposium at Balliol college gathered insights from experts on AI’s role in news organisations and the implications of the technology for our information ecosystem.
CBC News, 01 June 2023
New Photoshop tool allows users to quickly manipulate an image. We tested it out
Columbia journalism review, 26 May 2023
The Tow Center looked at how news organizations have been covering generative AI over the past six months.
