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Why it’s totally unsurprising that Amazon’s recruitment AI was biased against women
13 October 2018, Business Insider
Dr Sandra Wachter, an AI researcher at Oxford University, told Business Insider that the gender bias was hardly surprising.
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This is why Silicon Valley giants are paying such low taxes in the UK
12 October 2018, Wired
Large technology companies are often accused of dodging their fair share of tax. But what they're doing is perfectly legal... for now
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What does a fair algorithm actually look like?
11 October 2018, Wired
What does a fair algorithm actually look like?
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Playing on their phones: The bad science behind the fear of teenagers’ screen-time
11 October 2018, Politics.co.uk
The best study so far, by scientists at the Oxford Internet Institute last year, found that moderate use is associated with higher mental wellbeing, and extreme use with a very minor drop.
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AI, Warfare and Global Security: Mariarosaria Taddeo in Conversation
10 October 2018, Exponential View Podcast
Azeem and Dr Taddeo unpack the state of cyber security and warfare, the complex symbiosis between governments and criminal actors, as well as the ways digital technologies are changing cyber warfare.
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The counterintuitive evolution of online courtship behavior
5 October 2018, MIT Technology Review
Everyone hoped that online dating would level the playing field for men and women looking for partners. But instead, the latest data-mining study suggests it has become more asymmetric than ever.
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Matt Hancock has a plan to curb social media use. It’s a bad plan
2 October 2018, Wired
The government's latest grand plan to preserve young minds will have a hard time being grounded in science
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Web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee faces an uphill battle to reinvent the internet
1 October 2018, The Telegraph
A plan led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee to give people more control of their data online may prove to be an impossible task, experts have warned.
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Don’t try too hard with the selfies – average looking men do better on dating sites
27 September 2018, The Telegraph
Data from the Oxford Internet Institute shows that men who rate themselves as 5/10 receive more messages than men who give themselves a 10/10 rating.
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Internet daters have become more tolerant and open in the last decade
27 September 2018, iNews
Researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) tracked the changing preferences and communication preferences of UK users of dating site eharmony over the 10 years since it launched.
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If you’re NOT a Perfect 10 it helps you win online dates: Men should use an ‘average’ picture in their profile and women SHOULDN’T make the first move, study finds
27 September 2018, Daily Mail
Experts from the University of Oxford analysed eHarmony data
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Could Google Maps plot safer routes?
26 September 2018, Financial Times
The app’s vast access to data could help late-night walkers get home
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To reduce inequality, Wikipedia needs to start paying editors
11 September 2018, Wired
The online encyclopedia is a lopsided representation of the world. Should it break its non-profit taboo?
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Inside the online disinformation war trying to tear Sweden apart
9 September 2018, Wired
As Sweden prepares to go to the polls, trolls are polluting the country's political debate, and the alt-right is happy.
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Right-wing sites swamp Sweden with ‘junk news’ in tight election race
6 September 2018, Reuters
One in three news articles shared online about the upcoming Swedish election come from websites publishing deliberately misleading information, most with a right-wing focus on immigration and Islam, Oxford University researchers say.
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Unpacking the gig economy is harder than you think
5 September 2018, Silicon Republic
The gig economy seems simple, but there are a lot more layers than you might realise.
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Trump’s claim that Google is biased against him distracts from tech’s bigger issues: Expert
5 September 2018, CNBC
Trump last week accused Google of rigging search results to prioritize negative coverage and left-leaning outlets — an academic says that distracts from bigger issues.
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We need to talk about … the impact of artificial intelligence
4 September 2018, The Guardian
What human tasks can artificial technology not replace? Does the physical manifestation of AI change the way we interact with it, and how might we be manipulated by this?
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How AI can be a force for good
24 August 2018, Science
An ethical framework will help to harness the potential of AI while keeping humans in control
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Future elections may be swayed by intelligent, weaponized chatbots
22 August 2018, MIT Technology Review
The AI advances that brought you Alexa are teaching propaganda how to talk.