Huw Roberts is a DPhil student at the Oxford Internet Institute, supervised by Professors Luciano Floridi and Mariarosaria Taddeo. Huw’s research focuses on the development and export of Chinese AI governance initiatives, particularly through multistakeholder bodies.
Prior to joining the OII, Huw worked for several years in the field of AI policy for, amongst others, the University of Oxford, the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, and the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. Huw holds a BA in Politics from Durham University, an MSc in Social Science of the Internet from the University of Oxford, and an MPhil in Chinese Philosophy from the Yenching Academy of Peking University. His DPhil is generously funded by the Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership.
Artificial intelligence, governance, China, ethics, international relations
This project explores the role that fairness standards, broadly understood, can play in mitigating societal biases from LLMs.
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.
4 April 2023
Oxford Internet Institute researcher Huw Roberts and Professor Luciano Floridi explain the challenges for AI regulation in the UK and outline the case for stronger regulatory protections for UK citizens.
15 November 2021
In this new blog, OII alumnus Huw Roberts and Professor Luciano Floridi, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford compare the EU and US approaches to AI governance and consider the implications for future collaboration.
Financial Times, 28 November 2023
At the start of November, the UK hosted an international artificial intelligence summit that saw states agree that this is a "unique moment to act" in regulating these technologies
The Times, 26 September 2023
System could regulate how companies across the world search for risks and respond, with expert commentary from OII researcher Huw Roberts.
The Times, 06 September 2023
Some experts say working too closely with leading artificial intelligence companies could result in a ‘rubber stamping’ exercise. OII researcher Huw Roberts shares his perspective on the upcoming AI safety conference and Online Safety Bill.
