Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo

Research

Past projects

• PETRAS: Internet of Things (IoT) Research Hub

  Participants: Professor Luciano Floridi, Dr Brent Mittelstadt, Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo

  The PETRAS IoT Research Hub is a consortium of 9 UK universities working together to explore critical issues in privacy, ethics, trust, reliability, acceptability, and security.

• Landscaping Strategic Cyber Deterrence

  Participants: Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo

  This is an inter-divisional and multidisciplinary eight-month pilot study devoted to landscape the problem space and the future research on strategic cyber deterrence (SCD).

• An Ethical Framework for the New Civic Responsibilities of Online Service Providers

  Participants: Professor Luciano Floridi, Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo

  This project aims to analyse the new civic responsibilities of Online Service Providers, and the policies regulating them.

Teaching

• Social Dynamics of the Internet

  An overview of the major findings to date regarding the social implications of the Internet, drawing material from several social science disciplines, including communication studies, sociology, and political science.

• The Philosophy and Ethics of Information

  This course introduces some key concepts and phenomena related to information, and seeks to answer some crucial theoretical questions of great philosophical significance prompted by the development of the information society.

Videos

• The risks of trusting AI for national defence purposes

  Recorded: 3 June 2020

  Duration: 01:00:38

  Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo, discusses the use of AI and it’s associated trust issues in national defence. Moderated by Andreas Tsamados

News

• The Turing appoints Dstl Ethics Fellow Mariarosaria Taddeo

  13 May 2020

  Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo has been appointed as Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Ethics Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute.

• Oxford academic joins distinguished North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) expert group

  14 April 2020

  Oxford academic joins distinguished North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) expert group

• Action needed now to increase public trust in use of AI in NHS, say Oxford academics

  29 November 2019

  Leading experts in AI and ethics from Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford, are urging healthcare professionals in private and public service to come together to boost public trust in AI-based healthcare.

• New approach needed for defining AI standards in cybersecurity, say Oxford academics

  11 November 2019

  Leading experts in cybersecurity and ethic present the case for an alternative approach to AI standards and certification in cybersecurity.

• Oxford Internet Institute Launches Digital Ethics Lab: Tackles Ethical Challenges Posed by Digital Innovation

  17 May 2017

  The Oxford Internet Institute has today launched the Digital Ethics Lab (“DELab”), which aims to tackle the ethical challenges posed by digital innovation.

• What is data ethics?

  14 November 2016

  A paper published today in Philosophical Transactions A by Luciano Floridi and Mariarosaria Taddeo asks ‘what is data ethics?’ and outlines the context behind this emerging branch of research.

Events

• The risks of trusting AI for national defence purposes

  3 June 2020

  Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo is Senior Researcher Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute and Deputy Director of the Digital Ethics Lab. She will discuss the use of AI and it's associated trust issues in national defence.

• John Fell Fund project on Landscaping Strategic Cyber deterrence

  3 June 2016

  Mariarosaria Taddeo's workshop for the John Fell Fund project on Landscaping Strategic Cyber deterrence.

• Workshop “Understanding the Responsibilities of Online Service Providers in Information Societies”

  9 October 2015

  This is a one day workshop to discuss online service providers in information societies.

Blog

• Tackling the ethical challenges of the gig economy

  10 September 2020

  Authors: Nikita Aggarwal, Luciano Floridi

  By Nikita Aggarwal, Research Associate, Digital Ethics Lab, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford and doctoral candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford; and ...
  Read More Tackling the ethical challenges of the gig economy

• COVID-19 and the Digital Divides

  7 July 2020

  Authors: Nikita Aggarwal, Josh Cowls, Luciano Floridi, Jakob Mokander, Jessica Morley, Mariarosaria Taddeo, Andreas Tsamados, Vincent Wang, David Watson

  The expression “digital divide” refers to the uneven availability, accessibility, use and possession of digital technologies, services, products, or skills within a population. It ...
  Read More COVID-19 and the Digital Divides

Press

• Telecom Italia S p A : TIM LAUNCHES NOOVLE SPA, THE BIGGEST CLOUD PROJECT FOR…

  25 January 2021 Market Screener

  
  

  TIM announces the birth of Noovle SpA, the new company wholly owned by the TIM Group intended to become an Italian centre of excellence for Cloud and edge computing,

• Our goal shouldn’t be to build merely ‘trustworthy’ AI

  28 September 2020 The Next Web

  
  

  Mariarosaria Taddeo, Deputy Director of the Oxford Internet Institute's Digital Ethics Lab, explains why AI ethics must be a continuous practice

• Ethical guidelines for COVID-19 tracing apps

  28 May 2020 Nature

  
  

  Protect privacy, equality and fairness in digital contact tracing with these key questions.

• Pay users to spot bias in AI, say top researchers

  23 April 2020 Financial Times

  
  

  Report outlines ethical recommendations including ‘bounties’ for users who flag discriminatory algorithms.

• Artificial Intelligence – Resources to advance the next big discoveries in AI

  2 March 2020 Springer Nature

  
  

  Intelligent systems such as robots, cyber-physical and embedded systems will be driving the technological and societal change in the coming decades.

• Cyber security 2050: hackers to tap smart cities and deep fakes

  21 January 2020 Financial Times

  
  

  Growing connectivity widens scope for large-scale attacks while AI will exploit users.

• ‘I feel in control of my life’: Alexa’s new role in public service

  7 February 2019 The Guardian

  
  

  Mariarosaria Taddeo, research fellow at Oxford University’s internet institute and deputy director of its digital ethics lab, believes public services need to exercise care when introducing chatbots.

• Legal Ethics: The Ethical Dilemma of Artificial Intelligence

  23 October 2018 National Law Review

  
  

  While the future of humankind is artificial intelligence, what exactly is the future of artificial intelligence?

• Lay down rules of engagement for cyber war before it is too late

  22 October 2018 Financial Times

  
  

  Computerised assaults are easy to unleash but hard to trace, and befuddle the enemy

• 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.

• 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?

• 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

• Leaders Who Pledged Not To Build Autonomous Killing Machines Are Ignoring The Real Problem

  23 July 2018 Futurism

  
  

  The pledge, put forth by AI researcher Max Tegmark’s Future of Life Institute, argues that any system that can target and kill people without human oversight is inherently immoral, and condemns any future AI arms race that may occur.

• Elon Musk and DeepMind’s pledge to never build killer AI makes a glaring omission, Oxford academic says

  23 July 2018 Business Insider

  
  

  An Oxford academic, Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo, told Business Insider that while the pledge's intentions were good, it missed the real threat posed by artificial intelligence in warfare.

• Who needs ethics anyway? Chips with Everything podcast

  2 March 2018 The Guardian

  
  

  Jordan Erica Webber is joined by Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo of the Oxford Internet Institute, Prof Laura Norén of NYU and student Kandrea Wade.

• IoT Security Tough Task for Developers Amid Cyber Pedophile Threat

  23 January 2018 Sputnik International

  
  

  "Guaranteeing security is an effort that producers have to make but only now learning to make it. Security comes at costs that providers need to face," Dr. Taddeo told Sputnik.

• Weekend Woman’s Hour

  20 January 2018 BBC Radio 4

  
  

  We hear from three women immersed in the world of cyber security. Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo is a research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute. [Halfway through the episode]

• Qatar Crisis: Lessons to Learn in the Age of Cyber Attacks

  22 July 2017 Newsweek

  
  

  What differentiates the ongoing crisis in Qatar from conventional international crises is the means—the deployment of cyber attacks—and the risk of escalation posed by this new brand of warfare, says Mariarosaria Taddeo.

• Moral Philosophy for the Internet

  28 June 2017 BBC Radio 4

  
  

  Mariarosaria Taddeo is a witness on BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze, discussing whether we need a new moral philosophy for the Internet.

• Cybersecurity for the work-anywhere generation

  5 October 2015 The Guardian

  
  

  Mariarosaria Taddeo warns against oversimplifying when discussing online personal security. Organisations need to focus on explaining the dangers better,she says

• NHS-approved health apps leaking private data

  25 September 2015 Wired.uk

  
  

  A study of health-service-approved apps reveals that not all of them securely protect personal data. Mariarosaria Taddeo emphasised the need to include ethical considerations when designing apps to ensure users private data is safeguarded.

• Trusting hackers with your security? You’d better be able to sort the whitehats from the blackhats

  10 July 2015 The Conversation

  
  

  The ‘grey’ areas in which hackers, both well intentioned or malevolent, operate is explored by OII computer ethicist, Mariarosaria Taddeo in The Conversation.

Integrity Statement

I serve as non-executive president of the board of directors of Noovle Spa, and I serve as an advisor to Clearbox AI.

I conduct my research in line with the University's academic integrity code of practice.