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The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is a multidisciplinary research and teaching department at the University of Oxford, that collectively helps shape the development of our digital world for the public good.
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We’re hiring! @oii.ox.ac.uk, The Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods and @politicsoxford.bsky.social are seeking to appoint an Associate Professor of Politics, Technology and Computational Social Sciences. Post in association with @reubencollege.bsky.social. 1/2
"The vast bet on AI infrastructure assumes surging usage, yet multiple US surveys show adoption has actually declined since the summer," @carlbfrey.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk told DW. "Unless new, durable use cases emerge quickly, something will give - and the bubble could burst." bit.ly/3JUSZ3s
AI bubble about to pop as returns on investment fall short? – DW – 11/10/2025
Billions have poured into AI, helping stock valuations soar. But the cracks are starting to show. Slowing adoption, surging costs and elusive profits are fueling warnings that the boom may be headed f...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"The vast bet on AI infrastructure assumes surging usage, yet multiple US surveys show adoption has actually declined since the summer," @carlbfrey.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk told DW. "Unless new, durable use cases emerge quickly, something will give - and the bubble could burst." bit.ly/3JUSZ3s
We're thrilled to welcome Alexsis de Raadt St James as a Visiting Policy Fellow at @oii.ox.ac.uk! She’ll collaborate with Dr Fabian Stephany on research into Generative AI’s impact on the workforce & tech ecosystem. Find out more about the @oiioxford VPFs: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/visit...
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We're thrilled to welcome Alexsis de Raadt St James as a Visiting Policy Fellow at @oii.ox.ac.uk! She’ll collaborate with Dr Fabian Stephany on research into Generative AI’s impact on the workforce & tech ecosystem. Find out more about the @oiioxford VPFs: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/visit...
NEW: @somewhereonearth.bsky.social podcast features the OII's @mmosleh.bsky.social, who unpacks how political bias, algorithmic design, and social sharing habits shape what we believe online — and what, if anything, we
can do about it.
Listen to the full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=abgx...
can do about it.
Listen to the full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=abgx...
🚀 Viral Truths & Virtual Walls: What 10 Million Posts Reveal About Us
YouTube video by Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast
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November 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
NEW: @somewhereonearth.bsky.social podcast features the OII's @mmosleh.bsky.social, who unpacks how political bias, algorithmic design, and social sharing habits shape what we believe online — and what, if anything, we
can do about it.
Listen to the full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=abgx...
can do about it.
Listen to the full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=abgx...
@nbcnews.com covers recent OII research which found that many tests used to evaluate AI models are flawed and lack scientific rigour, often exaggerating AI capabilities.
Read the full piece here: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Read the full piece here: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI's capabilities may be exaggerated by flawed tests, according to new study
A study from the Oxford Internet Institute analyzed 445 tests used to evaluate AI models.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
@nbcnews.com covers recent OII research which found that many tests used to evaluate AI models are flawed and lack scientific rigour, often exaggerating AI capabilities.
Read the full piece here: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Read the full piece here: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
What is "compute," and why does it matter for AI policy?
AI compute refers to specialized hardware and software needed to train and run AI models. As AI systems grow more complex, demand for compute rises exponentially.
oecd.ai/en/wonk/the-...
AI compute refers to specialized hardware and software needed to train and run AI models. As AI systems grow more complex, demand for compute rises exponentially.
oecd.ai/en/wonk/the-...
The geography of AI compute: Mapping what is available and where
Countries count AI compute infrastructure as a strategic asset without systematically tracking its distribution, availability and access. A new OECD Working Paper presents a methodology to help fill t...
oecd.ai
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
What is "compute," and why does it matter for AI policy?
AI compute refers to specialized hardware and software needed to train and run AI models. As AI systems grow more complex, demand for compute rises exponentially.
oecd.ai/en/wonk/the-...
AI compute refers to specialized hardware and software needed to train and run AI models. As AI systems grow more complex, demand for compute rises exponentially.
oecd.ai/en/wonk/the-...
New doctor! Congratulations to DPhil student Lisa-Maria Neudert who recently passed her viva.
Her thesis is titled ‘A decade of regulating tech giants: Actors, resources and power dynamics in platform regulation in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States (2016–2025).'
Her thesis is titled ‘A decade of regulating tech giants: Actors, resources and power dynamics in platform regulation in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States (2016–2025).'
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
New doctor! Congratulations to DPhil student Lisa-Maria Neudert who recently passed her viva.
Her thesis is titled ‘A decade of regulating tech giants: Actors, resources and power dynamics in platform regulation in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States (2016–2025).'
Her thesis is titled ‘A decade of regulating tech giants: Actors, resources and power dynamics in platform regulation in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States (2016–2025).'
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🚨 New episode!
🧠 Fake news spreads faster than truth - now proven by a study of 10M posts
🌐 VPNs surge as Europe’s online safety laws roll out
Professor Mohsen Mosleh @oii.ox.ac.uk & Sam Woodhams, TechRadar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=abgx...
#TechPodcast #FakeNews #VPN #DigitalEthics #SomewhereOnEarth
🧠 Fake news spreads faster than truth - now proven by a study of 10M posts
🌐 VPNs surge as Europe’s online safety laws roll out
Professor Mohsen Mosleh @oii.ox.ac.uk & Sam Woodhams, TechRadar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=abgx...
#TechPodcast #FakeNews #VPN #DigitalEthics #SomewhereOnEarth
🚀 Viral Truths & Virtual Walls: What 10 Million Posts Reveal About Us
YouTube video by Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🚨 New episode!
🧠 Fake news spreads faster than truth - now proven by a study of 10M posts
🌐 VPNs surge as Europe’s online safety laws roll out
Professor Mohsen Mosleh @oii.ox.ac.uk & Sam Woodhams, TechRadar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=abgx...
#TechPodcast #FakeNews #VPN #DigitalEthics #SomewhereOnEarth
🧠 Fake news spreads faster than truth - now proven by a study of 10M posts
🌐 VPNs surge as Europe’s online safety laws roll out
Professor Mohsen Mosleh @oii.ox.ac.uk & Sam Woodhams, TechRadar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=abgx...
#TechPodcast #FakeNews #VPN #DigitalEthics #SomewhereOnEarth
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Wolfson GBF @mmosleh.bsky.social shares his research examining partisan news sharing on social media platforms...
New! Great piece by Tech and Science Post highlighting new research study examining partisan news sharing on social media platforms, lead author Dr @mmosleh.bsky.social, @oii.ox.ac.uk, co-authors Jennifer Allen and @dgrand.bsky.social. 1/2
techandsciencepost.com/news/other-s...
techandsciencepost.com/news/other-s...
Low-quality news links draw higher engagement, no matter the political slant online - Tech and Science Post
The spread of dubious headlines on social media isn’t just a right-wing thing—it’s a social media thing, according to new research from Cornell. After studying millions of social media posts containin...
techandsciencepost.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Wolfson GBF @mmosleh.bsky.social shares his research examining partisan news sharing on social media platforms...
Excited for the start of EMNLP 2025! Looking forward to hearing from @oii.ox.ac.uk researchers Yushi Yang, Harry Mayne and Calvin Yixiang Cheng, presenting their work later this week. Find out more: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... @emnlpmeeting.bsky.social
OII | OII researchers to explore LLM interpretability at EMNLP 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 S...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Excited for the start of EMNLP 2025! Looking forward to hearing from @oii.ox.ac.uk researchers Yushi Yang, Harry Mayne and Calvin Yixiang Cheng, presenting their work later this week. Find out more: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... @emnlpmeeting.bsky.social
We’re hiring! @oii.ox.ac.uk, The Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods and @politicsoxford.bsky.social are seeking to appoint an Associate Professor of Politics, Technology and Computational Social Sciences. Post in association with @reubencollege.bsky.social. 1/2
November 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We’re hiring! @oii.ox.ac.uk, The Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods and @politicsoxford.bsky.social are seeking to appoint an Associate Professor of Politics, Technology and Computational Social Sciences. Post in association with @reubencollege.bsky.social. 1/2
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Read about our work on oxrml.com/measuring-wh...
Measuring what Matters
Construct Validity in Large Language Model Benchmarks
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November 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Read about our work on oxrml.com/measuring-wh...
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Is there a scientific crisis in AI evaluations‽ We did the hard work of reviewing all recent AI benchmarks in top AI conferences. Amongst the 445 reviewed benchmarks, few offer rigorous evaluations of AI capabilities, making it difficult to actually track advances in the field and compare models.
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Is there a scientific crisis in AI evaluations‽ We did the hard work of reviewing all recent AI benchmarks in top AI conferences. Amongst the 445 reviewed benchmarks, few offer rigorous evaluations of AI capabilities, making it difficult to actually track advances in the field and compare models.
“Benchmarks underpin nearly all claims about advances in AI,” Andrew Bean @oii.ox.ac.uk told @theguardian.com. “But without shared definitions and sound measurement, it becomes hard to know whether models are genuinely improving or just appearing to.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Experts find flaws in hundreds of tests that check AI safety and effectiveness
Scientists say almost all have weaknesses in at least one area that can ‘undermine validity of resulting claims’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
“Benchmarks underpin nearly all claims about advances in AI,” Andrew Bean @oii.ox.ac.uk told @theguardian.com. “But without shared definitions and sound measurement, it becomes hard to know whether models are genuinely improving or just appearing to.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
News alert! Latest study from @oii.ox.ac.uk in collaboration with international researchers from leading global institutions finds that many of the tests used to measure the capabilities and safety of large language models (LLMs) lack scientific rigour. 1/4 www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
News alert! Latest study from @oii.ox.ac.uk in collaboration with international researchers from leading global institutions finds that many of the tests used to measure the capabilities and safety of large language models (LLMs) lack scientific rigour. 1/4 www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
New! Great piece by Tech and Science Post highlighting new research study examining partisan news sharing on social media platforms, lead author Dr @mmosleh.bsky.social, @oii.ox.ac.uk, co-authors Jennifer Allen and @dgrand.bsky.social. 1/2
techandsciencepost.com/news/other-s...
techandsciencepost.com/news/other-s...
Low-quality news links draw higher engagement, no matter the political slant online - Tech and Science Post
The spread of dubious headlines on social media isn’t just a right-wing thing—it’s a social media thing, according to new research from Cornell. After studying millions of social media posts containin...
techandsciencepost.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New! Great piece by Tech and Science Post highlighting new research study examining partisan news sharing on social media platforms, lead author Dr @mmosleh.bsky.social, @oii.ox.ac.uk, co-authors Jennifer Allen and @dgrand.bsky.social. 1/2
techandsciencepost.com/news/other-s...
techandsciencepost.com/news/other-s...
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We’re hiring! We’re seeking four Research Assistants to join the research group on digital ethics and defence technologies led by @rosariataddeo.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk. Full-time position, fixed term for three months. Find out more and apply: bit.ly/47l8NWf
November 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
We’re hiring! We’re seeking four Research Assistants to join the research group on digital ethics and defence technologies led by @rosariataddeo.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk. Full-time position, fixed term for three months. Find out more and apply: bit.ly/47l8NWf
NEW: In a recent Oxford-led study by @mmosleh.bsky.social, researchers analysed millions of social media posts containing links to news stories, across seven different social platforms.
Read the full research paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Read the full research paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
NEW: In a recent Oxford-led study by @mmosleh.bsky.social, researchers analysed millions of social media posts containing links to news stories, across seven different social platforms.
Read the full research paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Read the full research paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
OII researchers from the 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.
Learn more about the OII's involvement here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
Learn more about the OII's involvement here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
OII | OII researchers to explore LLM interpretability at EMNLP 2025
Researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute’s Reasoning with Machine’s Lab (OxRML) led by Dr. Adam Mahdi will attend the 2025 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP) ...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:16 AM
OII researchers from the 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.
Learn more about the OII's involvement here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
Learn more about the OII's involvement here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
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We are hiring! 4 fixed-term research assistants to work at @oii.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
Do apply if you work on any of these topics #DigitalEthics, #AIethics, #TechGovernance, #Cybersecurity, #Blockchain and #Crypto
IMPORTANT: We cannot sponsor a visa for this post.
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Do apply if you work on any of these topics #DigitalEthics, #AIethics, #TechGovernance, #Cybersecurity, #Blockchain and #Crypto
IMPORTANT: We cannot sponsor a visa for this post.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We are hiring! 4 fixed-term research assistants to work at @oii.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
Do apply if you work on any of these topics #DigitalEthics, #AIethics, #TechGovernance, #Cybersecurity, #Blockchain and #Crypto
IMPORTANT: We cannot sponsor a visa for this post.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Do apply if you work on any of these topics #DigitalEthics, #AIethics, #TechGovernance, #Cybersecurity, #Blockchain and #Crypto
IMPORTANT: We cannot sponsor a visa for this post.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
@newsweek.com cites the OII's @carlbfrey.bsky.social in a piece on Amazon's recent layoffs. Dr Frey states that Amazon "is freeing up cash to fund astronomical AI infrastructure spend—and AI, in turn, enables organizations to run leaner."
Read the full piece here: www.newsweek.com/amazon-cuts-...
Read the full piece here: www.newsweek.com/amazon-cuts-...
Amazon cuts 14,000 jobs In largest corporate layoff of 2025
Amazon said in a statement the job cuts would help reduce bureaucracy.
www.newsweek.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
@newsweek.com cites the OII's @carlbfrey.bsky.social in a piece on Amazon's recent layoffs. Dr Frey states that Amazon "is freeing up cash to fund astronomical AI infrastructure spend—and AI, in turn, enables organizations to run leaner."
Read the full piece here: www.newsweek.com/amazon-cuts-...
Read the full piece here: www.newsweek.com/amazon-cuts-...
“What we’re going to see more in the next few years is only a more sophisticated version [of algorithms] that [are] definitely more pervasive in the workplace,” said Dr Alessio Bertolini, researcher, @towardsfairwork.bsky.social, @oii.ox.ac.uk.
One in four workplaces in Europe is making decisions using algorithms or AI that will impact the working life of their employees. Unions say they’re struggling to negotiate worker rights.
How AI and algorithms are making decisions about work for you
One in four workplaces in Europe is making decisions using algorithms or AI that will impact the working life of their employees. Unions say they’re struggling to negotiate worker rights.
l.euronews.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“What we’re going to see more in the next few years is only a more sophisticated version [of algorithms] that [are] definitely more pervasive in the workplace,” said Dr Alessio Bertolini, researcher, @towardsfairwork.bsky.social, @oii.ox.ac.uk.
ICYMI: Listen to @helenmargetts.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk speaking to BBC World Service ’s Pick of the World programme about the power of social media as tool for collective action and its impact on democracy. Listen at 03m:20s–08m.18s. bit.ly/4nuKKcn.
Pick of the World - Is social media good or bad for us? - BBC Sounds
Social media and freedom of expression - where does one end and the other begin?
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October 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
ICYMI: Listen to @helenmargetts.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk speaking to BBC World Service ’s Pick of the World programme about the power of social media as tool for collective action and its impact on democracy. Listen at 03m:20s–08m.18s. bit.ly/4nuKKcn.
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Gaining autonomy, or risking predictability? Join Janaki Srinivasan from @oii.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk as she discusses the case of location-based gig work in India.
Get tickets here: cghr-29oct25.eventbrite.co.uk
#AlgorithmicGovernance
Get tickets here: cghr-29oct25.eventbrite.co.uk
#AlgorithmicGovernance
The Case of Location-Based Gig Work in India
Gaining autonomy, or risking predictability? Janaki Srinivasan discusses the case of location-based gig work in India.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Gaining autonomy, or risking predictability? Join Janaki Srinivasan from @oii.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk as she discusses the case of location-based gig work in India.
Get tickets here: cghr-29oct25.eventbrite.co.uk
#AlgorithmicGovernance
Get tickets here: cghr-29oct25.eventbrite.co.uk
#AlgorithmicGovernance
ICYMI: New interview with @carlbfrey.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk @oxmartinschool.bsky.social speaking to @cnn.com's Quest Means Business programme, about the K-shaped economy. Credit: CNNI. video.snapstream.net/Play/2zBmmTt...
Quest Means Business - The K-Shaped Economy: AI's Impact on Wages & Inequality
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October 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
ICYMI: New interview with @carlbfrey.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk @oxmartinschool.bsky.social speaking to @cnn.com's Quest Means Business programme, about the K-shaped economy. Credit: CNNI. video.snapstream.net/Play/2zBmmTt...