https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:49:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/the-public-should-reap-the-benefits-of-the-ai-boom-it-helped-build-new-study-argues/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:05:41 +0000 https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/?p=413486
Citizens are effectively ‘shareholders’ in AI – contributing money, data and public resources to its development – and should expect technology that improves their lives in return, according to OII researchers. ]]> https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/are-governments-ready-for-ai-agents/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:13:23 +0000 https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/?p=414280
To avoid breakdown, governments must both acknowledge the risks that agentic systems pose and have clear principles for taming the risks, according to the OII's Jonathan Rystrom. ]]> https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/dieter-schwarz-stiftung-and-the-university-of-oxford-renew-partnership/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/?p=413725
Dieter Schwarz Stiftung and the University of Oxford renew partnership on how we live work and govern in the AI era]]> https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/the-new-era-of-lawyerless-contracting/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:35:23 +0000 https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/?p=412843
Contract generators, platforms, and AI are reshaping consumer contracts. Luka Nenadic explains how and highlights the potential pitfalls and policy implications.]]> https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/how-social-media-interoperability-could-restore-user-choice/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:23:00 +0000 https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/?p=412820
Social networking interoperability is a leading policy proposal that gives users a real choice of platform providers. New evidence shows it only works if regulators get the specifics right, argues Philipp Riederle, doctoral researcher, OII.]]> https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/uk-adults-increasingly-seek-emotional-support-and-companionship-from-ai-new-report-finds/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:01:20 +0000 https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/?p=412576
New analysis from researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute reveals that users of artificial intelligence tools are increasingly turning to them for personal support, emotional advice, and companionship.]]> https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/ai-powered-social-media-can-subtly-manipulate-opinion-at-scale-new-study-finds/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:01:31 +0000 https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/?p=412570
AI tools used to generate, edit or contextualise social media posts can introduce hidden biases that spread through online networks and shape public opinion, according to new research from the OII and the Hasso Plattner Institute.]]> https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/keeping-europes-technological-choices-open/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:30:40 +0000 https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/?p=412600
In an age of AI chokepoints, Europe’s choices will depend on the capacities it builds now. The OII's Johanna Ballesteros and TUM Think Tank's DR Nicklas Berild Lundblad explain why.]]> https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/rethinking-eu-ai-policy-why-public-subsidies-for-ai-should-deliver-real-wellbeing/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:01:47 +0000 https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/?p=412549
A new working paper by OII researchers argues that EU technology policy should hold AI companies to account for actual public wellbeing, not just reduced risk.]]> https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/expert-expert-comment-is-banning-under-16s-from-social-media-protection-or-exclusion/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:06:56 +0000 https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/?p=412454
The OII's Dr Vicki Nash warns that a social media ban risks leaving teenagers 'protected' but disempowered, cut off from news, learning and support at the very moment the UK is preparing to give 16-year-olds the vote.]]>