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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · Jul 9

Job alert! Come and work with us at @oii.ox.ac.uk. We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher working with @bmittelstadt.bsky.social and @cruss.bsky.social. Full-time position, starts 1 October 2025. Closing date for applications: noon, 30 July. Apply today: bit.ly/3TuJlGc #hiring

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Brent Mittelstadt @bmittelstadt.bsky.social · Jun 10

Very excited for this talk at @oii.ox.ac.uk with Prof. dr. Rainer Mühlhoff and Prof. dr. Hannah Ruschemeier on AI regulation.

In-person and online registration is available here:

www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

@rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social @hannahruschemeier.bsky.social

OII | Updating Purpose Limitation for AI – a normative approach to AI regulation

In this talk, we present our interdisciplinary approach to AI regulation by updating purpose limitation for AI. We address a critical blind spot in EU digital legislation: the secondary use of anonymi...

www.oii.ox.ac.uk

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Brent Mittelstadt @bmittelstadt.bsky.social · Jun 9

One week left to submit your application!

Apply to work with Prof Sandra Wachter at the Hasso Plattner Institute and collaborate with me and Chris Russell at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.

@swachter.bsky.social
@hpi.bsky.social
@cruss.bsky.social
@oii.ox.ac.uk

Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social · May 27

Are you interested in the governance of emergent tech?

Come & work w/ me @bmittelstadt.bsky.social & @cruss.bsky.social

We are looking for 3 Post Docs in
Law: tinyurl.com/4rbhcndp
Ethics: tinyurl.com/yc2e2km4
Computer Science/AI/ML: tinyurl.com/yr5bvnn5

Application deadline is June 15, 2025.

Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x) in Technology and Regulation

tinyurl.com

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Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social · May 27

Are you interested in the governance of emergent tech?

Come & work w/ me @bmittelstadt.bsky.social & @cruss.bsky.social

We are looking for 3 Post Docs in
Law: tinyurl.com/4rbhcndp
Ethics: tinyurl.com/yc2e2km4
Computer Science/AI/ML: tinyurl.com/yr5bvnn5

Application deadline is June 15, 2025.

Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x) in Technology and Regulation

tinyurl.com

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Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social · May 21

More on this see my work with @bmittelstadt.bsky.social and @cruss.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

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Collabra: Psychology @collabrapsychology.bsky.social · May 7

New in social psychology: Motivating Transparent Communications About Bias in Healthcare Technology Development, from Anna Tovmasyan, Alice Liefgreen, @swachter.bsky.social, @bmittelstadt.bsky.social and @nettaweinstein.bsky.social doi.org/10.1525/coll...

Motivating Transparent Communications About Bias in Healthcare Technology Development

As healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) systems advance, their capacity for bias (e.g., as a function of patient protected characteristics) increases as well, and these limitations are often left u...

doi.org

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · May 7

New! Latest study from @oii.ox.ac.uk reveals a concerning trend: easily accessible AI tools designed to create deepfake images, primarily targeting women, are rapidly proliferating. Read more: bit.ly/4kc1iVk 1/5

OII | Dramatic rise in publicly downloadable deepfake image generators

New Oxford study uncovers explosion of accessible deepfake AI image generation models intended for the creation of non-consensual, sexualised images of women.

bit.ly

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Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social · May 5

Come & work with me @hpi.bsky.social & @bmittelstadt.bsky.social & @cruss.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk

I am looking for 3 post docs on the governance of emergent tech.

CS: tinyurl.com/yr5bvnn5
Ethics: tinyurl.com/yc2e2km4
Law: tinyurl.com/4rbhcndp

Application deadline is 15.06.2025.

Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x) in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

tinyurl.com

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Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social · Apr 25

Great editorial by @springernature.com & @ehsanmasood.bsky.social on the inherent problems of AI & the myth that AI will always make things better - thanks for citing my work with @bmittelstadt.bsky.social nd @cruss.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41... @oii.ox.ac.uk @govtechoii.bsky.social

Computers make mistakes and AI will make things worse — the law must recognize that

A tragic scandal at the UK Post Office highlights the need for legal change, especially as organizations embrace artificial intelligence to enhance decision-making.

www.nature.com

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Brent Mittelstadt @bmittelstadt.bsky.social · Apr 15

Disturbing news out of the US, Harvard has $2.3 billion in federal funding cut for refusing to shutter DEI initiatives.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I discuss the fantasy of "merit-based" policies as a foil to equality and inclusion in this editorial:

aire.lexxion.eu/article/AIRE...

Editorial

aire.lexxion.eu

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Brent Mittelstadt @bmittelstadt.bsky.social · Apr 14

The Trump administration's war on diversity, equity, and inclusion is having a significant chilling effect on researchers, civil society, and tech companies which risks rolling back the significant progress made on fairness, bias, and equality in AI over the last decade.

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Brent Mittelstadt @bmittelstadt.bsky.social · Apr 14

Out now in #AIRe, the Journal of AI Law and Regulation, my new editorial discussing the state of research on fairness in AI in an increasingly hostile geopolitical climate, and the need for European leadership going forward.

Open access link: doi.org/10.21552/air...

#AI #DEI @oii.ox.ac.uk

Editorial

doi.org

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · Feb 20

ICYMI, here's Prof @swachter.bsky.social's outlook on AI developments this year.

Listen to their timely discussion on the OII Podcast here: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/how-ai-being...

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · Feb 14

NEW: Ep 5 of the OII Podcast, featuring @swachter.bsky.social and @bmittelstadt.bsky.social discussing the current state of artificial intelligence regulation, and what needs to change about how AI is governed by policymakers.

Listen here: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/how-ai-being...

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