Sandra Wachter
@swachter.bsky.social
Professor of Technology and Regulation, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford https://tinyurl.com/3rkmbmsf
Humboldt Professor of Technology & Regulation, Hasso Plattner Institute https://tinyurl.com/47rkrt6c
Governance of Emerging Technologies
Humboldt Professor of Technology & Regulation, Hasso Plattner Institute https://tinyurl.com/47rkrt6c
Governance of Emerging Technologies
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Sandra Wachter
@swachter.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Limitations and Loopholes in the EU AI Act and AI Liability Directives: What This Means for the European Union, the United States, and Beyond
| Yale Journal of Law & Technology
tinyurl.com
My new work on AI:
Limitations & Loopholes in the EU AI Act & AI Liability Directives tinyurl.com/277c5xpe
Do large language models have a legal duty to tell the truth? tinyurl.com/3kzs777b
To curb hallucinations & protect science, we must use LLMs as zero-shot translators tinyurl.com/44m3h2p2
Limitations & Loopholes in the EU AI Act & AI Liability Directives tinyurl.com/277c5xpe
Do large language models have a legal duty to tell the truth? tinyurl.com/3kzs777b
To curb hallucinations & protect science, we must use LLMs as zero-shot translators tinyurl.com/44m3h2p2
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Thanks @newsweek.com Hugh Cameron 4 ft my work w/
@bmittelstadt.bsky.social & @cruss.bsky.social
on GenAI, hallucinations & “careless speech” www.newsweek.com/google-boss-...
@bmittelstadt.bsky.social & @cruss.bsky.social
on GenAI, hallucinations & “careless speech” www.newsweek.com/google-boss-...
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Thanks @newsweek.com Hugh Cameron 4 ft my work w/
@bmittelstadt.bsky.social & @cruss.bsky.social
on GenAI, hallucinations & “careless speech” www.newsweek.com/google-boss-...
@bmittelstadt.bsky.social & @cruss.bsky.social
on GenAI, hallucinations & “careless speech” www.newsweek.com/google-boss-...
Thanks @newsweek.com Hugh Cameron 4 ft my work w/
@bmittelstadt.bsky.social & @cruss.bsky.social
on GenAI, hallucinations & “careless speech” www.newsweek.com/google-boss-...
@bmittelstadt.bsky.social & @cruss.bsky.social
on GenAI, hallucinations & “careless speech” www.newsweek.com/google-boss-...
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Thanks @newsweek.com Hugh Cameron 4 ft my work w/
@bmittelstadt.bsky.social & @cruss.bsky.social
on GenAI, hallucinations & “careless speech” www.newsweek.com/google-boss-...
@bmittelstadt.bsky.social & @cruss.bsky.social
on GenAI, hallucinations & “careless speech” www.newsweek.com/google-boss-...
GenAI is extremely prone to hallucinate. If people use LLMs to ask questions they don’t know the answer to, how would they be able to spot a mistake? And now think what can happen if we implement these systems in areas where truth and detail matter e.g. investment decisions, stock market or medicine
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
GenAI is extremely prone to hallucinate. If people use LLMs to ask questions they don’t know the answer to, how would they be able to spot a mistake? And now think what can happen if we implement these systems in areas where truth and detail matter e.g. investment decisions, stock market or medicine
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⚠️ AI is seen by many as a promise of salvation for humanity. But what if this technology of the future hides authoritarian fantasies of power behind its shiny facade? Join this keynote by Rainer Mühlhoff (Uni Osnabrück) 👉 Register now: buff.ly/DNNizzn
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
⚠️ AI is seen by many as a promise of salvation for humanity. But what if this technology of the future hides authoritarian fantasies of power behind its shiny facade? Join this keynote by Rainer Mühlhoff (Uni Osnabrück) 👉 Register now: buff.ly/DNNizzn
Super excited to see my work on GenAI & subtle hallucinations or what we coin “careless speech” cited in @coe.int report. We need to think about the cumulative, long-term risks of “careless speech” to science, education, media & shared social truth in democratic societies.
tinyurl.com/44pjvrjp
tinyurl.com/44pjvrjp
The human line: safeguarding rights and democracy in the AI era
Strasbourg 20/10/2025
tinyurl.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Super excited to see my work on GenAI & subtle hallucinations or what we coin “careless speech” cited in @coe.int report. We need to think about the cumulative, long-term risks of “careless speech” to science, education, media & shared social truth in democratic societies.
tinyurl.com/44pjvrjp
tinyurl.com/44pjvrjp
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So that's teaching wrapped up for another year, next class start of March. Marking then writing then Kenya then writing... Will the bubble burst while I am drafting?
October 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
So that's teaching wrapped up for another year, next class start of March. Marking then writing then Kenya then writing... Will the bubble burst while I am drafting?
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“Medical staff did not give her any food, water, or pain medication for several hours. Much later that evening, after a significant loss of blood, Lucia was transported to an emergency room approximately an hour away, with her arms and legs shackled.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Pregnant women describe miscarrying and bleeding out while in ICE custody, advocates say
The ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing.
www.nbcnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“Medical staff did not give her any food, water, or pain medication for several hours. Much later that evening, after a significant loss of blood, Lucia was transported to an emergency room approximately an hour away, with her arms and legs shackled.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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EPA scientists linked PFNA with developmental, liver and reproductive harms.
Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but it has yet to be released by the Trump administration.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but it has yet to be released by the Trump administration.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
www.propublica.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
EPA scientists linked PFNA with developmental, liver and reproductive harms.
Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but it has yet to be released by the Trump administration.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but it has yet to be released by the Trump administration.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Reposted by Sandra Wachter
Super excited to see my work on the dangers of “careless speech”, subtle hallucinations & GenAI for science, academia & education or any areas where truth & detail matter w/ @bmittelstadt.bsky.social @cruss.bsky.social ft @elsevierconnect.bsky.social Mitch Leslie
tinyurl.com/4ms2mkub
tinyurl.com/4ms2mkub
Scientists Increasingly Using AI to Help Write Papers—for Better or Worse
tinyurl.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Super excited to see my work on the dangers of “careless speech”, subtle hallucinations & GenAI for science, academia & education or any areas where truth & detail matter w/ @bmittelstadt.bsky.social @cruss.bsky.social ft @elsevierconnect.bsky.social Mitch Leslie
tinyurl.com/4ms2mkub
tinyurl.com/4ms2mkub
Super excited to see my work on the dangers of “careless speech”, subtle hallucinations & GenAI for science, academia & education or any areas where truth & detail matter w/ @bmittelstadt.bsky.social @cruss.bsky.social ft @elsevierconnect.bsky.social Mitch Leslie
tinyurl.com/4ms2mkub
tinyurl.com/4ms2mkub
Scientists Increasingly Using AI to Help Write Papers—for Better or Worse
tinyurl.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Super excited to see my work on the dangers of “careless speech”, subtle hallucinations & GenAI for science, academia & education or any areas where truth & detail matter w/ @bmittelstadt.bsky.social @cruss.bsky.social ft @elsevierconnect.bsky.social Mitch Leslie
tinyurl.com/4ms2mkub
tinyurl.com/4ms2mkub
Scientists Increasingly Using AI to Help Write Papers—for Better or Worse
tinyurl.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Super excited to see my work on the dangers of “careless speech”, subtle hallucinations & GenAI for science, academia & education or any areas where truth & detail matter w/ @bmittelstadt.bsky.social @cruss.bsky.social ft @elsevierconnect.bsky.social Mitch Leslie
tinyurl.com/4ms2mkub
tinyurl.com/4ms2mkub
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Prof @swachter.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk comments about the worrying consequences that can arise if people are more likely to engage in unethical behaviour when using AI.
Read @the-independent.com article: ⬇️
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Read @the-independent.com article: ⬇️
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Why AI could make people more likely to lie
A new study has revealed that people feel much more comfortable being deceitful when using AI
www.independent.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Prof @swachter.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk comments about the worrying consequences that can arise if people are more likely to engage in unethical behaviour when using AI.
Read @the-independent.com article: ⬇️
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Read @the-independent.com article: ⬇️
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”
Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster
The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.
futurism.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”
Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
intereting work!
Why AI could make people more likely to lie
Coverage of our recent paper by THe Independent, with nice commentary by @swachter.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Coverage of our recent paper by THe Independent, with nice commentary by @swachter.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Why AI could make people more likely to lie
A new study has revealed that people feel much more comfortable being deceitful when using AI
www.independent.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
intereting work!
Reposted by Sandra Wachter
Why AI could make people more likely to lie
Coverage of our recent paper by THe Independent, with nice commentary by @swachter.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Coverage of our recent paper by THe Independent, with nice commentary by @swachter.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Why AI could make people more likely to lie
A new study has revealed that people feel much more comfortable being deceitful when using AI
www.independent.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Why AI could make people more likely to lie
Coverage of our recent paper by THe Independent, with nice commentary by @swachter.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Coverage of our recent paper by THe Independent, with nice commentary by @swachter.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Reposted by Sandra Wachter
full paper here: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Do large language models have a legal duty to tell the truth? | Royal Society Open Science
Careless speech is a new type of harm created by large language models (LLM) that
poses cumulative, long-term risks to science, education and shared social truth in
democratic societies. LLMs produce ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
September 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
full paper here: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reposted by Sandra Wachter
LLMs produce responses that are plausible but that contain factual inaccuracies. Its time for accountability! Precedents are established that companies are liable for answers they provide eg 2013 German Google case thx @financialtimes.com @johnthornhill.bsky.social for ft my work on.ft.com/46deNjr
How chatbots are changing the internet
As artificial and human intelligence becomes harder to tell apart, do we need new rules of engagement?
on.ft.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
LLMs produce responses that are plausible but that contain factual inaccuracies. Its time for accountability! Precedents are established that companies are liable for answers they provide eg 2013 German Google case thx @financialtimes.com @johnthornhill.bsky.social for ft my work on.ft.com/46deNjr
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It is unsurprising to me that models have different results but it doesn’t make the harm go away.
GenAI is a popular tool for people to inform themselves, tech companies have a responsibility to ensure that their content is not harmful. With big tech comes big responsibility tinyurl.com/3zwwnr7y
GenAI is a popular tool for people to inform themselves, tech companies have a responsibility to ensure that their content is not harmful. With big tech comes big responsibility tinyurl.com/3zwwnr7y
AI models are struggling to identify hate speech, study finds
A new study has found that AI content moderators are evaluating statements of hate speech differently which is a “critical issue for the public”, according to the researcher
tinyurl.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
It is unsurprising to me that models have different results but it doesn’t make the harm go away.
GenAI is a popular tool for people to inform themselves, tech companies have a responsibility to ensure that their content is not harmful. With big tech comes big responsibility tinyurl.com/3zwwnr7y
GenAI is a popular tool for people to inform themselves, tech companies have a responsibility to ensure that their content is not harmful. With big tech comes big responsibility tinyurl.com/3zwwnr7y
Thanks to the Independent & Harriette Boucher for including me, @oii.ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk
It is unsurprising to me that models have different results but it doesn’t make the harm go away.
GenAI is a popular tool for people to inform themselves, tech companies have a responsibility to ensure that their content is not harmful. With big tech comes big responsibility tinyurl.com/3zwwnr7y
GenAI is a popular tool for people to inform themselves, tech companies have a responsibility to ensure that their content is not harmful. With big tech comes big responsibility tinyurl.com/3zwwnr7y
AI models are struggling to identify hate speech, study finds
A new study has found that AI content moderators are evaluating statements of hate speech differently which is a “critical issue for the public”, according to the researcher
tinyurl.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Thanks to the Independent & Harriette Boucher for including me, @oii.ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk
It is unsurprising to me that models have different results but it doesn’t make the harm go away.
GenAI is a popular tool for people to inform themselves, tech companies have a responsibility to ensure that their content is not harmful. With big tech comes big responsibility tinyurl.com/3zwwnr7y
GenAI is a popular tool for people to inform themselves, tech companies have a responsibility to ensure that their content is not harmful. With big tech comes big responsibility tinyurl.com/3zwwnr7y
AI models are struggling to identify hate speech, study finds
A new study has found that AI content moderators are evaluating statements of hate speech differently which is a “critical issue for the public”, according to the researcher
tinyurl.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
It is unsurprising to me that models have different results but it doesn’t make the harm go away.
GenAI is a popular tool for people to inform themselves, tech companies have a responsibility to ensure that their content is not harmful. With big tech comes big responsibility tinyurl.com/3zwwnr7y
GenAI is a popular tool for people to inform themselves, tech companies have a responsibility to ensure that their content is not harmful. With big tech comes big responsibility tinyurl.com/3zwwnr7y
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I'm hiring again! Please share. I'm recruiting a postdoc research fellow in human-centred AI for scalable decision support. Join us to investigate how to balance scalability and human control in medical decision support. Closing date: 4 October (AEST).
uqtmiller.github.io/recruitment/
uqtmiller.github.io/recruitment/
Recruitment
uqtmiller.github.io
September 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I'm hiring again! Please share. I'm recruiting a postdoc research fellow in human-centred AI for scalable decision support. Join us to investigate how to balance scalability and human control in medical decision support. Closing date: 4 October (AEST).
uqtmiller.github.io/recruitment/
uqtmiller.github.io/recruitment/
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New! Prof @swachter.bsky.social, @oii.ox.ac.uk explains how AI chatbots don’t always speak the truth and why we all need to more vigilant in distinguishing fact from fiction. Read the full @financialtimes.com article by @johnthornhill.bsky.social: bit.ly/47KQhHA.
September 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New! Prof @swachter.bsky.social, @oii.ox.ac.uk explains how AI chatbots don’t always speak the truth and why we all need to more vigilant in distinguishing fact from fiction. Read the full @financialtimes.com article by @johnthornhill.bsky.social: bit.ly/47KQhHA.
LLMs produce responses that are plausible but that contain factual inaccuracies. Its time for accountability! Precedents are established that companies are liable for answers they provide eg 2013 German Google case thx @financialtimes.com @johnthornhill.bsky.social for ft my work on.ft.com/46deNjr
How chatbots are changing the internet
As artificial and human intelligence becomes harder to tell apart, do we need new rules of engagement?
on.ft.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
LLMs produce responses that are plausible but that contain factual inaccuracies. Its time for accountability! Precedents are established that companies are liable for answers they provide eg 2013 German Google case thx @financialtimes.com @johnthornhill.bsky.social for ft my work on.ft.com/46deNjr
How chatbots are changing the internet
As artificial and human intelligence becomes harder to tell apart, do we need new rules of engagement?
on.ft.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
LLMs produce responses that are plausible but that contain factual inaccuracies. Its time for accountability! Precedents are established that companies are liable for answers they provide eg 2013 German Google case thx @financialtimes.com @johnthornhill.bsky.social for ft my work on.ft.com/46deNjr