Press Coverage

Health Care Bias Is Dangerous. But So Are ‘Fairness’ Algorithms

Wired, 08 February 2023

Medical systems disproportionately fail people of color, but a focus on fixing the numbers can actually lead to worse outcomes.

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Can AI curate art better than a human?

New Scientist, 07 February 2023

Watch the New Scientist interview with OII doctoral researcher Laura Herman talking about her goals and motivations behind The Algorithmic Pedestal exhibition and research project.

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Can new EU rules make gig work fairer?

Reuters, 07 February 2023

Gig workers using digital platforms hail European Union move to boost their rights.

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Deepfake AI generated fake people ‘more trustworthy’ than real humans as world facing new tech arms race, warns experts

The Sun, 05 February 2023

NONE of the people in the picture at the top of this article can be trusted. They look like anyone you could see down the shop, and are nearly indistinguishable from real humans.

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Science journals ban listing of ChatGPT as co-author on papers

The Guardian, 26 January 2023

The publishers of thousands of scientific journals have banned or restricted contributors’ use of an advanced AI-driven chatbot amid concerns that it could pepper academic literature with flawed and even fabricated research.

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Technologies of the future

Net New - Der Meta Podcast, 19 January 2023

In this episode, experts from business and research explain which new technologies will come our way in the next few years and how exactly we can already say today what the world of tomorrow will look like. [In German]

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Less hate, more clarity: Check out Pixstory, a new social-media app out of India

Hindustan Times, 23 January 2023

We’ve made our peace with doomscrolling. That’s just the way it is, we say — there’s bad news in the world; it comes at us in a steady stream; attached is a string of responses that are inane at best, violent and invasive at worst.

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Is the metaverse doomed?

Oxford Sparks Big Questions Podcast, 25 January 2023

Are we really just one VR headset away from paradise? Or is the metaverse doomed before it's even really got off the ground? We chat to Dr Bernie Hogan from the OII to find out if Big Tech's confidence in the metaverse might be misplaced.

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Is AI Eroding Our Ability To Think?

Forbes, 24 January 2023

Earlier this year OpenAI released ChatGPT, which showcased the ability of AI to write text, tell stories, and code to a pretty decent degree. The Algorithmic Pedestal' offered a more traditional take on AI-driven curation.

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Art and artificial intelligence collide in landmark legal dispute

The Financial Times, 21 January 2023

Getty Images and others are challenging AI companies’ use of copyrighted images to train their image-generating algorithms

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Fed up with facial recognition cameras monitoring your every move? Italian fashion may have the answer

CNN.com, 17 January 2023

he red-headed man wearing what looks like the ultimate Christmas sweater walks up to the camera. A yellow quadrant surrounds him. Facial recognition software immediately identifies the man as … a giraffe?

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‘It had just vanished’ – the shock when tech fails

BBC News Business, 17 January 2023

Natalie Brown had built her blog into a thriving business over the course of a decade, pouring heaps of effort into it. Then it disappeared. In this article, Prof Vili Lehdonvirta shares his insights on the upside of cloud technology.

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