Engineering and Technology, 27 September 2022
Global giants like Ebay and Amazon that set out to democratise the online economy have ended up replicating real-world business hierarchies. The challenge now is to ensure that they serve users’ interests as well as their own.
BBC Radio Oxford, 27 September 2022
Oxford academic Dr Rebecca J Syed Sheriff explains how engaging with arts online can have a positive impact on mental health in young people.
Wired, 20 September 2022
The encrypted messaging app is a haven for politically motivated vitriol, but users are increasingly bringing threats to targets’ doorsteps.
Jack FM, 22 September 2022
Oxford researchers have examined the impact on depression and anxiety in 16-24 year-olds, in partnership with the Ashmolean Museum.
The Guardian, 15 September 2022
Scientists are developing an AI system that aims to recreate the nuances of humour by laughing in the right way at the right time. The team behind the laughing robot, say the system could improve natural conversation.
Le Monde, 26 August 2022
The virtual worlds of online video games are subject to very real economic mechanisms. Every week, "Le Monde" looks at these miniature societies, real pixel laboratories for economists. This week: the war economy.
The Telegraph, 25 August 2022
A Silicon Valley start-up has been editing Indian voices out of customer service calls using artificial intelligence to make them “sound whiter”.
MIT Technology Review, 20 August 2022
Researchers have pinpointed the data might help to provide more clues about whether or not gaming is bad for our mental health.
Al Jazeera, 13 August 2022
Professor Vili Lehdonvirta shares his insights on the impact of the pandemic on the video games industry and the future of gaming.
Project Syndicate, 05 August 2022
Brazil’s statistics agency is refusing to include questions about sexual orientation and gender identity in its census, perpetuating the exclusion of queer people from official figures.
Middle East Eye, 11 August 2022
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Marc Owen Jones explains how governments and non-state actors use social media and digital technology to deceive and control citizens.
Business Insider, 31 July 2022
Former Google engineer Blake Lemoine said the company's AI bot LaMDA has concerning biases.
