Governance of Emerging Technologies

Digital tool that personalises antidepressant treatment significantly An AI-driven tool that tailors antidepressant treatment to individual patients was shown to improve outcomes for people with depression, compared to standard treatment, in a major international trial.

NEW: An AI-driven tool that tailors antidepressant treatment to individual patients was shown to improve outcomes for people with depression, compared to standard treatment, in a major international trial.

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Huge thanks to all the chairs and panellists who generously gave their time and insights, and who made the discussions so thoughtful.

Really grateful to all the students who attended and everyone who helped make the day possible, especially Ellen Mobbs 👏

Researchers attending include DPhil students Andrew Bean, Ryan Brown, Franziska Sofia Hafner, @ryanothnielkearns.bsky.social , Harry Mayne and Kaivalya Rawal; Shreyanash Padarha, Research Assistant and faculty members @computermacgyver.bsky.social Adam Mahdi, @rocher.lc and Chris Russell. 2/2

My interview @euronews.com & Alice Carnevali - @oii.ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk

Still time to apply to work with me @ox.ac.uk @oii.ox.ac.uk - deadline 4 August!

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

OII | LLMs in medicine require new forms of risk management, according to Oxford researchers Whether it is merely long-term hype or near-term reality, Large Language Models (LLMs) in medicine are well-positioned to engage with a wide range of medical tasks and be used for medical research pur...

NEW: LLMs in medicine require new forms of risk management, according to @oii.ox.ac.uk researchers Dr Daria Onitiu, @swachter.bsky.social and @bmittelstadt.bsky.social. Read the blog post: 1/3 bit.ly/4lpzZrp

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Juristin: "Wer sein Smartphone öffnet, gibt sein Tagebuch ab" Laut Datenethikerin und Juristin Sandra Wachter liegt die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass eine KI wie ChatGPT falsch antwortet, zwischen 60 und 80 Prozent

16.06.2025: Interview des STANDARD zur Thematik „Desinformation“ mit Datenethikerin und Juristin @swachter.bsky.social

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Interesting opinion piece by @guardianheather.bsky.social @theguardian.com citing @swachter.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk's perspective on flawed LLMs and the proliferation of invented content.

How AI deepfake voice scams are becoming the most insidious threat on the internet Most deepfake programmes need only one picture to create a semi-believable facial model, and experts say AI can make voices indistinguishable from the real thing with just a few minutes of audio. This...

They made Will Smith eat spaghetti. What can AI make you do?

‘Personal misinformation’ is growing, fuelled by bad actors, but also by our own habits.

Spoke to @lilianedwards.bsky.social and @swachter.bsky.social for this piece in @the-independent.com

www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-deep...

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ICYMI: "The insurer knows everything about me, and I know nothing about the insurance company", @swachter.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk told the House of Commons Treasury Committee yesterday. Watch the recording of the meeting on parliamentlive.tv: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/... #AI #AIethics

Wake up call for AI: computer-vision research increasingly used for surveillance One analysis suggests that 90% of studies in the field involve data relating to humans.

@swachter.bsky.social: extracting data from images is not good or bad, but it can be used in different ways.

“The knife can be used to cut bread, or you can stab somebody with it. It’s the job of policymakers to make sure that we feed people and not stab them.”

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Last call: 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
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Deadline is June 15, 2025

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...

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.

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

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.

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