Anthea Milnes
@antheamilnes.bsky.social
Head of communications and external relations at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford - collectively shaping the development of our digital world for public good.
A large-scale collaborative study by leading AI institutes, led by researchers from @oii.ox.ac.uk, finds many of the tests used to measure the capabilities and safety of large language models (LLMs) lack scientific rigour.
“Benchmarks underpin nearly all claims about advances in AI,” Andrew Bean @oii.ox.ac.uk told @theguardian.com. “But without shared definitions and sound measurement, it becomes hard to know whether models are genuinely improving or just appearing to.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Experts find flaws in hundreds of tests that check AI safety and effectiveness
Scientists say almost all have weaknesses in at least one area that can ‘undermine validity of resulting claims’
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November 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A large-scale collaborative study by leading AI institutes, led by researchers from @oii.ox.ac.uk, finds many of the tests used to measure the capabilities and safety of large language models (LLMs) lack scientific rigour.
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“Benchmarks underpin nearly all claims about advances in AI,” Andrew Bean @oii.ox.ac.uk told @theguardian.com. “But without shared definitions and sound measurement, it becomes hard to know whether models are genuinely improving or just appearing to.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Experts find flaws in hundreds of tests that check AI safety and effectiveness
Scientists say almost all have weaknesses in at least one area that can ‘undermine validity of resulting claims’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
“Benchmarks underpin nearly all claims about advances in AI,” Andrew Bean @oii.ox.ac.uk told @theguardian.com. “But without shared definitions and sound measurement, it becomes hard to know whether models are genuinely improving or just appearing to.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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@themedialeader.bsky.social highlights new insights from @manueltonneau.bsky.social, @deeliu97.bsky.social, Prof. Ralph Schroeder + Prof. @computermacgyver.bsky.social, whose have found that 16mn EU-based X users “do not have moderators for their language.”
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Social platforms' 'language blind spots' in content moderation bring brand safety concerns
A new study of recently mandated transparency data under the EU Digital Services Act found that millions of users of social platforms in the region post in languages without any human moderation.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
@themedialeader.bsky.social highlights new insights from @manueltonneau.bsky.social, @deeliu97.bsky.social, Prof. Ralph Schroeder + Prof. @computermacgyver.bsky.social, whose have found that 16mn EU-based X users “do not have moderators for their language.”
uk.themedialeader.com/social-platf...
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Alarmist discourse about the effect of generative AI on elections risks distorting policy, damaging trust, and distracting from the real issues. Read the latest @oii.ox.ac.uk blog post from @felixsimon.bsky.social and @sachaltay.bsky.social
New blog! ‘Consequences of a skewed discourse around generative AI and elections’. Read why @felixsimon.bsky.social, @oii.ox.ac.uk and @sachaltay.bsky.social, University of Zurich, believe claims about the impact of generative AI on elections have been overblown: bit.ly/46YTZg7 1/2
July 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Alarmist discourse about the effect of generative AI on elections risks distorting policy, damaging trust, and distracting from the real issues. Read the latest @oii.ox.ac.uk blog post from @felixsimon.bsky.social and @sachaltay.bsky.social
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How harmful is GenAI around elections? Will it trigger a misinformation apocalypse and upend elections?
I am happy to finally be able to share @sachaltay.bsky.social & my answers to these and other questions on which we have been working for a year and which is now out via @knightcolumbia.org
I am happy to finally be able to share @sachaltay.bsky.social & my answers to these and other questions on which we have been working for a year and which is now out via @knightcolumbia.org
July 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
How harmful is GenAI around elections? Will it trigger a misinformation apocalypse and upend elections?
I am happy to finally be able to share @sachaltay.bsky.social & my answers to these and other questions on which we have been working for a year and which is now out via @knightcolumbia.org
I am happy to finally be able to share @sachaltay.bsky.social & my answers to these and other questions on which we have been working for a year and which is now out via @knightcolumbia.org
Researchers from @oii.ox.ac.uk propose a "backward-walking" approach to risk management for LLMs in medicine, considering potential risks, use cases and trade offs to formulate intended use.
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
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...
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July 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Researchers from @oii.ox.ac.uk propose a "backward-walking" approach to risk management for LLMs in medicine, considering potential risks, use cases and trade offs to formulate intended use.
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Are we focusing on the wrong things when it comes to US-China AI competition? What is anthropomorphic AI? And is the new Pope a gamer?
The OII community tells all. #OIIBeyondtheBooks @graduate.ox.ac.uk @studyatoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk
The OII community tells all. #OIIBeyondtheBooks @graduate.ox.ac.uk @studyatoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk
June 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Are we focusing on the wrong things when it comes to US-China AI competition? What is anthropomorphic AI? And is the new Pope a gamer?
The OII community tells all. #OIIBeyondtheBooks @graduate.ox.ac.uk @studyatoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk
The OII community tells all. #OIIBeyondtheBooks @graduate.ox.ac.uk @studyatoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk
The Oxford Internet Institute will be at #FAccT2024, contributing to key conversations on fairness, accountability and transparency in AI.
At #FAccT2025, OII DPhil students and researchers are presenting 7 peer-reviewed papers tackling urgent challenges in AI, from cultural bias and deepfakes to sustainability and global governance. 🧵1/8
🔗 Read the full story here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
🔗 Read the full story here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
OII | From algorithmic fairness to LLM values, Oxford researchers offer paths to more human-centred AI at FAccT
OII researchers are set to attend the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency (FAccT) 2025.
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June 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The Oxford Internet Institute will be at #FAccT2024, contributing to key conversations on fairness, accountability and transparency in AI.
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Delighted to host our Summer Meeting with researchers from @oii.ox.ac.uk and the Technical University of Munich last week. Fantastic couple of days with over forty researchers taking part in lively discussions and ideas generation. Thankyou for visiting!
June 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Delighted to host our Summer Meeting with researchers from @oii.ox.ac.uk and the Technical University of Munich last week. Fantastic couple of days with over forty researchers taking part in lively discussions and ideas generation. Thankyou for visiting!
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Meet Emily and Jenna, MSc students at the Oxford Internet Institute, who share interesting and unexpected facts about their research into life online, and why the OII was their ideal place to pursue postgraduate studies.
#OIIBeyondtheBooks
#OIIBeyondtheBooks
June 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Meet Emily and Jenna, MSc students at the Oxford Internet Institute, who share interesting and unexpected facts about their research into life online, and why the OII was their ideal place to pursue postgraduate studies.
#OIIBeyondtheBooks
#OIIBeyondtheBooks
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New! Interesting piece from @carlbfrey.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk writing for @elpais.com discussing Trump’s economic policies and their impact on the US’s tech leadership.
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La destrucción del liderazgo tecnológico de EE UU
Las políticas de Trump parecen diseñadas para desmantelar los pilares que han dado al país una gran ventaja competitiva
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June 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
New! Interesting piece from @carlbfrey.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk writing for @elpais.com discussing Trump’s economic policies and their impact on the US’s tech leadership.
elpais.com/economia/neg...
elpais.com/economia/neg...
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New! Latest study from @oii.ox.ac.uk researchers Franziska Sofia Hafner, @anavaldi.bsky.social and @rocher.lc shows how AI language models encode a flawed understanding of gender. This poses risks for transgender, nonbinary, and cisgender individuals, particularly with AI used in health tech. 1/5
May 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM
New! Latest study from @oii.ox.ac.uk researchers Franziska Sofia Hafner, @anavaldi.bsky.social and @rocher.lc shows how AI language models encode a flawed understanding of gender. This poses risks for transgender, nonbinary, and cisgender individuals, particularly with AI used in health tech. 1/5
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Why does progress stall—and what can we do about it?
Thrilled to announce that my new book, How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations, will be published with @princetonupress.bsky.social on September 16, 2025.
Pre-order it here: hubs.ly/Q03hjRMr0
Thrilled to announce that my new book, How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations, will be published with @princetonupress.bsky.social on September 16, 2025.
Pre-order it here: hubs.ly/Q03hjRMr0
May 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Why does progress stall—and what can we do about it?
Thrilled to announce that my new book, How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations, will be published with @princetonupress.bsky.social on September 16, 2025.
Pre-order it here: hubs.ly/Q03hjRMr0
Thrilled to announce that my new book, How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations, will be published with @princetonupress.bsky.social on September 16, 2025.
Pre-order it here: hubs.ly/Q03hjRMr0
🚨 New research led by Will Hawkins @oiioxford reveals a surge in publicly available deepfake image generators with nearly 35,000 model variants downloaded almost 15 million times since late 2022. Many are used to create non-consensual explicit images of women.
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.
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May 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🚨 New research led by Will Hawkins @oiioxford reveals a surge in publicly available deepfake image generators with nearly 35,000 model variants downloaded almost 15 million times since late 2022. Many are used to create non-consensual explicit images of women.
👾 Gaming can be energising or exhausting, social or isolating, empowering or frustrating. A new study led by Dr Nick Ballou @nballou.bsky.social at @oii.ox.ac.uk shows it all depends on the context.
April 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
👾 Gaming can be energising or exhausting, social or isolating, empowering or frustrating. A new study led by Dr Nick Ballou @nballou.bsky.social at @oii.ox.ac.uk shows it all depends on the context.
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Great piece @adamndsmith.com @reuters.com
on the (il)legality of using FTF at Pride under the AI Act, incl a quote from me www.context.news/ai/will-hung... @oii.ox.ac.uk
on the (il)legality of using FTF at Pride under the AI Act, incl a quote from me www.context.news/ai/will-hung... @oii.ox.ac.uk
Will Hungary use facial recognition at Pride and is it legal? | Context by TRF
Hungary's threat to use facial recognition at Pride events sets it on collision course with the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act
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April 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Great piece @adamndsmith.com @reuters.com
on the (il)legality of using FTF at Pride under the AI Act, incl a quote from me www.context.news/ai/will-hung... @oii.ox.ac.uk
on the (il)legality of using FTF at Pride under the AI Act, incl a quote from me www.context.news/ai/will-hung... @oii.ox.ac.uk
Why do some start-ups thrive while others fail? Dr Fabian Braesemann of the Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk and Professor Paul X McCarthy @paulxmccarthy.bsky.social explore what the data show about the traits of successful founders in the latest episode of the OII Podcast.
NEW EPISODE OF THE OII PODCAST: Dr Fabian Braesemann and Prof. @paulxmccarthy.bsky.social discuss the impact of founder personalities on startup success, and what factors can help us predict which startups will succeed.
Listen to the full episode here: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/science-behi...
Listen to the full episode here: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/science-behi...
April 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Why do some start-ups thrive while others fail? Dr Fabian Braesemann of the Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk and Professor Paul X McCarthy @paulxmccarthy.bsky.social explore what the data show about the traits of successful founders in the latest episode of the OII Podcast.
Congrats to the Fairwork programme @towardsfairwork.bsky.social led by Prof Mark Graham of the Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk - highly commended in Oxford's Social Sciences @socsci.ox.ac.uk Impact Awards for their work to improve conditions for platform economy workers across continents.
👏Through engagement with companies, policymakers & organised labour, the action-research project @towardsfairwork.bsky.social (launched by @oii.ox.ac.uk's @geoplace.bsky.social & colleagues) has improved the lives of millions of workers across four continents since 2021 #SocialSciencesImpactAwards
March 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Congrats to the Fairwork programme @towardsfairwork.bsky.social led by Prof Mark Graham of the Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk - highly commended in Oxford's Social Sciences @socsci.ox.ac.uk Impact Awards for their work to improve conditions for platform economy workers across continents.
In yesterday's Guardian, how tech experts keep their kids safe online, including expert comment by @katyahe.bsky.social of the @oii.ox.ac.uk www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘Kids can bypass anything if they’re clever enough!’ How tech experts keep their children safe online
From hacking screen time settings to bypassing website restrictions, young people make responsible parenting in the age of tech feel like a game of whack-a-mole. Here’s how to do it successfully
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March 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In yesterday's Guardian, how tech experts keep their kids safe online, including expert comment by @katyahe.bsky.social of the @oii.ox.ac.uk www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Meta recently announced plans to build the world's longest undersea cable. But what does this mean for digital infrastructure and geopolitics? Professor Vili Lehdonvirta & Anniki Mikelsaar explore the issues in this new blog post from @oii.ox.ac.uk
Meta's Project Waterworth: Building the world's longest submarine cable. But what does it mean? Prof. Vili Lehdonvirta & Anniki Mikelsaar explore the implications.
Key takeaways: Big Tech's growing infrastructure control, US economic power, and resilient new routes. www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
Key takeaways: Big Tech's growing infrastructure control, US economic power, and resilient new routes. www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
OII | What Meta’s plan to build the world’s longest undersea cable means for digital infrastructure and geopolitics
Meta recently announced its plan to build the world’s longest submarine cable system. The OII’s Professor Vili Lehdonvirta and DPhil candidate Anniki Mikelsaar ask what geopolitical and economic signi...
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March 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Meta recently announced plans to build the world's longest undersea cable. But what does this mean for digital infrastructure and geopolitics? Professor Vili Lehdonvirta & Anniki Mikelsaar explore the issues in this new blog post from @oii.ox.ac.uk
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Congratulations to @oii.ox.ac.uk alumnus Lofred Madzou and team on the launch of the African Olympiad Academy (AOA). A great initiative set up to nurture the top Math & Science talent from across the continent. All the very best for your new venture! Find out more: bit.ly/4h853co
African Olympiad Academy (Foundation)
The African Olympiad Academy aims to develop nascent Math and Science talent from Africa into engaged, globally-competitive problem solvers with a deep commitment to the continent.
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March 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Congratulations to @oii.ox.ac.uk alumnus Lofred Madzou and team on the launch of the African Olympiad Academy (AOA). A great initiative set up to nurture the top Math & Science talent from across the continent. All the very best for your new venture! Find out more: bit.ly/4h853co
How do we ensure AI systems are fair, safe and accountable? @swachter.bsky.social and @bmittelstadt.bsky.social of @oii.ox.ac.uk consider the challenges involved in regulating complex technologies and the risks of leaving big decisions to tech giants in the new episode of the OII podcast.
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...
Listen here: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/how-ai-being...
February 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
How do we ensure AI systems are fair, safe and accountable? @swachter.bsky.social and @bmittelstadt.bsky.social of @oii.ox.ac.uk consider the challenges involved in regulating complex technologies and the risks of leaving big decisions to tech giants in the new episode of the OII podcast.
Who are the ghost workers powering AI, and how can we safeguard their rights? Interesting interview with Mark Graham @geoplace.bsky.social of the Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk
Here’s a short interview I did about the hidden human labour behind AI.
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EU law 'last best hope' to protect ghost workers feeding AI | Context
New European rules could deliver more equitable future for the hidden labour powering AI
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February 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Who are the ghost workers powering AI, and how can we safeguard their rights? Interesting interview with Mark Graham @geoplace.bsky.social of the Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk
Professor Mariarosaria Taddeo @rosariataddeo.bsky.social steers us through the ethical minefield of AI in defence in the latest OII interview.
New! In Conversation with @rosariataddeo.bsky.social, @oiioxford.bsky.social discussing the ethics of AI in defence. Read the full interview: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... #aiethics #defence
OII | The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Defence
In Conversation with Professor Mariarosaria Taddeo, Oxford Internet Institute discussing the ethics of AI in defence.
www.oii.ox.ac.uk
February 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Professor Mariarosaria Taddeo @rosariataddeo.bsky.social steers us through the ethical minefield of AI in defence in the latest OII interview.