The Institute for Ethics in AI

🗣️ Is this the moment for AI ethics? Everybody has AI on their mind. As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in our lives, questions about its impact are becoming impossible to ignore. How should AI be governed? Who is responsible when things go wrong? And what remains uniquely human in a world shaped by intelligent machines? In this video, Professor Edward Harcourt, Director of the Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford (@UniofOxford), reflects on why AI ethics matters. As AI continues to develop and be deployed across society, ethical questions cannot be treated as an afterthought. Human values, responsibility and informed judgement must remain at the centre of technological development. Professor Harcourt also explores one of the deepest questions raised by AI: what, if anything, is uniquely human? Watch the video ⬇️ #AIEthics #WhyAIEthicsMatters

🌟 We are delighted to announce that Peter Danenberg is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Ethics in AI and the HAI Lab. Peter collaborates with Professor Edward Harcourt and Professor @PhilippKoralus on an adaptive learning system designed to supplement the Oxonian tutorial relationship. Together, they are exploring whether large language models (LLMs) are capable of goal-directed, truth-seeking collaborative inquiry and whether they can ask the right questions to help people reason through their own philosophical positions. Learn more about Peter's work: oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/peter-danenberg

How can AI alignment be reimagined to better serve people and society? In this recorded fireside conversation from SXSW London 2026, Ambassador Audrey Tang and Dr Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green, Director of Research at the Institute for Ethics in AI, discuss an alternative vision for AI alignment grounded in democratic participation, ethical governance and civic technology. Together, they present the '6-Pack of Care', a framework that places cooperation, human dignity and collective stewardship at the centre of AI development and governance. ▶️ Watch the full conversation on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/6Vu24YJunPI

💡Who should decide the standards by which AI systems are assessed? In a new article for @just_security , Professor @IgnacioCofone argues that AI providers, rather than regulators, are increasingly setting the standards against which their own systems are measured. He examines the implications of this shift for AI governance, accountability and oversight and what regulators can do in response. Read the article: justsecurity.org/140955/handove…

✨ Ethical AI is about more than designing models to behave morally. A recent long-read in the @guardian on philosophy and ethics in AI quotes Professor Edward Harcourt, Director of the Institute for @EthicsInAI , on why ethical AI also depends on the political and economic structures that shape AI development. In the piece, Edward highlights the ethical importance of preventing 'excessive concentrations of data ownership' in a democracy. We are pleased to see the Institute represented in this wider public conversation on AI, ethics and the future of technology. University of Oxford Sharing @IasonGabriel ’s post below for the full feature. #AIEthics #WhyAIEthicsMatters

📣 Reminder: There is still time to enter this year's Bernard Williams Essay Prize. The Institute for Ethics in AI invites University of Oxford undergraduates to engage with one of the most pressing ethical questions in AI today as part of this year's Bernard Williams Essay Prize: ‘Should AI speech be limited?’ Submit your response for the chance to win up to £500 and help shape the conversation on the future of AI. Entries are now open. 🔗 Find out more and submit your essay: oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/bernard-willia…

📃 We are delighted to share that Milo Phillips-Brown (@itsmilopb), Honorary Research Affiliate at the Institute for Ethics in AI, has a new paper, 'Algorithmic neutrality', accepted for publication in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy. The paper was developed during Milo's time at the Institute as part of an Oxford research project. It explores the concept of algorithmic neutrality, examining whether neutrality is achievable and what it means for the role of algorithms in society. 🔗 Read the paper: philpapers.org/go.pl?aid=PHIA…

🎉 We would like to thank everyone who joined us in person and online for the Reimagining the Future of Work: Towards a Right to Shape AI conference on 25 June, hosted at the Digital Hub, @JesusOxford . The conference brought together policymakers, academics, business leaders and employee representatives to explore how we can shape the future of work through the democratic governance of AI. We were delighted to welcome distinguished speakers, including @Yolanda_Diaz_, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Economy of Spain; Nobel laureate Professor Daron Acemoğlu (@DAcemogluMIT); Professor Isabelle Ferreras (@Ferreras_Isa); Professor Jeremias Adams-Prassl (@JeremiasPrassl); @SamOltman; and many other leading experts from academia, government and industry. Their insights, together with the thoughtful contributions of our panellists and attendees, made for a day of engaging discussion on worker voice, human agency and the governance of AI. 🔗 Continue the conversation by exploring the booklets outlining the proposals discussed throughout the conference and by watching the plenary recording: oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/event/reimagin…

📢 Professor Edward Harcourt, Director of the Institute for Ethics in AI, reflects on Pope Leo XIV's (@Pontifex) encyclical on AI and explores why the uniqueness of the human does not need a theological foundation in his new blog, 'Three cheers for Magnifica Humanitas'. 🔗 Read the blog: oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/blog/three-che…

🎙️We are pleased to announce that the plenary session of ‘Reimagining the Future of Work: Towards a Right to Shape AI’ conference is now being livestreamed! Join us as we explore critical insights and discussions shaping the future of work and artificial intelligence, live from the Digital Hub at @JesusOxford. The plenary features keynote addresses from Yolanda Díaz (@Yolanda_Diaz_), Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Economy of Spain, Professor Jeremias Adams-Prassl (@JeremiasPrassl), Professor Isabelle Ferreras (@Ferreras_Isa) and Nobel laureate Professor Daron Acemoğlu (@DAcemogluMIT). Watch now: youtube.com/live/NywaHsAAB… #AI #FutureOfWork #AIEthics #OxfordUniversity #LiveStream #TechEthics

📄 Professor @IgnacioCofone, Professor of Law and Regulation of AI at Oxford's Faculty of Law (@OxfordLawFac) and the Institute for Ethics in AI, has recently published an essay in the California Law Review Online, 'Inference, Abuse, and the Limits of Privacy Law'. The essay examines why privacy law in the US and data protection law in the UK, which ask people to protect themselves by opting out and deleting their records, cannot effectively address the challenges posed by AI. Deleting your own records does little, because the prediction is built from patterns across many people rather than from one person's file. Commenting on recent research on data brokers, Professor Cofone argues that the harm they enable comes from inference: the capacity of distributed systems to reconstruct a person by combining scattered, incomplete data. 🔗 Read the full essay: californialawreview.org/online/inferen…

#SXSWLondon was a sparkling success!🌟 We learned a lot & enriched our collective wisdom for the common good.🙌 Watch me & @UniofOxford’s Caroline Green in our #CivicAI-focused, knowledge+ fireside.🔥 Learn ▶️civic.ai Discover ▶️nationalstrategy.uk #LLAP🖖

📄 Professor @IgnacioCofone, Professor of Law and Regulation of AI at @OxfordLawFac and the Institute for Ethics in AI, published an op-ed in @globeandmail examining Canada's proposed privacy legislation overhaul, "Can Ottawa save you from the scourge of surveillance pricing?". In the article, Professor Cofone argues that recognising inferred data as personal information is an important step, but not enough to protect individuals in the age of AI: 'C-36 does the hard thing most privacy laws avoid but then uses tools built for a different problem. Canada might end up ahead of Europe on privacy and still not protect you.' 🔗 Read the full article: theglobeandmail.com/business/comme…

🎙️ Dr Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green speaks with Professor @JeremiasPrassl and Professor @Ferreras_Isa in a new episode of the Accelerating AI Ethics podcast entitled 'Reimagining the future of work'. This episode explores future of work in the AI era, discussing workplace democracy, workers' participation and how technology can support fairer workplaces. 🎧 Listen to the podcast: youtu.be/cbnvfS3jMls The episode introduces some of the ideas and proposals that will be explored further at the upcoming 'Reimagining the future of work - towards a right to shape AI' conference on 25 June. 🔗 Register to join the conference online here: oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/event/reimagin…

Government challenges galore in the Age of AI!🌋 But human-centric solutions lie in ⿻Plurality, co-creation & our #CivicAI.🏋️ Great talking #TaiwanModel🇹🇼 & trustworthy public systems with Laura Gilbert. Watch our delicious #G4I2026 dialogue!🍿 #LLAP🖖youtu.be/kklzU03G_TM

🗣️ Dr Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green, Director of Research at the Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford, will be speaking at the @LaingBuisson Social Care Summit on 17 June on ‘How predictive AI is reshaping value and outcomes in social care’. The session will explore how predictive AI can help anticipate needs, improve outcomes, and support workforce capacity and efficiency across the care sector. 🔗 Learn more: laingbuissonevents.com/social-care-su…

🔔 Reminder: Join us for our Expert Insights Seminar with Professor @CassSunstein : Does artificial intelligence (AI) have rights? A plausible answer depends on the answer to another question: Is AI capable of experiencing emotions, such as sadness, pleasure, regret, anxiety, joy and distress? 📅 Thursday, 18 June 2026 ⏰ 5–6.30pm 📍 Online event 🔗 Register for the online seminar: oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/event/expert-i…

🎉 We are proud to announce that the Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford, is now an affiliate member of the International Association for Safe and Ethical AI (@IASEAIorg). IASEAI brings together organisations committed to advancing research, collaboration and dialogue on the safe and ethical development of artificial intelligence. 🔗 Learn more about our Institute and our mission: oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/about-the-inst…

📢 We are delighted to welcome Alejandro De Los Angeles (@delosangeles520) as an Academic Visitor to the Institute for Ethics in AI. Alejandro is a physician-scientist in training and interdisciplinary scholar whose work bridges artificial intelligence, neuroscience, stem cell biology, psychiatry and bioethics. His research explores the governance of advanced AI systems in medicine, including questions of AI-assisted clinical reasoning, machine consciousness, and the ethical integration of AI into healthcare. He also studies ethical and policy challenges associated with emerging human biological systems, including stem cell-based embryo models, neural organoids, and interspecies chimeras. Alejandro completed a DPhil in Psychiatry at the University of Oxford as a Clarendon Scholar, an MPH from Harvard University, and postdoctoral studies at Harvard, MIT, and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. He has authored research and policy scholarship published in leading journals including Nature, Cell, and Nature Methods. His current work focuses on developing ethical and governance frameworks for transformative technologies at the intersection of AI and the life sciences. Welcome to the Institute! 🔗 More information about the Institute: oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk

Dr Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green, Director of Research at the Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford, is taking part in this year's @DLDConference Health x BAIOSPHERE in Munich, where she is speaking onInvasive Brain Computer Interface Implantation: State of the Art and Future Perspectives. The programme also features Simon Jacob, Lorenzo Masia, Michael Mehringer, Bernhard Meyer and Georg Starke (Technical University of Munich). 🔗 Watch the live stream here: dld-conference.com