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Brent Mittelstadt

@bmittelstadt.bsky.social
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Professor of Data Ethics and Policy at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford and Principal Investigator at the Weizenbaum Institute. Founder of the Governance of Emerging Technologies research programme.

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Brent Mittelstadt @bmittelstadt.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
⏰ Job alert ⏰ My colleague @swachter.bsky.social is hiring a postdoc (36+ months) to work on governance of emerging technologies at the Hasso Plattner Institute and collaborating with me & @cruss.bsky.social at @oii.ox.ac.uk. Deadline: June 18, 2026 jobs.plattnerfoundation.org/HPI/job/Pots...
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Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x) in Technology and Regulation
Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x) in Technology and Regulation
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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 09/07/2025
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
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Brent Mittelstadt @bmittelstadt.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Very excited for this talk at @oii.ox.ac.uk with Prof. dr. Rainer Mühlhoff and Prof. dr. Hannah Ruschemeier on AI regulation. In-person and online registration is available here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social @hannahruschemeier.bsky.social
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OII | Updating Purpose Limitation for AI – a normative approach to AI regulation
In this talk, we present our interdisciplinary approach to AI regulation by updating purpose limitation for AI. We address a critical blind spot in EU digital legislation: the secondary use of anonymi...
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Brent Mittelstadt @bmittelstadt.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
One week left to submit your application! Apply to work with Prof Sandra Wachter at the Hasso Plattner Institute and collaborate with me and Chris Russell at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. @swachter.bsky.social @hpi.bsky.social @cruss.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk
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Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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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Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x) in Technology and Regulation
Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x) in Technology and Regulation
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Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
More on this see my work with @bmittelstadt.bsky.social and @cruss.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
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Do large language models have a legal duty to tell the truth? | Royal Society Open Science
Careless speech is a new type of harm created by large language models (LLM) that poses cumulative, long-term risks to science, education and shared social truth in democratic societies. LLMs produce responses that are plausible, helpful and confident, ...
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Collabra: Psychology @collabrapsychology.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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...
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Motivating Transparent Communications About Bias in Healthcare Technology Development
As healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) systems advance, their capacity for bias (e.g., as a function of patient protected characteristics) increases as well, and these limitations are often left u...
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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 07/05/2025
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
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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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Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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
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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.
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Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Come & work with me @hpi.bsky.social & @bmittelstadt.bsky.social & @cruss.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk I am looking for 3 post docs on the governance of emergent tech. CS: tinyurl.com/yr5bvnn5 Ethics: tinyurl.com/yc2e2km4 Law: tinyurl.com/4rbhcndp Application deadline is 15.06.2025.
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Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x) in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x) in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
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Brent Mittelstadt @bmittelstadt.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Disturbing news out of the US, Harvard has $2.3 billion in federal funding cut for refusing to shutter DEI initiatives. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... I discuss the fantasy of "merit-based" policies as a foil to equality and inclusion in this editorial: aire.lexxion.eu/article/AIRE...
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Brent Mittelstadt @bmittelstadt.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Out now in #AIRe, the Journal of AI Law and Regulation, my new editorial discussing the state of research on fairness in AI in an increasingly hostile geopolitical climate, and the need for European leadership going forward. Open access link: doi.org/10.21552/air... #AI #DEI @oii.ox.ac.uk
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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 14/02/2025
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...
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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 20/02/2025
ICYMI, here's Prof @swachter.bsky.social's outlook on AI developments this year. Listen to their timely discussion on the OII Podcast here: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/how-ai-being...
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