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Sandra Wachter@swachter.bsky.social · 2w ago

Come and work with me @hpi.bsky.social – I am looking for 6 Teaching Assistants for my course “law education for engineers” – if you are interested in the regulation of new technologies – apply now – deadline: 18 August 2026 tinyurl.com/4zujhsa3

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Sandra Wachter@swachter.bsky.social · last wk.

Come & work with me @oii.ox.ac.uk I am looking for 2 Teaching Assistants for my course “Internet Technologies and Regulation” – super exciting opportunity for everyone who is interested in accountable AI and tech regulation. Apply now – deadline – 10 August 2026 www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/vacan...

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Sandra Wachter@swachter.bsky.social · last wk.

Come & work with me @oii.ox.ac.uk I am looking for 2 Teaching Assistants for my course “Internet Technologies and Regulation” – super exciting opportunity for everyone who is interested in accountable AI and tech regulation. Apply now – deadline – 10 August 2026 www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/vacan...

Come & work with me @oii.ox.ac.uk I am looking for 2 Teaching Assistants for my course “Internet Technologies and Regulation” – super exciting opportunity for everyone who is interested in accountable AI and tech regulation. Apply now – deadline – 10 August 2026 www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/vacan...

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Sandra Wachter@swachter.bsky.social · 2w ago

Come and work with me @hpi.bsky.social – I am looking for 6 Teaching Assistants for my course “law education for engineers” – if you are interested in the regulation of new technologies – apply now – deadline: 18 August 2026 tinyurl.com/4zujhsa3

Come and work with me @hpi.bsky.social – I am looking for 6 Teaching Assistants for my course “law education for engineers” – if you are interested in the regulation of new technologies – apply now – deadline: 18 August 2026 tinyurl.com/4zujhsa3

thank you @ox.ac.uk for featuring my latest work with @stratiss.bsky.social Kai Rawal @cruss.bsky.social and @bmittelstadt.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk

University of Oxford@ox.ac.uk · 2w ago

A new study led by @oii.ox.ac.uk has found that AI tools used to write, edit and contextualise social media posts can subtly steer public opinion - a form of influence that current regulation does not yet address. Read more ⬇️

New @oii.ox.ac.uk led study reveals how AI-powered social media can manipulate public opinion. Authors: @stratiss.bsky.social, Kaivalya Rawal, @cruss.bsky.social @bmittelstadt.bsky.social @swachter.bsky.social. Thanks for sharing @ox.ac.uk. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-07...

"Rather than naively assuming all AI innovation is socially beneficial, we should ask: what exactly does the public receive in return beyond access to a technology of dubious value?" @swachter.bsky.social writes. www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-...

The public deserves socially beneficial technology in return for its AI investment | Computer Weekly

It is important to understand that AI companies would not be successful without the public’s support. Our data, our land, our electricity, our water and our weakened fundamental and individual rights ...

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@oii.ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @univie.ac.at @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social @hiigberlin.bsky.social

Sandra Wachter@swachter.bsky.social · 3w ago

Huge thank you @financialtimes.com @johnthornhill.bsky.social for featuring our latest work “AI-Mediated Communication Can Steer Collective Opinion” w/ @stratiss.bsky.social Kai Rawal @bmittelstadt.bsky.social @cruss.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mrpat7x8 paper: tinyurl.com/53udbckj

Huge thank you @financialtimes.com @johnthornhill.bsky.social for featuring our latest work “AI-Mediated Communication Can Steer Collective Opinion” w/ @stratiss.bsky.social Kai Rawal @bmittelstadt.bsky.social @cruss.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mrpat7x8 paper: tinyurl.com/53udbckj

How much is AI hacking your emotions?

Disinformation and deepfakes are known risks but biased LLMs could also be used to influence public opinion

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Sandra Wachter@swachter.bsky.social · 3w ago

I am so excited to see my latest paper “AI-Mediated Communication Can Steer Collective Opinion” w/ @stratiss.bsky.social Kai Rawal @bmittelstadt.bsky.social @cruss.bsky.social feat @theguardian.com tinyurl.com/mpxsdc9x full paper: tinyurl.com/53udbckj

I am so excited to see my latest paper “AI-Mediated Communication Can Steer Collective Opinion” w/ @stratiss.bsky.social Kai Rawal @bmittelstadt.bsky.social @cruss.bsky.social feat @theguardian.com tinyurl.com/mpxsdc9x full paper: tinyurl.com/53udbckj

AI altering meaning of users’ drafts on issues from abortion to climate, study finds

Researchers say small changes in drafting could spread rapidly and create long-term shifts in public opinion

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ICYMI: Latest interview with @swachter.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk speaking to @johnthornhill.bsky.social @financialtimes.com about her new research which finds AI-powered social media can subtly manipulate public opinion at scale: www.ft.com/content/806d...

How much is AI hacking your emotions?

Disinformation and deepfakes are known risks but biased LLMs could also be used to influence public opinion

ft.com

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Sandra Wachter@swachter.bsky.social · 4w ago

My Op-ed: The public is in all but name a shareholder of AI companies. It is time that the public receives socially beneficial technology in return for its investment. @computerweekly.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3r4cckmv Paper: Optimising for Happiness in EU Tech Policy tinyurl.com/44cv5kd8

My Op-ed: The public is in all but name a shareholder of AI companies. It is time that the public receives socially beneficial technology in return for its investment. @computerweekly.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3r4cckmv Paper: Optimising for Happiness in EU Tech Policy tinyurl.com/44cv5kd8

The public deserves socially beneficial technology in return for its AI investment | Computer Weekly

It is important to understand that AI companies would not be successful without the public’s support. Our data, our land, our electricity, our water and our weakened fundamental and individual rights ...

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ICYMI 🎧Listen to @swachter.bsky.social and Kai Rawal @oii.ox.ac.uk's interview as they dive into their new study revealing how AI‑powered social media can nudge, shape, and sway public opinion and what that means for democracy. Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/44Rg...

Is AI Rewriting Our Opinions? And Can inDrive Build the Next Global Super App?

Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast · Episode

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New research from @oii.ox.ac.uk and the Hasso Plattner Institute finds AI-powered social media can manipulate public opinion at scale. Senior author @swachter.bsky.social. Read the news piece by @robert-booth.bsky.social @theguardian.com piece for full analysis.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.

AI altering meaning of users’ drafts on issues from abortion to climate, study finds

Great piece by techxplore highlighting new study from @oii.ox.ac.uk which finds finds AI-powered social media can steer public opinion. Read the full article: techxplore.com/news/2026-07...

AI-powered social media can subtly manipulate opinion at scale

AI tools used to generate, edit or contextualize social media posts can introduce hidden biases that spread through online networks and shape public opinion, according to new research from the Oxford ...

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News! Latest @oii.ox.ac.uk research finds that AI writing tools can subtly shift the direction of social media posts on contested topics, even when instructed to preserve the original meaning, and that these changes can accumulate and influence public opinion over time. 1/3

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Sandra Wachter@swachter.bsky.social · last mo.

Thanks so much @zeit.de @prvnzdpp.bsky.social for letting me be part of this profile & letting me share my views on the future of AI including my latest paper “Optimising for happiness in EU technology policy to repay public subsidies for AI” tinyurl.com/3k9mkdnh tinyurl.com/44cv5kd8

Thanks so much @zeit.de @prvnzdpp.bsky.social for letting me be part of this profile & letting me share my views on the future of AI including my latest paper “Optimising for happiness in EU technology policy to repay public subsidies for AI” tinyurl.com/3k9mkdnh tinyurl.com/44cv5kd8

Künstliche Intelligenz: Wie wird KI die Welt in fünf Jahren verändert haben, in zehn?

Das haben wir Menschen gefragt, die mit ihr arbeiten, wie wenig andere. Einer sagt: »Jeder wird intellektuell leistungsfähiger sein als die heutige Menschheit zusammen«.

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Sandra Wachter@swachter.bsky.social · last mo.

The public is in all but name a shareholder of AI companies, & yet is promised little in return to justify subsidies given on their behalf. In our new paper “Optimising for happiness in EU technology policy to repay public subsidies for AI,” we set out a plan for this to change tinyurl.com/2wsbtytr

The public is in all but name a shareholder of AI companies, & yet is promised little in return to justify subsidies given on their behalf. In our new paper “Optimising for happiness in EU technology policy to repay public subsidies for AI,” we set out a plan for this to change tinyurl.com/2wsbtytr

OII | Rethinking EU AI policy: why public subsidies for AI should deliver real wellbeing

A new working paper by OII researchers argues that EU technology policy should hold AI companies to account for actual public wellbeing, not just reduced risk.

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Their proposal: add a third pillar to EU AI policy, happiness, built on the psychological pillars of relatedness, competence and autonomy. Read the full article: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/rethinking-e... 3/3

The public effectively subsidises the AI industry through tax breaks, land, water and data access, and deregulation, yet is promised little measurable benefit in return. 2/3

📄 New working paper from @swachter.bsky.social, @bmittelstadt.bsky.social and Dr Daria Onitiu, @oii.ox.ac.uk: EU tech policy should hold AI companies to account for real public wellbeing, not just lower risk. 1/3

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Sandra Wachter@swachter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The geopolitical pressures risk watering down the AI Act with serious consequences for the economy at large. Geopolitics might have changed, but the harms of AI have not. Let’s not water down rules that keep us save - my interview @financialtimes.com @pollybindman.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5n7sabfe

The geopolitical pressures risk watering down the AI Act with serious consequences for the economy at large. Geopolitics might have changed, but the harms of AI have not. Let’s not water down rules that keep us save - my interview @financialtimes.com @pollybindman.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5n7sabfe

Banks and regulators clash over ‘black box’ AI credit risk

Rapid adoption of AI underwriting is outpacing regulation, leaving lenders exposed to compliance gaps

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My interview @fortune.com @oii.ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk

Sandra Wachter@swachter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Europe should focus on developing smaller, more efficient AI models, that run using smaller data centers rather than trying to match the scale of US frontier systems. This idea of racing is a narrative that plays into the hands of those that are developing those technologies tinyurl.com/5b3r2cf6