DPhil student Jake Stein @jmlstein.bsky.social has co-authored a report published in the Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social titled 'Missing Infrastructure: Semantic Data for Effective Scrutiny of Online Platforms'. Read the full report: theodi.org/insights/rep... @kelloggoxford.bsky.social

Missing Infrastructure: Semantic Data for Effective Scrutiny of Online Platforms

Mandated access alone does not fill the gap left by truly open research APIs, nor does it address the problems of consistency present in earlier regimes.

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Open Data Institute@odihq.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Online platforms once gave researchers broad access to data through academic APIs, but as the value of web data has grown, this access has been withdrawn. Our report argues that a fundamental shift from regulatory process to regulatory infrastructure is needed. Find out more.

1/ Another study about algorithmic wage-setting!! This one from Oxford and @workerinfox.bsky.social, analyzing 1.5 million Uber trips in the UK, shows how dynamic pricing has made the experience of driving for Uber much worse. arxiv.org/abs/2506.15278

Not Even Nice Work If You Can Get It; A Longitudinal Study of Uber's Algorithmic Pay and Pricing

Ride-sharing platforms like Uber market themselves as enabling `flexibility' for their workforce, meaning that drivers are expected to anticipate when and where the algorithm will allocate them jobs, ...

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I’ve been following this project for a while and am excited it’s finally out - a stark contrast from the opacity of the AI industry and demonstrates why it’s important to publish research openly, with methodological rigor and real insight into how training datasets are built

nitasha tiku@nitasha.bsky.social · last yr.

A lot of people say generative AI shouldn't infringe on copyright. These researchers actually tried to do it. The result: an 8 terabyte dataset of text that's openly licensed or in the public domain & 7 B parameter model that performs as well as Meta's Llama 7B www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

New - Oxford University research in partnership with @Workerinfox exposes deepening exploitation of Uber drivers by algorithmic pay www.workerinfoexchange.org/post/new-res...

New Research Exposes Deepening Exploitation of Uber Drivers by Algorithmic Pay

New Research Exposes Deepening Exploitation of Uber Drivers by Algorithmic Pay

workerinfoexchange.org

So pleased to finally release this project with @rdbinns.bsky.social and @workerinfox.bsky.social. There was (and continues to be) so much hard work put in by the WIE team to help workers access their data.

Reuben Binns@rdbinns.bsky.social · last yr.

New paper out today, accepted at #FAccT2025, led by Jake Stein and me: "Not Even Nice Work If You Can Get It; A Longitudinal Study of Uber's Algorithmic Pay and Pricing" arxiv.org/abs/2506.15278 Over the last 3 years, we've been working with @workerinfox.bsky.social to audit Uber's algorithms. 1/

@theguardian.com has shared research led by Assoc Prof Reuben Binns @rdbinns.bsky.social & DPhil student Jake Stein @jmlstein.bsky.social that shows many Uber drivers are earning less since a dynamic pricing algorithm introduced in 2023.‪ @workerinfox.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

UK Uber drivers’ earnings cut after secretive algorithm changes

Introduction of ‘dynamic pricing’ also coincided with company raising trip prices, researchers finds

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