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

🎉 Congratulations to our Director of Research, Dr Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green, on being selected as a @UNESCO Young Leader!

We are delighted to share that Dr Green has been selected as one of 50 emerging leaders from around the world, from nearly 6,800 applicants, to join the second edition of the Youth for Peace: UNESCO Intercultural Leadership Programme.

The programme brings together young leaders committed to strengthening human connection, intercultural dialogue and inclusion in the age of artificial intelligence.

As part of the programme, Dr Green will explore intercultural understandings of caregiving and AI, examining how AI can support, rather than harm, caregiving relationships across diverse communities.

Her project reflects a central concern of our work at the Institute for Ethics in AI: ensuring that AI is developed and used in ways that respect human relationships, values and cultural diversity.

👏 Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition! We look forward to seeing how this important work develops over the coming year.

🔗 Learn more about the programme and its 50 emerging leaders: unesco.org/en/articles/50…

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📣 Our Lunchtime Research Seminars begin tomorrow with Dr Elif Biber, who will present her paper 'A Rights-Based Inter-Legal Approach to Artificial Intelligence.'

📅 Wednesday 14 October | 12:30–1:30pm
📍The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

🔗 Register: oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/event/rights-b…

The UK could become a global hub for AI copyright licensing.

A new report, authored under the Accelerator Fellowship Programme at the Institute for Ethics In AI, sets out how fair licensing could protect creators and support AI innovation. 

Read more: oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/news/uk-could-…

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Reminder: 📢 There is still time to submit your abstract for #WeRobot27! 🕒The deadline for abstract submissions is 5 October 2026.

Taking place in Oxford on 22–24 April 2027, and chaired by Dr Keri Grieman, We Robot 2027 brings together academics, policymakers, business leaders and the wider expert community to explore current and future challenges in robotics and AI policy.

If you would like to contribute to the conversation, we would be delighted to hear from you.

🕒 Submit your abstract by 5 October: oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/we-robot-2027

We would also like to thank our sponsors for their support: Institute for Ethics in AI, Accelerator Fellowship Programme of the Institute for Ethics in AI, @miamiuniversity , Robotics & AI Law Society - RAILS and @TechPolicyLab .

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