Sandra Wachter [email protected]

Professor of Technology & Regulation, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford

Humboldt Professor of Technology & Regulation, Hasso Plattner Institute

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

My new work

Limitations & Loopholes in the EU AI Act & AI Liability Directives https://t.co/T8IFXCdqeX

Do large language models have a legal duty to tell the truth? https://t.co/Tydl7QElFx

To protect science, we must use LLMs as zero-shot translators https://t.co/zRe1lQ2ySJ

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

@unipotsdam @thehertieschool @HumboldtUni @FU_Berlin @TUBerlin @univienna

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

Come and work with me @HPI_DE – 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
https://t.co/iDi02gyvVJ
@JWI_Berlin @hiig_berlin @WZB_Berlin

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

Come and work with me @HPI_DE – 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
https://t.co/iDi02gyvVJ
@JWI_Berlin @hiig_berlin @WZB_Berlin

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

thank you @UniofOxford for featuring my latest work with @stratis_ @KaivalyaRawal @c_russl and @b_mittelstadt @oiioxford @oxsocsci

[University of Oxford @UniofOxford]

A new study led by @oiioxford 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 ⬇️

[Oxford Internet Institute @oiioxford]

📚 New blog alert! Contract generators, platforms, and AI are reshaping consumer contracts. Luka Nenadic explains how and highlights the potential pitfalls and policy implications. Read the full piece: https://t.co/D17TxjEX9d

[Dorothea Baur (Dr.) @DorotheaBaur]

AI systems pose severe risks for society "but are sold predominantly on the basis that they enable economic growth and competitiveness". But "(e)conomic growth is no guarantee of economic equality, and yet many of the risks and costs of AI are socialised"
https://t.co/LhECULr7yP

[Oxford Internet Institute @oiioxford]

New @oiioxford study reveals how AI-powered social media can manipulate public opinion. Authors:
@stratis_, @KaivalyaRawal, @c_russl, @b_mittelstadt, @SandraWachter5. Thanks for sharing
@UniofOxford. https://t.co/AE3SIXTEA7

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

@JWI_Berlin @WZB_Berlin @algorithmwatch @univienna @hiig_berlin

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

Huge thank you @FT @johnthornhillft for featuring our latest work “AI-Mediated Communication Can Steer Collective Opinion” w/@stratis_ @KaivalyaRawal @c_russl @b_mittelstadt https://t.co/vkOFU96Ejh
paper: https://t.co/5LhkkP7a8N @oiioxford @risj_oxford @BKCHarvard

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

Huge thank you @FT @johnthornhillft for featuring our latest work “AI-Mediated Communication Can Steer Collective Opinion” w/@stratis_ @KaivalyaRawal @c_russl @b_mittelstadt https://t.co/vkOFU96Ejh
paper: https://t.co/5LhkkP7a8N @oiioxford @risj_oxford @BKCHarvard

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

@UniofOxford @oxsocsci @oiioxford @BKCHarvard @WZB_Berlin @hiig_berlin @thehertieschool @algorithmwatch @univienna

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

I am so excited to see my latest paper “AI-Mediated Communication Can Steer Collective Opinion” @stratis_ @KaivalyaRawal @b_mittelstadt @c_russl featured @guardian
https://t.co/9eHWrXjVov

full paper: https://t.co/5LhkkP7a8N

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

I am so excited to see my latest paper “AI-Mediated Communication Can Steer Collective Opinion” @stratis_ @KaivalyaRawal @b_mittelstadt @c_russl featured @guardian
https://t.co/9eHWrXjVov

full paper: https://t.co/5LhkkP7a8N

[Oxford Internet Institute @oiioxford]

ICYMI: Study: 38% open up to AI about relationships, finds new research from @oiioxford. Lead author Dr Florence Enock. Great piece @theDeepView. https://t.co/6PDF9KWq5c

[Oxford Internet Institute @oiioxford]

ICYMI: Latest interview with @SandraWachter5 @oiioxford speaking to @johnthornhillft @FT about her new research which finds AI-powered social media can subtly manipulate public opinion at scale. Lead author: @stratis_, co-authors: @b_mittelstadt @c_russl @KaivalyaRawal.

[Manuel Gomez-Rodriguez @autreche]

@AnderArtola just presented his 1st paper as an *oral* at @icmlconf! In the paper, he questions pay per token, the pricing used by @OpenAI, @AnthropicAI, and others, and it has been become even more timely in recent months! Check out his blog post at https://t.co/djf92hIsNF

[Dorothea Baur (Dr.) @DorotheaBaur]

"'It is not that the disappearance of a library led to a dark age, nor that its survival would have improved those ages,'... The fact that the library was allowed to die showed that the dark age had already arrived"
Fast forward to 2026: dark, very dark.
https://t.co/KsYIXTgHhg

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

@BernieSanders

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

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 https://t.co/o4z0D28jup
Paper: Optimising for Happiness in EU TechPolicy https://t.co/u4h0ebYB67

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

CC @JosephEStiglitz @AmartyaSen_Econ & Jean Paul Fitoussi

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

@ComputerWeekly and huge thank you @officialnhaynes for being such a great source of inspiration #StoneBlind

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

@NettaWeinstein @b_mittelstadt @DariaOnitiu

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

@UniofOxford @oxsocsci @OxGovTech @oiioxford @BKCHarvard @univienna @Cambridge_Uni @JWI_Berlin @WZB_Berlin @hiig_berlin @AJLUnited @algorithmwatch @AINowInstitute

[Sandra Wachter [email protected] @SandraWachter5]

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 https://t.co/o4z0D28jup
Paper: Optimising for Happiness in EU TechPolicy https://t.co/u4h0ebYB67