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• How Segregated are We? Stanford Researchers Examine Exposure to Racial Diversity (hai.stanford.edu)
  Using GPS data to analyze people's movements, researchers find people’s day-to-day experiences are less segregated than traditional measure…
• Connecting Policymakers to COVID-19 Data, Research, and Insights (hai.stanford.edu)
  HAI and the Future Society have launched a global partnership to ensure data and research will be used to answer questions that matter.
• Is language the ultimate frontier of AI research? (hai.stanford.edu)
  It’s as rich as human thought and as a result is particularly difficult for AI to learn.
• Autonomous car research at Stanford (hai.stanford.edu)
  Researchers all over Stanford are working on our driverless future. From exploring complex ethics questions, to developing leading-edge tec…
• AI Companions May Worsen Loneliness for Vulnerable Users, Stanford Study Finds (hai.stanford.edu)
  Stanford research finds that users with limited social networks who seek emotional support from AI companions experience lower well-being.
• AI may help researchers unlock the deepest mysteries of the brain (hai.stanford.edu)
  Algorithmic systems appear to mimic our mind’s inner workings more closely than previously thought.
• Stanford Study Exposes Major Flaw in AI Mental Health Safety Testing (hai.stanford.edu)
  With increased use of chatbots in mental health contexts, AI developers now rely on human experts to evaluate AI’s responses for “safety” –…
• Today's AI Talks Like “Nobody.” New Research Gives It Real Personality. (hai.stanford.edu)
  PsychAdapter lets researchers dial in on personality traits, age, and mental health characteristics to generate text that sounds like real…
• Researchers Worldwide Compete to Shape the Future of AI in Organizations (hai.stanford.edu)
  More than 200 academic teams submitted proposals to the AI for Organizations Grand Challenge, exploring how artificial intelligence will tr…
• Stanford HAI Launches AI and Organizations Lab to Study Science of AI in the Workplace (hai.stanford.edu)
  The new center will examine AI's real-world impacts on jobs, teams, and organizational performance.
• Stanford Research Teams Receive New Hoffman-Yee Grant Funding for 2025 (hai.stanford.edu)
  Five teams will use the funding to advance their work in biology, generative AI and creativity, policing, and more.
• Squashing ‘Fantastic Bugs’: Researchers Look to Fix Flaws in AI Benchmarks (hai.stanford.edu)
  In evaluating thousands of benchmarks that AI developers use to assess the quality of their new models, a team of Stanford researchers says…
• Inside the AI Index: 12 Takeaways from the 2026 Report (hai.stanford.edu)
  The annual report reveals a field hitting breakthrough capabilities while raising urgent questions about environmental costs, transparency,…
• Universities Must Reclaim AI Research for the Public Good (hai.stanford.edu)
  With corporate AI labs turning inward, academia must carry forward the mantle of open science.
• Generative AI Is Helping Stanford Researchers Better Understand Brain Diseases (hai.stanford.edu)
  Synthetic brain MRI technology is supercharging computational neuroscience with massive data.
• Offline “Studying” Shrinks the Cost of Contextually Aware AI (hai.stanford.edu)
  By having AI study a user’s context offline, researchers dramatically reduce the memory and cost required to make AI contextually aware.
• AI Reshapes Global Power: Insights from Stanford HAI’s Congressional Boot Camp (hai.stanford.edu)
  The U.S must sharpen its competitive edge against China and invest in the talent pipeline, said a panel of security and technology experts.
• New Large Language Model Helps Patients Understand Their Radiology Reports (hai.stanford.edu)
  ‘RadGPT’ cuts through medical jargon to answer common patient questions.
• Digital Twins Offer Insights into Brains Struggling with Math (hai.stanford.edu)
  Researchers used artificial intelligence to analyze the brain scans of students solving math problems, offering the first-ever peek into th…
• A Framework to Report AI’s Flaws (hai.stanford.edu)
  Pointing to "white-hat" hacking, AI policy experts recommend a new system of third-party reporting and tracking of AI’s flaws.
• AI in Science and Medicine: A Deep Dive from the AI Index Report (hai.stanford.edu)
  HAI Associate Director Russ Altman discusses how artificial intelligence improves patient care and expands research capacity, as reported b…
• Managing Risks in AI-Powered Biomedical Research (hai.stanford.edu)
  How researchers are working to ensure AI accelerates medical breakthroughs without unintended harm.
• Stanford HAI Funds Groundbreaking AI Research Projects (hai.stanford.edu)
  Thirty-two interdisciplinary teams will receive $2.37 million in Seed Research Grants to work toward initial results on ambitious proposals.
• HAI at Davos: Key Insights on AI From the World Economic Forum (hai.stanford.edu)
  Stanford HAI faculty joined world leaders and policymakers to discuss AI trends, shifting U.S. policy, the future of diversity efforts, and…
• Can AI Hold Consistent Values? Stanford Researchers Probe LLM Consistency and Bias (hai.stanford.edu)
  New research tests large language models for consistency across diverse topics, revealing that while they handle neutral topics reliably, c…
• Stanford AI Projects Greenlighted in National AI Research Resource Pilot (hai.stanford.edu)
  Robotics and hospital computer vision projects receive NSF grants as part of an innovative pilot program to democratize AI research.
• How Much Research Is Being Written by Large Language Models? (hai.stanford.edu)
  New studies show a marked spike in LLM usage in academia, especially in computer science. What does this mean for researchers and reviewers?
• AI Index: Five Trends in Frontier AI Research (hai.stanford.edu)
  The new AI Index spots major advances in multimodal models, robotics, generative AI, and more.
• James Landay Recognized for ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award (hai.stanford.edu)
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• Legislation Will Bolster Public Sector AI Research (hai.stanford.edu)
  Stanford AI leaders gathered last week to discuss the National AI Research Resource, which gives academic and nonprofit researchers access…
• Researchers Use GPT-4 To Generate Feedback on Scientific Manuscripts (hai.stanford.edu)
  Combining a large language model and open-source peer-reviewed scientific papers, researchers at Stanford built a tool they hope can help o…
• AI Researchers Tap into Medical Twitter To Create Powerful New Analysis Tool (hai.stanford.edu)
  Stanford researchers discover a rich new data source in the anonymized pathology images and online comments of thousands of pathologists.
• A Consumer Reports for AI Services (hai.stanford.edu)
  Stanford researchers reveal the surprising heterogeneity of cost and accuracy in the machine learning as a service (MLaaS) market – and off…
• Police Facebook Posts Disproportionately Highlight Crimes Involving Black Suspects, Study Finds (hai.stanford.edu)
  New research funded in part by a HAI grant reveals that Facebook users are exposed to crime posts that overrepresent Black suspects by 25 p…
• HAI Policy Boot Camp: 5 Insights for Lawmakers (hai.stanford.edu)
  At HAI’s inaugural congressional conference, experts unpack what AI means for national security, the economy, healthcare, education, and mo…
• Percy Liang on the Center for Research on Foundation Models' First and Next 30 Years (hai.stanford.edu)
  In this podcast, two scholars discuss being 'weirded out' by GPT-3, unresolved questions in building best practices, and the future of CRFM.
• Three Trends in Stanford Robotics Research (hai.stanford.edu)
  In the latest industry brief, learn about how scholars are advancing more adaptive, assistive robotics and pushing forward autonomous techn…
• Hari Subramonyam: Making Human-Centered AI a Reality By Studying the Teams That Make it (hai.stanford.edu)
  As a HAI Faculty Fellow, Subramonyam hopes to bring together multidisciplinary experts to work on specific human-centered AI projects.
• Stanford Researchers Build $400 Self-Navigating Smart Cane (hai.stanford.edu)
  The cane, incorporating sensing and way-finding approaches from robotics and self-driving vehicles, could reshape life for people who are b…
• Stanford Team Develops a Blueprint for a National AI Research Resource (hai.stanford.edu)
  Scholars and students across disciplines outline how to build a resource to level computing and data barriers for academic AI research.
• Student Perspective: Designing a National AI Research Resource (hai.stanford.edu)
  JD/MBA student Chris Wan helped lead a Stanford Law School/HAI practicum that paired his passions in public policy and technology access.
• New Report Assesses Progress and Risks of Artificial Intelligence (hai.stanford.edu)
  The report, part of the AI100 project hosted by Stanford HAI, concludes that AI has made a major leap from the lab to people’s lives in rec…
• Introducing the Center for Research on Foundation Models (CRFM) (hai.stanford.edu)
  This new center at Stanford convenes scholars from across the university to study the technical principles and societal impact of foundatio…
• Stanford Scholars Build AI-Based Tool To Scrutinize COVID Research (hai.stanford.edu)
  CoronaCentral sorts through mountains of pandemic-related articles to help scholars and policymakers understand COVID’s impact.
• Stanford Researchers: AI Technologies Must Not Exacerbate Health Care Disparities (hai.stanford.edu)
  Medical devices employing AI stand to benefit everyone in society, but if left unchecked, the technologies could unintentionally perpetuate…
• Using Clinical Text to Combat Selection Bias in Medical Research (hai.stanford.edu)
  Stanford researchers identify clinically meaningful confounders of retrospective observational research in medical record text.
• AI Report: Competition Grows Between China and the U.S. (hai.stanford.edu)
  Trends in AI-focused research, talent, and funding make clear opportunities for global competition — and potential collaboration.
• Battery Research Gets Machine Learning Boost (hai.stanford.edu)
  The latest advance from a research collaboration with industry could dramatically accelerate the development of sturdier batteries for fast…
• AI Index Diversity Report: An Unmoving Needle (hai.stanford.edu)
  Stanford HAI’s 2021 AI Index reveals stalled progress in diversifying AI and a scarcity of the data needed to fix it.
• How to Build a National AI Research Resource (hai.stanford.edu)
  Stanford launches policy practicum to chart a course toward the democratization of AI.