Artificial intelligence

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Stanford Impact Labs —

Rob Reich talks AI safety

Reich explains his new role serving as senior advisor to the U.S. AI Safety Institute and how he’ll use his background as a philosopher to approach his work.

3D augmented reality with regular glasses

Combining advances in display technologies, holographic imaging, and artificial intelligence, engineers at Stanford say they have produced a leap forward for augmented reality.

Stanford Graduate School of Education —

A push for AI literacy

Stanford Graduate School of Education Dean Dan Schwartz and others joined The Tech Interactive for an event focused on how to use AI in the classroom.

Stanford HAI —

The state of AI in 13 charts

Foundation models dominate, benchmarks fall, and prices skyrocket: Check out highlights from the newly released report tracking global trends in artificial intelligence.

Stanford HAI —

Generative AI and the social divide

The growing threat of disinformation leads people not only to believe in falsehoods, says Nate Persily, but also to disbelieve in facts.

Stanford Engineering —

The future of computer music

“The worry isn’t just that we as artists would be replaced by generative AI,” says Ge Wang. “It’s that we might be replaced by something far more generic and far less interesting.”

Stanford Medicine —

Generative AI develops potential antibiotics

By creating recipes for drugs that target antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a new model is teaching scientists about “a chemical space humans just haven’t explored before.”

Stanford Graduate School of Business —

How to talk to ChatGPT

The trick to working with a bot is to think of it as a collaborator rather than an oracle, say Jeremy Utley and Kian Gohar. “You never want to just select one idea and move forward.”

AI makes a rendezvous in space

Uniting the complex mathematics of trajectory optimization with the powers of generative AI, aerospace engineers at Stanford hope to put self-driving spacecraft within reach.

Stanford HAI —

Getting granular about gentrification

An AI model that uses Google Street View to spot early signs of gentrification could one day help cities target anti-displacement policies more precisely.

Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences —

Chatbots are getting nicer

The latest version of ChatGPT passes the Turing test with flying colors and has a more agreeable disposition than most humans. How might our own behavior evolve as a result?

Learning from children’s drawings

Using machine learning, Stanford researchers have found that children’s drawings contain valuable information about how they think.

Stanford HAI —

The opportunity gap in social sector AI

Nonprofits are eager to leverage AI tools for mission-related impact. A working paper explores the untapped potential.

Stanford Report —

Mehran Sahami on AI and safeguarding society

The computer scientist talks about the issues he’s paying attention to in 2024, particularly how to respond to the risks and opportunities of AI.

Stanford Engineering —

Baby babble and AI

The science of how children learn language and use it to understand the world could help large language models do a better job of interpreting the intentions behind words.

Stanford Graduate School of Business —

Public policies that reach the right people

Machine learning algorithms have proven especially good at burrowing into data collected in the field and unearthing new details on not only how interventions work, but for whom.

Stanford HAI —

AI helps patients in crisis access timely care

A new model to identify and triage high-risk messages to an online mental health platform dramatically reduced response time for those in urgent need.

Stanford Law School —

AI and the law

How worried should we be about large language model-powered legal tech leading lay people – or even attorneys – astray?

Stanford Graduate School of Business —

Chatbot boosts productivity

The first large-scale study of a ChatGPT-like assistant in the workplace found that it helped less experienced employees perform better and made customers happier.

Stanford HAI —

Seven AI trends to watch

From white-collar work shifts to large video models, these are the stories Stanford HAI faculty and fellows predict will make headlines in 2024.

Stanford HAI —

Using AI to help refugees succeed

Machine learning tools are helping countries place refugees where they’re most likely to find employment.

Stanford Accelerator for Learning —

Accelerating ed tech’s impact

At a Stanford-hosted summit, researchers and entrepreneurs considered how AI and other technologies can support effective, equitable, and responsive learning.