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Advancing AI research, education, and policy to improve the human condition.

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AI Reveals How Brain Activity Unfolds Over Time
Andrew Myers
Jan 21
News
Medical Brain Scans on Multiple Computer Screens. Advanced Neuroimaging Technology Reveals Complex Neural Pathways, Display Showing CT Scan in a Modern Medical Environment

Stanford researchers have developed a deep learning model that transforms overwhelming brain data into clear trajectories, opening new possibilities for understanding thought, emotion, and neurological disease.

Why 'Zero-Shot' Clinical Predictions Are Risky
Suhana Bedi, Jason Alan Fries, and Nigam H. Shah
Jan 07
News
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These models generate plausible timelines from historical patterns; without calibration and auditing, their “probabilities” may not reflect reality.

Gaidi Faraj, Lofred Madzou | Nurturing Africa’s AI Leaders through Math Olympiad
SeminarFeb 25, 202612:00 PM - 1:15 PM
February
25
2026

The African Olympiad Academy is a world-class high school dedicated to training Africa’s most promising students in mathematics, science, and artificial intelligence through olympiad-based pedagogy.

Dan Iancu & Antonio Skillicorn | Interpretable Machine Learning and Mixed Datasets for Predicting Child Labor in Ghana’s Cocoa Sector
SeminarMar 18, 202612:00 PM - 1:15 PM
March
18
2026

Child labor remains prevalent in Ghana’s cocoa sector and is associated with adverse educational and health outcomes for children.

AI+Education Summit: Feb. 11, 2026

Join researchers, educators, tech leaders, and policymakers to explore how AI can strengthen learning, creativity, and critical thinking—grounded in the learning sciences. Attend via livestream.

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Research

Our vision for the future is led by our commitment to studying, guiding, and developing human-centered AI technologies and applications. We believe AI should be collaborative, augmentative, and enhancing human productivity and quality of life. 

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We empower leaders in education, policy, and civil society with AI fundamentals to amplify their impact for humanity.

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Focusing on AI technologies across industries and their business implications, Stanford faculty offer courses for leaders and key decision-makers.

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Policymakers and civil servants are at the front lines of decision-making on emerging technologies such as AI. Recognizing the valuable role they play in the AI governance ecosystem, Stanford HAI has developed specialized training programs to meet their needs.

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Educating the next generation of AI leaders is core to what HAI is all about. Essential to this mission are leaders and decision makers within the K-12 ecosystem, teachers, and students.

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Stanford’s seven leading schools on the same campus enable HAI to offer a multidisciplinary approach to education.

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Through evidence-based research and global convenings, our policy work equips decision-makers with key insights into AI governance’s challenges and opportunities.

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We have a historical opportunity and responsibility to establish a human-centered frameworkfor AI research, education, practice and policy.
— Fei-Fei Li
Denning Co-Director
At HAI, we view the field of AI as spanning the entire university. Unless we tap into the full gamut of disciplinary expertise we cannot hope to realize the potential of the technology while avoiding its pitfalls.
— John Etchemendy
Denning Co-Director
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Fellowships

HAI was established to support innovative AI research that bridges disciplines and fields. The Institute aims to appoint and support promising researchers through its fellowship programs who are working at intersections often overlooked by traditional academic departments, in addition to outstanding researchers pursuing core disciplinary topics.

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The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI  strives to foster a culture of interdisciplinary AI research in which technological advancements are inextricably linked to research about their potential societal impacts. HAI builds on the strength of Stanford research by offering many grant programs.

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Student Affinity Groups

Affinity Groups provide a space for students to share ideas, develop intellectually and strengthen the community of future leaders dedicated to building AI that benefits all of humanity. 

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A New Economic World Order May Be Based on Sovereign AI and Midsized Nation Alliances

Alex Pentland
Feb 06

As trust in the old order erodes, mid-sized countries are building new agreements involving shared digital infrastructure and localized AI.

Smart Enough to Do Math, Dumb Enough to Fail: The Hunt for a Better AI Test
Andrew Myers
Feb 02
News
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A Stanford HAI workshop brought together experts to develop new evaluation methods that assess AI's hidden capabilities, not just its test-taking performance.

What Davos Said About AI This Year
Shana Lynch
Jan 28
News
James Landay and Vanessa Parli

World leaders focused on ROI over hype this year, discussing sovereign AI, open ecosystems, and workplace change.

AI Can’t Do Physics Well – And That’s a Roadblock to Autonomy
Andrew Myers
Jan 26
News
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QuantiPhy is a new benchmark and training framework that evaluates whether AI can numerically reason about physical properties in video images. QuantiPhy reveals that today’s models struggle with basic estimates of size, speed, and distance but offers a way forward.

AI For Good: What Does It Mean Today?
Forbes
Jan 23
Media Mention

HAI Co-Director James Landay urges people to think about what "AI for good" means today. He argues, "we need to move beyond just thinking about the user. We’ve got to think about broader communities who are impacted by AI systems if we actually want them to be good.”

Joint California Summit on Generative AI

Highlighted in Governor Newsom's Executive Order, the Joint California Summit on Generative AI will focused on how the State can best use Generative AI to better serve the people of California and the impacts of GenAI on California and its workforce.

AI + Policy Symposium: A Global Stocktaking

Concerns over the societal impacts of generative AI are prompting a flurry of regulatory and policy responses globally, with initiatives underway in the EU, China, Brazil, Japan, Singapore, the UK, and the US, as well as through multilateral organizations such as the UN, OECD, the African Union, and ASEAN. Proposals range widely, reflecting competing political philosophies.

Tech Ethics & Policy Summer Fellowships

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Policymaker Education

Oct 06

Policymakers and civil servants are at the front lines of decision-making on emerging technologies such as AI. Recognizing the valuable role they play in the AI governance ecosystem, Stanford HAI has developed specialized training programs to meet their needs.

A New Economic World Order May Be Based on Sovereign AI and Midsized Nation Alliances
Alex Pentland
Feb 06
News
close-up of a globe with pinpoints of lights coming out of all the countries
Smart Enough to Do Math, Dumb Enough to Fail: The Hunt for a Better AI Test
Andrew Myers
Feb 02
News
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What Davos Said About AI This Year
Shana Lynch
Jan 28
News
James Landay and Vanessa Parli
Gaidi Faraj, Lofred Madzou | Nurturing Africa’s AI Leaders through Math Olympiad
seminarFeb 25, 202612:00 PM - 1:15 PM
February
25
2026