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How Unique Are the Risks Posed by Artificial Intelligence?
Researchers say AI risk shouldn’t be siloed from other technological risk and propose updating existing frameworks...
Radical Proposal: Middleware Could Give Consumers Choices Over What They See Online
To lessen internet platforms’ power over democratic political debate, a group of Stanford researchers are advocating for...
The Shibboleth Rule for Artificial Agents
Bots could one day dispense medical advice, teach our children, or call to collect debt. How can we avoid being deceived...
Are Medical AI Devices Evaluated Appropriately?
A new study finds limitations in the FDA’s approval process.
How to Build a National AI Research Resource
Stanford launches policy practicum to chart a course toward the democratization of AI.
Expert Roundtable: Five Tech Issues Facing the Next Administration
Stanford scholars gathered to discuss nuclear stability, AI regulation, disinformation, and other major issues facing...
Can Democracy Survive in a Digital World?
Marietje Schaake, a former member of the European Parliament, explains the biggest threats to democracy and ways to...
Governments Aren’t Yet Serious About AI’s Risk to Human Rights
In the rush to develop national strategies on artificial intelligence, a new report finds, most governments pay lip...
HAI Fellow Colin Garvey: A Zen Buddhist Monk’s Approach to Democratizing AI
The social scientist discusses AI’s problematic narrative and what we stand to lose in a China/U.S. AI arms race.
How Countries Are Controlling the Spread of COVID-19
Some countries have “flattened the curve,” but questions arise between privacy and public good.