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While Large Language Models (LLMs) show promise in many domains, relying on them for direct policy generation in games often results in illegal moves and poor strategic play.
While Large Language Models (LLMs) show promise in many domains, relying on them for direct policy generation in games often results in illegal moves and poor strategic play.
We examine the prevalence and productivity dynamics of artificial intelligence (AI) in American manufacturing. Working with the Census Bureau to collect detailed large-scale data for 2017 and 2021, we focus on AI-related technologies with industrial applications.
We examine the prevalence and productivity dynamics of artificial intelligence (AI) in American manufacturing. Working with the Census Bureau to collect detailed large-scale data for 2017 and 2021, we focus on AI-related technologies with industrial applications.
Systems like ChatGPT and Claude assist billions through proactive dialogue—offering unsolicited, task-relevant information. Drawing on Cognitive Load Theory, we study how cognitive load shapes performance in AI assisted knowledge work.
Systems like ChatGPT and Claude assist billions through proactive dialogue—offering unsolicited, task-relevant information. Drawing on Cognitive Load Theory, we study how cognitive load shapes performance in AI assisted knowledge work.
What does digital inclusion look like in the age of AI? Over 6,000 of the world’s 7,000-plus living languages remain digitally disadvantaged.
What does digital inclusion look like in the age of AI? Over 6,000 of the world’s 7,000-plus living languages remain digitally disadvantaged.
Sequence data is ubiquitous in economics — job histories in labor economics, diagnosis and treatment sequences in health economics, strategic interactions in game theory. Generative sequence models can learn to predict these sequences well, but their complexity makes it hard to extract interpretable economic insights from their predictions.
Sequence data is ubiquitous in economics — job histories in labor economics, diagnosis and treatment sequences in health economics, strategic interactions in game theory. Generative sequence models can learn to predict these sequences well, but their complexity makes it hard to extract interpretable economic insights from their predictions.
How do AI agents influence knowledge work? This paper finds that agents shift worker effort from implementation to supervision, which especially benefits verifiable work and expert workers. I use data from the coding platform Cursor to study agents in software production.
How do AI agents influence knowledge work? This paper finds that agents shift worker effort from implementation to supervision, which especially benefits verifiable work and expert workers. I use data from the coding platform Cursor to study agents in software production.
Child labor remains prevalent in Ghana’s cocoa sector and is associated with adverse educational and health outcomes for children.
Child labor remains prevalent in Ghana’s cocoa sector and is associated with adverse educational and health outcomes for children.
AI coding agents now complete multi-hour coding benchmarks with roughly 50% reliability, yet a randomized trial found experienced open-source developers took about 19% longer when allowed frontier AI tools than when tools were disallowed...
AI coding agents now complete multi-hour coding benchmarks with roughly 50% reliability, yet a randomized trial found experienced open-source developers took about 19% longer when allowed frontier AI tools than when tools were disallowed...
Despite the rapid adoption of LLM chatbots, little is known about how they are used. We approach this question theoretically and empirically, modeling a user who chooses whether to complete a task herself, ask the chatbot for information that reduces decision noise, or delegate execution to the chatbot...
Despite the rapid adoption of LLM chatbots, little is known about how they are used. We approach this question theoretically and empirically, modeling a user who chooses whether to complete a task herself, ask the chatbot for information that reduces decision noise, or delegate execution to the chatbot...
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.
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.
How did we get to today’s technology which now supports a trillion dollar AI industry? What were the key scientific breakthroughs? What were the surprises and dead-ends along the way...
How did we get to today’s technology which now supports a trillion dollar AI industry? What were the key scientific breakthroughs? What were the surprises and dead-ends along the way...
The rapid growth of large language models has created new challenges for the Wikimedia Foundation in managing changing traffic patterns while upholding its free knowledge mission and fostering human engagement.
The rapid growth of large language models has created new challenges for the Wikimedia Foundation in managing changing traffic patterns while upholding its free knowledge mission and fostering human engagement.
Join HAI Policy Fellow Riana Pfefferkorn for a conversation about the potential future(s) of AI and humanity with Adam Becker, author of More Everything Forever, and Jon Evans, author of Exadelic and the Gradient Ascendant newsletter.
Join HAI Policy Fellow Riana Pfefferkorn for a conversation about the potential future(s) of AI and humanity with Adam Becker, author of More Everything Forever, and Jon Evans, author of Exadelic and the Gradient Ascendant newsletter.
Visiting scholars share their research with the HAI community.
Visiting scholars share their research with the HAI community.
AI-generated child sexual abuse material (AI CSAM) carries unique harms. Schools have a chance to proactively prepare their AI CSAM prevention and response strategies.
AI-generated child sexual abuse material (AI CSAM) carries unique harms. Schools have a chance to proactively prepare their AI CSAM prevention and response strategies.
On December 2, 2025, the Lab is thrilled to host a conversation with Sandy Pentland, Stanford Digital Economy Lab Faculty Lead and Stanford HAI Center Fellow, about his new book, Shared Wisdom: Cultural Evolution in the Age of AI.
On December 2, 2025, the Lab is thrilled to host a conversation with Sandy Pentland, Stanford Digital Economy Lab Faculty Lead and Stanford HAI Center Fellow, about his new book, Shared Wisdom: Cultural Evolution in the Age of AI.
Learn about findings from a randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of an AI-based tool on reading comprehension among middle and high school students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Learn about findings from a randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of an AI-based tool on reading comprehension among middle and high school students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
On November 10, 2025, Andrey Fradkin, Principal Economist at Amazon, will stop by the Digital Economy Lab for their seminar series.
On November 10, 2025, Andrey Fradkin, Principal Economist at Amazon, will stop by the Digital Economy Lab for their seminar series.
On October 30, 2025, the Digital Economy Lab will host a webinar with Director Erik Brynjolfsson and Head of ADP Research Nela Richardson to discuss the methodology and updated results of the National Employment Report.
On October 30, 2025, the Digital Economy Lab will host a webinar with Director Erik Brynjolfsson and Head of ADP Research Nela Richardson to discuss the methodology and updated results of the National Employment Report.