Inside the AI Index: 12 Takeaways from the 2026 Report
The annual report reveals a field hitting breakthrough capabilities while raising urgent questions about environmental costs, transparency, and who benefits from the technology.
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The annual report reveals a field hitting breakthrough capabilities while raising urgent questions about environmental costs, transparency, and who benefits from the technology.
The annual report reveals a field hitting breakthrough capabilities while raising urgent questions about environmental costs, transparency, and who benefits from the technology.
Seed grants will fund 29 research teams pursuing novel research ideas across disciplines.
Bloom, a health coaching app created by Stanford researchers, helps people tap into their own motivations.
Practicing specific social skills with AI chatbots helps users build confidence and competence.
In a world where chatbots can stand in for friends, counselors, and even lovers, the mental health risks are a growing concern.
As artificial intelligence becomes central to national security, experts grapple with a technology that remains unpredictable, unregulated, and increasingly powerful.
Stanford computer scientist James Zou is exploring how AI can accelerate scientific research and peer review. His finding: AI excels at spotting gaps, but judgment calls still need humans.
The team is building a shared “conceptual grounding” so that artists can steer models with precision.
Stanford scientists have released an open-source platform that lets health researchers study the “screenome” – the digital traces of our daily lives – while protecting participants’ privacy.
Stanford scientists in Senegal hunting for schistosomiasis—a parasitic disease infecting 200+ million people worldwide—used AI to transform local field work into satellite-powered disease mapping.
An Amazon-backed fellowship will support 10 Stanford PhD students whose work explores everything from how we communicate to understanding disease and protecting our data.
