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AI Challenges Core Assumptions in Education

We need to rethink student assessment, AI literacy, and technology’s usefulness, according to experts at the recent AI+Education Summit.

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AI Challenges Core Assumptions in Education

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Shana Lynch
Education, SkillsGenerative AIPrivacy, Safety, SecurityFeb 19

We need to rethink student assessment, AI literacy, and technology’s usefulness, according to experts at the recent AI+Education Summit.

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AI Sovereignty’s Definitional Dilemma
Juan N. Pava, Caroline Meinhardt, Elena Cryst, James Landay
Feb 17
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Governments worldwide are racing to control their AI futures, but unclear definitions hinder real policy progress.

A New Economic World Order May Be Based on Sovereign AI and Midsized Nation Alliances
Alex Pentland
Feb 06
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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
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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
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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
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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.

Stanford HAI and Swiss National AI Institute Form Alliance to Advance Open, Human-Centered AI
Jan 22
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Stanford, ETH Zurich, and EPFL will develop open-source foundation models that prioritize societal values over commercial interests, strengthening academia's role in shaping AI's future.

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Stanford Scholars Train Generative AI To Be Better Creative Collaborators

Nikki Goth Itoi
Mar 10

The team is building a shared “conceptual grounding” so that artists can steer models with precision.

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What Your Phone Knows Could Help Scientists Understand Your Health

Katharine Miller
HealthcareMar 04

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.

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How a HAI Seed Grant Helped Launch a Disease-Fighting AI Platform

Dylan Walsh
Computer VisionHealthcareSciences (Social, Health, Biological, Physical)Machine LearningMar 03

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.

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From Privacy to ‘Glass Box’ AI, Stanford Students Are Targeting Real-World Problems

Nikki Goth Itoi
Generative AIHealthcarePrivacy, Safety, SecurityComputer VisionSciences (Social, Health, Biological, Physical)Feb 27

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.