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How AI Is Accelerating Scientific Discovery

New AI tools generate hypotheses, design experiments, and find patterns in data—transforming how scientists make discoveries across every field.

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How AI Is Accelerating Scientific Discovery

Nikki Goth Itoi
Sciences (Social, Health, Biological, Physical)Jul 08

New AI tools generate hypotheses, design experiments, and find patterns in data—transforming how scientists make discoveries across every field.

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Why Governing World Models Is AI's Next Big Policy Challenge
Shana Lynch
Aug 04
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As artificial intelligence moves beyond language into the physical world through "world models," Stanford researchers warn that policymakers face an even steeper governance challenge than with large language models—and the window to get ahead of the technology is closing fast.

The Complexities of Governing Mental Health AI
Caroline Yee, Caroline Meinhardt, Michelle Mello, Jane Paik Kim
Jul 24
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Policymakers, academics, healthcare providers, AI developers, and patient advocates convened by Stanford HAI identify critical gaps in how we regulate AI tools used for therapy and emotional support.

How AI Is Helping States Cut Through Decades of Red Tape
RegLab staff
Jul 23
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Stanford researchers scanned 500 million words of state law to reveal the stunning growth of reporting requirements, and are now giving governments a tool to clean them up.

Legal AI’s Legibility Problem
Andrew Myers
Jul 20
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Increasing reliance on language models for legal tasks have led to calls for more information about the likelihood and severity of potential errors. Realizing useful and robust transparency requires an institutional perspective, say the editors of a new special section in PNAS.

The AI Sovereignty Paradox: Should Countries Buy, Build, or Lease to Maintain Strategic Control of Their AI?
Shana Lynch
Jul 14
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As nations invest billions to reduce reliance on foreign AI providers, a new Stanford HAI report surveys commercial sovereignty solutions and assesses the extent to which they meaningfully reduce dependencies on U.S. tech giants.

Stanford Study Exposes Major Flaw in AI Mental Health Safety Testing
Andrew Myers
Jul 13
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With increased use of chatbots in mental health contexts, AI developers now rely on human experts to evaluate AI’s responses for “safety” – but experts rarely agree on what’s safe.

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Companies That Buy and Sell Your Data Are Not Following California’s Strict Privacy Laws

Nikki Goth Itoi
Privacy, Safety, SecurityGovernment, Public AdministrationAug 11

A new Stanford study shows data brokers are making it difficult for consumers to submit privacy requests and failing to report how many privacy requests they receive.

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New Stanford Grants Tackle AI's Impact on Global Security and Geopolitics

Nikki Goth Itoi
DemocracyInternational Affairs, International Security, International DevelopmentRegulation, Policy, GovernanceAug 10

Stanford HAI and the Hoover Institution’s Technology Policy Accelerator back projects examining AI's role in detecting nuclear proliferation, U.S.-China competition, and political influence.

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AI Companions May Worsen Loneliness for Vulnerable Users, Stanford Study Finds

Alexander Gelfand
HealthcareGenerative AIAug 04

Stanford research finds that users with limited social networks who seek emotional support from AI companions experience lower well-being.

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Open-Weight Models Aren’t Enough. We Need Truly Open Source AI Models for Science and Society.

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Shana Lynch
Privacy, Safety, SecurityInternational Affairs, International Security, International DevelopmentRegulation, Policy, GovernanceAug 04

As Chinese AI closes the capability gap, Washington and Silicon Valley debate open-weight models. Stanford HAI's James Landay says it's the right conversation framed the wrong way.