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Exploring the Complex Ethical Challenges of Data Annotation
A cross-disciplinary group of Stanford students examines the ethical challenges faced by data workers and the companies...
TextGrad: AutoGrad for Text
Scholars develop a new framework that optimizes compound AI systems by backpropagating large language model feedback.
Digital Advertisers Often Fund Misinformation Unwittingly
The bulk purchase of digital ads through automated placement platforms often matches legitimate ad buyers with websites...
AI can Outperform Humans in Writing Medical Summaries
A new study adapts large language models to summarize clinical documents, showing a promising path for AI to improve...
Digital Economy Lab Fellow Alex “Sandy” Pentland: Building a Better, Safer Digital Ecosystem
The MIT professor describes practical approaches to improving the internet.
How Bias Hides in ‘Kitchen Sink’ Approaches to Data
In risk modeling, AI researchers take a more-is-better approach to training data, but a new study argues that a less-is...
Humans Use Counterfactuals to Reason About Causality. Can AI?
Stanford scholar Tobias Gerstenberg explores how humans judge causation and poses the question: What will happen when AI...
AI on Trial: Legal Models Hallucinate in 1 out of 6 (or More) Benchmarking Queries
A new study reveals the need for benchmarking and public evaluations of AI tools in law.
Stanford AI Projects Greenlighted in National AI Research Resource Pilot
Robotics and hospital computer vision projects receive NSF grants as part of an innovative pilot program to democratize...
How Much Research Is Being Written by Large Language Models?
New studies show a marked spike in LLM usage in academia, especially in computer science. What does this mean for...
Large Language Models in Healthcare: Are We There Yet?
While these tools show potential in clinical practice, we urgently need a systematic approach to evaluation.
The Disinformation Machine: How Susceptible Are We to AI Propaganda?
With a bit of prodding, AI-generated propaganda is more effective than propaganda written by humans.