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AI will impact a wide array of industries, says Digital Economy Lab Director Erik Brynjolfsson, but may also lead to significant risks. He outlines some of the concerns.

Center for Research on Foundation Models Director Percy Liang discusses the risks of the corporate AI arms race. 

HAI associate director Rob Reich discusses the ethics of AI used to construct digital versions of dead human beings. 

New research from Digital Economy Lab Director Erik Brynjolfsson examines the workforce implications of an AI assistant at a call center.

Research from Digital Economy Lab Director Erik Brynjolfsson examines the use of an AI chat assistant deployed at scale in a call center.

AI Index Steering Committee co-Chair Ray Perrault discusses trends in AI research, technical capabilities, and social impact as part of the newest report.

Percy Liang, director of the Center for Research on Foundation Models, discusses the future of LLMs and their potential as general-purpose reasoning engines.

Stanford HAI’s policy expert Russell Wald says we need broader voices in AI so that the technology better represents the people who are impacted by it. 

HAI Privacy and Data Policy Fellow Jennifer King explains that a “privacy policy” doesn’t always offer much protection. 

Global corporate investment in AI grew rapidly from $79.6 billion in 2018 to $276.1 billion annually by 2021, as reported by Stanford HAI’s 2023 AI Index.

Global private investment in AI decreased by 26.7% in 2022 compared to the previous year, marking the first drop in corporate funding for AI in a decade, according to the latest AI Index.

NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to HAI Director of Policy and Society Russell Wald regarding insights from the latest AI Index.