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AI Reveals How Brain Activity Unfolds Over Time
Andrew Myers
Jan 21, 2026
News
Medical Brain Scans on Multiple Computer Screens. Advanced Neuroimaging Technology Reveals Complex Neural Pathways, Display Showing CT Scan in a Modern Medical Environment

Stanford researchers have developed a deep learning model that transforms overwhelming brain data into clear trajectories, opening new possibilities for understanding thought, emotion, and neurological disease.

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Medical Brain Scans on Multiple Computer Screens. Advanced Neuroimaging Technology Reveals Complex Neural Pathways, Display Showing CT Scan in a Modern Medical Environment

AI Reveals How Brain Activity Unfolds Over Time

Andrew Myers
HealthcareSciences (Social, Health, Biological, Physical)Jan 21

Stanford researchers have developed a deep learning model that transforms overwhelming brain data into clear trajectories, opening new possibilities for understanding thought, emotion, and neurological disease.

AI Leaders Discuss How To Foster Responsible Innovation At TIME100 Roundtable In Davos
TIME
Jan 21, 2026
Media Mention

HAI Senior Fellow Yejin Choi discussed responsible AI model training at Davos, asking, “What if there could be an alternative form of intelligence that really learns … morals, human values from the get-go, as opposed to just training LLMs on the entirety of the internet, which actually includes the worst part of humanity, and then we then try to patch things up by doing ‘alignment’?” 

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AI Leaders Discuss How To Foster Responsible Innovation At TIME100 Roundtable In Davos

TIME
Ethics, Equity, InclusionGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingJan 21

HAI Senior Fellow Yejin Choi discussed responsible AI model training at Davos, asking, “What if there could be an alternative form of intelligence that really learns … morals, human values from the get-go, as opposed to just training LLMs on the entirety of the internet, which actually includes the worst part of humanity, and then we then try to patch things up by doing ‘alignment’?” 

Stanford HAI’s AI Index Welcomes Six New Steering Committee Members
Stanford HAI staff
Jan 20, 2026
Announcement

Renowned leaders in AI, medicine, and ethics join interdisciplinary committee guiding the world’s leading resource on AI trends.

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Stanford HAI’s AI Index Welcomes Six New Steering Committee Members

Stanford HAI staff
Jan 20

Renowned leaders in AI, medicine, and ethics join interdisciplinary committee guiding the world’s leading resource on AI trends.

Stanford’s Yejin Choi & Axios’ Ina Fried
Axios
Jan 19, 2026
Media Mention

Axios chief technology correspondent Ina Fried speaks to HAI Senior Fellow Yejin Choi at Axios House in Davos during the World Economic Forum.

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Stanford’s Yejin Choi & Axios’ Ina Fried

Axios
Energy, EnvironmentMachine LearningGenerative AIEthics, Equity, InclusionJan 19

Axios chief technology correspondent Ina Fried speaks to HAI Senior Fellow Yejin Choi at Axios House in Davos during the World Economic Forum.

Musk's Grok AI Faces More Scrutiny After Generating Sexual Deepfake Images
PBS NewsHour
Jan 16, 2026
Media Mention

Elon Musk was forced to put restrictions on X and its AI chatbot, Grok, after its image generator sparked outrage around the world. Grok created non-consensual sexualized images, prompting some countries to ban the bot. Liz Landers discussed Grok's troubles with Riana Pfefferkorn of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

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Musk's Grok AI Faces More Scrutiny After Generating Sexual Deepfake Images

PBS NewsHour
Privacy, Safety, SecurityRegulation, Policy, GovernanceEthics, Equity, InclusionJan 16

Elon Musk was forced to put restrictions on X and its AI chatbot, Grok, after its image generator sparked outrage around the world. Grok created non-consensual sexualized images, prompting some countries to ban the bot. Liz Landers discussed Grok's troubles with Riana Pfefferkorn of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

Translating Centralized AI Principles Into Localized Practice
Dylan Walsh
Jan 13, 2026
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Pedestrians walk by a Louis Vuitton store

Scholars develop a framework in collaboration with luxury goods multinational LVMH that lays out how large companies can flexibly deploy principles on the responsible use of AI across business units worldwide.

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Pedestrians walk by a Louis Vuitton store

Translating Centralized AI Principles Into Localized Practice

Dylan Walsh
Ethics, Equity, InclusionRegulation, Policy, GovernanceJan 13

Scholars develop a framework in collaboration with luxury goods multinational LVMH that lays out how large companies can flexibly deploy principles on the responsible use of AI across business units worldwide.

There’s One Easy Solution To The A.I. Porn Problem
The New York Times
Jan 12, 2026
Media Mention

Riana Pfefferkorn, Policy Fellow at HAI, urges immediate Congressional hearings to scope a legal safe harbor for AI-generated child sexual abuse materials following a recent scandal with Grok's newest generative image features.

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There’s One Easy Solution To The A.I. Porn Problem

The New York Times
Regulation, Policy, GovernanceGenerative AIJan 12

Riana Pfefferkorn, Policy Fellow at HAI, urges immediate Congressional hearings to scope a legal safe harbor for AI-generated child sexual abuse materials following a recent scandal with Grok's newest generative image features.

The Policy Implications Of Grok's 'Mass Digital Undressing Spree'
Tech Policy Press
Jan 08, 2026
Media Mention

HAI Policy Fellow Riana Pfefferkorn discusses the policy implications of the "mass digital undressing spree,” where the chatbot Grok responded to user prompts to remove the clothing from images of women and pose them in bikinis and to create "sexualized images of children" and post them on X.

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The Policy Implications Of Grok's 'Mass Digital Undressing Spree'

Tech Policy Press
Regulation, Policy, GovernanceGenerative AIJan 08

HAI Policy Fellow Riana Pfefferkorn discusses the policy implications of the "mass digital undressing spree,” where the chatbot Grok responded to user prompts to remove the clothing from images of women and pose them in bikinis and to create "sexualized images of children" and post them on X.

Why 'Zero-Shot' Clinical Predictions Are Risky
Suhana Bedi, Jason Alan Fries, and Nigam H. Shah
Jan 07, 2026
News
Doctor reviews a tablet in the foreground while other doctors and nurses stand over a medical bed in the background

These models generate plausible timelines from historical patterns; without calibration and auditing, their “probabilities” may not reflect reality.

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Doctor reviews a tablet in the foreground while other doctors and nurses stand over a medical bed in the background

Why 'Zero-Shot' Clinical Predictions Are Risky

Suhana Bedi, Jason Alan Fries, and Nigam H. Shah
HealthcareFoundation ModelsJan 07

These models generate plausible timelines from historical patterns; without calibration and auditing, their “probabilities” may not reflect reality.

How AI Shook The World In 2025 And What Comes Next
CNN Business
Dec 30, 2025
Media Mention

HAI Co-Director James Landay and HAI Senior Fellow Erik Brynjolfsson discuss the impacts of AI in 2025 and the future of AI in 2026.

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How AI Shook The World In 2025 And What Comes Next

CNN Business
Industry, InnovationHuman ReasoningEnergy, EnvironmentDesign, Human-Computer InteractionGenerative AIWorkforce, LaborEconomy, MarketsDec 30

HAI Co-Director James Landay and HAI Senior Fellow Erik Brynjolfsson discuss the impacts of AI in 2025 and the future of AI in 2026.

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