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Ethics, Equity, Inclusion

How can AI be designed to ensure fairness, transparency, and inclusivity?

Dan Iancu, Sarah Billington, Antonio Skillicorn | Interpretable Machine Learning and Mixed Datasets for Predicting Child Labor in Ghana’s Cocoa Sector
SeminarMar 18, 202612:00 PM - 1:15 PM
March
18
2026

Child labor remains prevalent in Ghana’s cocoa sector and is associated with adverse educational and health outcomes for children.

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Dan Iancu, Sarah Billington, Antonio Skillicorn | Interpretable Machine Learning and Mixed Datasets for Predicting Child Labor in Ghana’s Cocoa Sector

Mar 18, 202612:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Child labor remains prevalent in Ghana’s cocoa sector and is associated with adverse educational and health outcomes for children.

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’?” 

Moving Beyond the Term "Global South" in AI Ethics and Policy
Evani Radiya-Dixit, Angèle Christin
Quick ReadNov 19, 2025
Issue Brief

This brief examines the limitations of the term "Global South" in AI ethics and policy, and highlights the importance of grounding such work in specific regions and power structures.

Issue Brief

Moving Beyond the Term "Global South" in AI Ethics and Policy

Evani Radiya-Dixit, Angèle Christin
Ethics, Equity, InclusionInternational Affairs, International Security, International DevelopmentQuick ReadNov 19

This brief examines the limitations of the term "Global South" in AI ethics and policy, and highlights the importance of grounding such work in specific regions and power structures.

Meg Cychosz
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Meg Cychosz

Ethics, Equity, InclusionCommunications, MediaHuman ReasoningMachine LearningSciences (Social, Health, Biological, Physical)Oct 14
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.

Increasing Fairness in Medicare Payment Algorithms
Marissa Reitsma, Thomas G. McGuire, Sherri Rose
Quick ReadSep 01, 2025
Policy Brief

This brief introduces two algorithms that can promote fairer Medicare Advantage spending for minority populations.

Policy Brief

Increasing Fairness in Medicare Payment Algorithms

Marissa Reitsma, Thomas G. McGuire, Sherri Rose
Ethics, Equity, InclusionHealthcareQuick ReadSep 01

This brief introduces two algorithms that can promote fairer Medicare Advantage spending for minority populations.

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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.

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

PBS NewsHour
Jan 16, 2026

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.

Privacy, Safety, Security
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Ethics, Equity, Inclusion
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Mind the (Language) Gap: Mapping the Challenges of LLM Development in Low-Resource Language Contexts
Juan Pava, Caroline Meinhardt, Haifa Badi Uz Zaman, Toni Friedman, Sang T. Truong, Daniel Zhang, Elena Cryst, Vukosi Marivate, Sanmi Koyejo
Deep DiveApr 22, 2025
White Paper

This white paper maps the LLM development landscape for low-resource languages, highlighting challenges, trade-offs, and strategies to increase investment; prioritize cross-disciplinary, community-driven development; and ensure fair data ownership.

Mind the (Language) Gap: Mapping the Challenges of LLM Development in Low-Resource Language Contexts

Juan Pava, Caroline Meinhardt, Haifa Badi Uz Zaman, Toni Friedman, Sang T. Truong, Daniel Zhang, Elena Cryst, Vukosi Marivate, Sanmi Koyejo
Deep DiveApr 22, 2025

This white paper maps the LLM development landscape for low-resource languages, highlighting challenges, trade-offs, and strategies to increase investment; prioritize cross-disciplinary, community-driven development; and ensure fair data ownership.

International Affairs, International Security, International Development
Natural Language Processing
Ethics, Equity, Inclusion
White Paper
Marissa Reitsma
Assistant Professor of Health Policy
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Marissa Reitsma

Assistant Professor of Health Policy
Sciences (Social, Health, Biological, Physical)
Ethics, Equity, Inclusion
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Translating Centralized AI Principles Into Localized Practice
Dylan Walsh
Jan 13, 2026
News
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.

Translating Centralized AI Principles Into Localized Practice

Dylan Walsh
Jan 13, 2026

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.

Ethics, Equity, Inclusion
Regulation, Policy, Governance
Pedestrians walk by a Louis Vuitton store
News
Response to NSF’s Request for Information on Research Ethics
Quinn Waeiss, Raio Huang, Betsy Arlene Rajala, Michael S. Bernstein, Margaret Levi, David Magnus, Debra Satz
Nov 22, 2024
Response to Request

Stanford scholars respond to a federal RFI related to research ethics, sharing lessons from their experience operating an ethical reflection process for research grants.

Response to NSF’s Request for Information on Research Ethics

Quinn Waeiss, Raio Huang, Betsy Arlene Rajala, Michael S. Bernstein, Margaret Levi, David Magnus, Debra Satz
Nov 22, 2024

Stanford scholars respond to a federal RFI related to research ethics, sharing lessons from their experience operating an ethical reflection process for research grants.

Ethics, Equity, Inclusion
Sciences (Social, Health, Biological, Physical)
Response to Request
Stanford AI Experts Predict What Will Happen in 2026
Shana Lynch
Dec 15, 2025
News

The era of AI evangelism is giving way to evaluation. Stanford faculty see a coming year defined by rigor, transparency, and a long-overdue focus on actual utility over speculative promise.

Stanford AI Experts Predict What Will Happen in 2026

Shana Lynch
Dec 15, 2025

The era of AI evangelism is giving way to evaluation. Stanford faculty see a coming year defined by rigor, transparency, and a long-overdue focus on actual utility over speculative promise.

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