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Privacy, Safety, Security

As AI use grows, how can we safeguard privacy, security, and data protection for individuals and organizations?

The Tests That Grade AI May Be Getting It Wrong
Andrew Myers
Sep 25, 2026
News

Benchmarks — the standardized tests that rank AI models on safety, bias, and reasoning — drive markets and shape regulation. New Stanford research finds they often don't measure what they claim to.

News

The Tests That Grade AI May Be Getting It Wrong

Andrew Myers
Generative AIPrivacy, Safety, SecurityFoundation ModelsSep 25

Benchmarks — the standardized tests that rank AI models on safety, bias, and reasoning — drive markets and shape regulation. New Stanford research finds they often don't measure what they claim to.

Can Foundation Models Help Us Achieve Perfect Secrecy?
Simran Arora
Apr 01, 2022
Research
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A key promise of machine learning is the ability to assist users with personal tasks.

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Can Foundation Models Help Us Achieve Perfect Secrecy?

Simran Arora
Privacy, Safety, SecurityFoundation ModelsApr 01

A key promise of machine learning is the ability to assist users with personal tasks.

Implementing the Transparency in Frontier AI Act Report for the California Department of Technology Multistakeholder Workshops
Rob Reich, Deirdre Mulligan
Quick ReadSep 25, 2026
Response to Request

In this paper, HAI Associate Director and Senior Fellow Rob Reich and UC Berkeley School of Information Professor Deirdre K. Mulligan provide concrete recommendations to the California Department of Technology on the implementation of its frontier AI transparency requirements. 

Response to Request

Implementing the Transparency in Frontier AI Act Report for the California Department of Technology Multistakeholder Workshops

Rob Reich, Deirdre Mulligan
Regulation, Policy, GovernancePrivacy, Safety, SecurityFoundation ModelsQuick ReadSep 25

In this paper, HAI Associate Director and Senior Fellow Rob Reich and UC Berkeley School of Information Professor Deirdre K. Mulligan provide concrete recommendations to the California Department of Technology on the implementation of its frontier AI transparency requirements. 

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Privacy, Safety, SecurityRegulation, Policy, GovernanceOct 05
Can AI Be Slowed Down? Stanford HAI Experts Weigh the Risks, Rules and Race Ahead
Shana Lynch
Sep 22, 2026
News

In a new series called Prompt Response, Stanford’s Surya Ganguli, Diyi Yang and Rob Reich examined emergent agent behavior, recursive self-improvement, independent evaluation and whether a kill switch can make advanced AI safer.

News

Can AI Be Slowed Down? Stanford HAI Experts Weigh the Risks, Rules and Race Ahead

Shana Lynch
Privacy, Safety, SecurityRegulation, Policy, GovernanceGenerative AISep 22

In a new series called Prompt Response, Stanford’s Surya Ganguli, Diyi Yang and Rob Reich examined emergent agent behavior, recursive self-improvement, independent evaluation and whether a kill switch can make advanced AI safer.

Designing Loyalty: AI Agents and Conflicts of Interest
Ella Genasci Smith, Victor Y. Wu, Jennifer King
Quick ReadAug 25, 2026
Issue Brief

This brief examines the conflict-of-interest risks posed by AI agents and calls for imposing a duty of loyalty on developers and deployers.

Issue Brief

Designing Loyalty: AI Agents and Conflicts of Interest

Ella Genasci Smith, Victor Y. Wu, Jennifer King
Privacy, Safety, SecurityRegulation, Policy, GovernanceIndustry, InnovationQuick ReadAug 25

This brief examines the conflict-of-interest risks posed by AI agents and calls for imposing a duty of loyalty on developers and deployers.

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AI Chatbots And Privacy: How To Keep Personal Info Secure
Good Morning America
Sep 21, 2026
Media Mention

HAI Policy Fellow Jennifer King advises caution surrounding one's person security when using AI, citing her research on AI privacy and insights on users’ tendency to disclose personal information to chatbots due to their conversational nature, the lack of transparency in how companies use chatbot conversations for training, and the evolving legal landscape around this data.

AI Chatbots And Privacy: How To Keep Personal Info Secure

Good Morning America
Sep 21, 2026

HAI Policy Fellow Jennifer King advises caution surrounding one's person security when using AI, citing her research on AI privacy and insights on users’ tendency to disclose personal information to chatbots due to their conversational nature, the lack of transparency in how companies use chatbot conversations for training, and the evolving legal landscape around this data.

Privacy, Safety, Security
Media Mention
Regulating Data Brokers in the Age of AI: A California Case Study
Anna-Maria Gueorguieva, Jennifer King, Apoorva Panidapu, Daniel E. Ho
Quick ReadAug 11, 2026
Policy Brief

This brief assesses data broker compliance with California privacy laws and calls for more stringent consumer protections.

Regulating Data Brokers in the Age of AI: A California Case Study

Anna-Maria Gueorguieva, Jennifer King, Apoorva Panidapu, Daniel E. Ho
Quick ReadAug 11, 2026

This brief assesses data broker compliance with California privacy laws and calls for more stringent consumer protections.

Privacy, Safety, Security
Regulation, Policy, Governance
Policy Brief
Amy Zegart
Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution | Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies | Associate Director and Senior Fellow, Stanford HAI | Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science, Stanford
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Amy Zegart

Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution | Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies | Associate Director and Senior Fellow, Stanford HAI | Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science, Stanford
Privacy, Safety, Security
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Your Boss, Tech Companies And Police Can Read Your Chatbot Conversations
Washington Post
Aug 31, 2026
Media Mention

HAI Policy Fellow Jennifer King discusses privacy issues with AI chatbots, saying, “Unless you are having a chat with a service that has a temporary chat or, basically, an incognito version ... [and] you’re also having it within a browser that’s not tracking you, the answer is no. You can’t be sure that it’ll be totally private."

Your Boss, Tech Companies And Police Can Read Your Chatbot Conversations

Washington Post
Aug 31, 2026

HAI Policy Fellow Jennifer King discusses privacy issues with AI chatbots, saying, “Unless you are having a chat with a service that has a temporary chat or, basically, an incognito version ... [and] you’re also having it within a browser that’s not tracking you, the answer is no. You can’t be sure that it’ll be totally private."

Privacy, Safety, Security
Media Mention
Data Privacy and Foundation Models: Can We Have Both?
Jennifer King, Tiffany Saade
Quick ReadApr 08, 2026
Issue Brief

This brief examines the privacy risks foundation models pose to individuals and society, and governance mechanisms needed to address them.

Data Privacy and Foundation Models: Can We Have Both?

Jennifer King, Tiffany Saade
Quick ReadApr 08, 2026

This brief examines the privacy risks foundation models pose to individuals and society, and governance mechanisms needed to address them.

Privacy, Safety, Security
Foundation Models
Regulation, Policy, Governance
Issue Brief
California's Data And Privacy Laws Aren't Being Followed
Marketplace
Aug 25, 2026
Media Mention

The state's Delete Act was supposed to give Californians a one-stop-shop to request their online information be deleted. But only a minority of registered data brokers are abiding by those laws, says Jennifer King, privacy and data policy fellow at the Stanford University Institute for Human-Centered AI.

California's Data And Privacy Laws Aren't Being Followed

Marketplace
Aug 25, 2026

The state's Delete Act was supposed to give Californians a one-stop-shop to request their online information be deleted. But only a minority of registered data brokers are abiding by those laws, says Jennifer King, privacy and data policy fellow at the Stanford University Institute for Human-Centered AI.

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