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Stanford Merges AI and Data Science Efforts Under Single Institute
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (1077+ words) The combined institute will retain the Stanford HAI name and be helmed by computer scientist James Landay. Co-founder Fei-Fei Li takes on a new university-wide role as Special Advisor on AI and joins John Hennessy as co-chair of the advisory…...
Inside the AI Index: 12 Takeaways from the 2026 Report
2+ week, 5+ day ago (357+ words) The annual report reveals a field hitting breakthrough capabilities while raising urgent questions about environmental costs, transparency, and who benefits from the technology. Stanford computer scientist James Zou is exploring how AI can accelerate scientific research and peer review. His…...
AI's Growing Role as Scientific Peer Reviewer
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (460+ words) Stanford computer scientist James Zou is exploring how AI can accelerate scientific research and peer review. His finding: AI excels at spotting gaps, but judgment calls still need humans. James Zou is a computer scientist at Stanford University who has…...
AI Can't Do Physics Well " And That's a Roadblock to Autonomy
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (788+ words) Quanti Phy is a new benchmark and training framework that evaluates whether AI can numerically reason about physical properties in video images. Quanti Phy reveals that today's models struggle with basic estimates of size, speed, and distance but offers a…...