President Biden signed Executive Order 14110 on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence on October 30. Stanford HAI's AI Tracker follows and accesses the government's actions on AI.
Using cellphone data, Stanford researchers determined how often people of different socioeconomic statuses crossed paths. Their research shows people in big cities do not interact with others outside their own socioeconomic bracket, but locating public infrastructure between neighborhoods foster more socioeconomic mixing that will promote diversity.
Last year saw major advances in generative AI with major investments into AI startups and policymakers in both the U.S. and EU putting forth AI regulation. In this article, seven Stanford HAI faculty and fellows predict the biggest stories in artificial intelligence.
Vehicle-mounted sensors, cameras and other devices are being used by Stanford researchers to help assess neighborhood conditions such as air quality, potholes and building deterioration. The goal of the project is to enhance the living conditions and wellbeing of communities that have been long marginalized and neglected.
The Global Carbon Project, an international consortium of scientists from more than 90 institutions, research published Dec 5, shows that global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have risen again in 2023. While the U.S. saw emissions decline 3% in 2023 compared to 2022, primarily due to decline in coals use, U.S. emissions on a per capita basis remain twice those of Europe and China.
Visualization for Machine Learning or VIS4ML can help developers better design, train, and understand their models. A recent paper available on preprint service ArXiv.org and accepted for publication at IEEE VIS, by a faculty fellow at Stanford HAI, finds that researchers in this space are making inappropriately broad claims about their tools' applicability.
The Stanford Emerging Technology Review's first-edition report was recently introduced at an event on campus and is available for download. The report serves as a primer for ten pivotal technology domains and will be updated regularly.
Much of the $1 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill is targeted for building and repairing roads, bridges, and railways and is headed to the states. A new study details how these auctions work and how they might be tweaked to lower the cost of infrastructure projects, potentially saving governments (and taxpayers) billions of dollars
At the latest webinar hosted by the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, political and energy experts from Stanford, the U.S. government, and the private sector discussed the challenges, opportunities, and strategies to equitably accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels. Many projects that would advance solar farms, new transmission lines and other essential infrastructure are stuck in queues waiting for permits.
A team of researchers found that by substituting cheaper silver for some of the platinum group metals used in previous catalysts, they could make an equally effective fuel cell with a much lower price tag
