A new report from the Stanford University Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Stanford HAI) analyzes the risks of AI and offers potential solutions. This article outlines the main findings of a published white paper titled “Rethinking Privacy in the AI Era: Policy Provocations for a Data-Centric World.”
Stanford HAI released a paper on the societal impact of open foundation models. The paper's aim is to bring clarity to pressing questions about how foundation models should be released and propose paths forward for researchers, developers, and policymakers.
Researchers at Stanford University have invented a way to augment electric motors to make them much more efficient at performing dynamic movements through a new type of actuator, a device that uses energy to make things move. Their actuator, published March 20 in Science Robotics, uses springs and clutches to accomplish a variety of tasks with a fraction of the energy usage of a typical electric motor.
The Stanford Environmental Research Year in Review, produced by the Woods Institute for the Environment, provides a snapshot of key studies from scholars across Stanford’s seven schools. This year’s review spans a wide range of topics that can inform environmental policies, technology, conservation, business, and decision-making.
Stanford researchers are getting closer to building a tiny electron accelerator based on “accelerator-on-a-chip” technology with broad potential applications in studying physics as well as medical and industrial uses.
A Stanford-led consortium of 22 universities, national laboratories, and NGOs aims to help communities balance top priorities for a decarbonized grid. The three-year project will be primarily funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and will be led by Inês Azevedo, associate professor of energy science and engineering seen here at left.
When seen on an atomic scale, the seemingly smooth flow of ions through a battery's electrolyte is an illusion: Individual ions hop erratically from one open space to another, nudged in the direction of an electrode by a steady voltage. Researchers gave the hopping ions a jolt of voltage and to their surprise, most of the ions briefly reversed direction and returned to their previous positions before resuming their usual more random travels.
Stanford researchers have discovered a low cost solution to improve lithium metal battery's cycle life by letting it rest for several hours in the discharged state. This straightforward approach, described in a study published Feb. 7 in the journal Nature, restored battery capacity and boosted overall performance.
Greg Buchak's, recently published paper in the Journal of Finance, looks at who gains from driving for ride sharing companies. Buchak, associate professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, finds that access to car loans plays a crucial role in distributing benefits to low-income drivers and has been an essential ingredient in the growth of the gig economy.
