@StanfordCRFM just released the 2025 Foundation Model Transparency Index, which evaluates transparency practices across major foundation model developers. This year's headline? Transparency regresses across industry, reversing last year's gains. https://
crfm.stanford.edu/fmti/December-
2025/index.html
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Foundation Model Transparency Index shows industry regression in 2025
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Stanford Researchers Testify on AI Copyright and Training Data Transparency
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Today at @Stanford
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Stanford AI Lab Postdoctoral Fellows Program Deadline December 15
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Deadline approaching: Applications for the @StanfordAILab Postdoctoral Fellows Program end December 15! Whether you're working on robotics, RL, computer vision, genomics, or NLP – we want to hear from you. Join Stanford's fun and dynamic AI community: https://
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AI Models Struggle With False Beliefs and Misconceptions Recognition
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“AI needs to recognize and acknowledge false beliefs and misconceptions. That’s still a big gap in current models, even the most recent ones,” says @StanfordHAI faculty affiliate @james_y_zou on AI's current blind spots: https://
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Building Fair AI Systems for Diverse Users Research
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How do we build AI systems that work equally well for everyone? @Stanford
's @lschmidt3 and @Diyi_Yang are tackling this challenge head-on. Their research focuses on improving training datasets & ensuring AI systems are designed with diverse users in mind. https://
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/1
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Responsible AI Investment Panel at Stanford HAI Summit
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@StanfordHAI Senior Fellow @SuryaGanguli brought critical academic insights to a panel discussion on "Investing in Responsible AI" at the AI Impact Summit Pre-Summit Conference hosted today by India's SF Consulate (
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BEHAVIOR Challenge 2025 Winners Announced at NeurIPS
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Are you at #NeurIPS2025 this week? Our colleagues at @StanfordSVL will be announcing the winners of the 2025 BEHAVIOR Challenge, a global competition to stress-test robotic systems against 50 everyday domestic tasks in high-fidelity simulation. Read more:
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AI for Better Communication: Strengthening Democracy Through Design
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Hard take from @DigEconLab
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AI Patients Help Train Therapists for PTSD Exposure Therapy
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There aren't enough trained therapists to provide written exposure therapy to all the PTSD patients who could benefit. One possible solution: AI patients that let therapists practice anytime, anywhere, with instant expert feedback.
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Designing AI for Users, Communities, and Society
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Are we building AI right? At this year’s Science and Technology in Society forum in Japan, @StanfordHAI Co-Director James @Landay argued that we need to design AI at 3 critical levels — not just for users, but for communities & society. https://
youtube.com/watch?v=ImGdCN
TeWzA&t=1307s
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