9 big ideas from Stanford Health AI week
Research
From empowering patients to rethinking how doctors and AI work together, Stanford’s weeklong symposium surfaced the ideas most likely to shape medicine’s next chapter.
AI eases burden of hospital discharge summaries
News
In a small pilot study, a Stanford Medicine-developed tool showed promise by decreasing physician burnout while maintaining safety.
Experts explore AI’s financial impact beyond the soundbites
Video
A recent SIEPR Policy Forum cut through the noise on AI, stablecoins, and private credit – and what they actually mean for the U.S. financial system.
AI outperforms law professors in blind study
Research
In an analysis led by Stanford Law’s Julian Nyarko, professors preferred AI-generated answers over those produced by their peers 75% of the time.
Stanford to consolidate two big AI programs
In the News
The Stanford Data Science initiative and Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI will now be run under one roof.
Stanford education experts put AI into perspective
News
Researchers are taking an evidence-based approach to AI’s influence on education, weighing the risks while prioritizing meaningful learning.
FSI scholars discuss world-changing tech in 2026
Event Highlights
At a panel discussion, experts from across the institute explored AI, biotech advances, and geopolitical competition.
Faculty use AI to analyze text at unprecedented scale
News
By tapping into the power of pretrained language models, GSB researchers are generating findings that are expansive, granular – and fast.
AI coach rewrites the rules of cardiovascular research
Research
A smartphone app born in a Stanford research lab is using artificial intelligence to nudge people toward healthier hearts.
‘You can’t outsource critical thinking’
News
In COLLEGE 102, students drafted essays, styled as policy memos, on AI in the classroom. The winning proposal addressed the tension between AI’s capabilities and the need for critical thinking.