Artificial intelligence

Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence — January 11, 2022

Words matter: The text of online job postings can predict salaries

A machine learning tool that connects job skills to pay could help workers, companies and policymakers make better decisions about job training.

Stanford Engineering — January 7, 2022

Martin Fischer: AI and virtual reality can help society build better

Harnessing the latest tools of computer science, an engineer hopes to reshape one of the oldest fields of human endeavor – construction.

Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence — January 5, 2022

An equitable approach to reducing traffic through congestion pricing

A team of researchers argues that AI enables a form of congestion pricing that could make everyone at every income level better off.

Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence — December 14, 2021

Can’t unsubscribe? Blame dark patterns

Jennifer King, a privacy and data policy fellow at HAI, explains the importance of tracking and regulating manipulative online tactics.

Stanford Engineering — November 23, 2021

How to make artificial intelligence more meta

Chelsea Finn, an expert on AI and robotics, says that the latest trend in her field is teaching AI to look inward to improve itself in this episode of The Future of Everything.

November 12, 2021

Using AI to create better virtual reality experiences

Working at the intersection of hardware and software engineering, researchers are developing new techniques for improving 3D displays for virtual and augmented reality technologies.

Stanford HAI — November 9, 2021

AI experts establish the ‘North Star’ for domestic robotics field

A Stanford AI team creates benchmarks for 100 everyday household tasks for robot assistants, creating a path for more useful agents.

Stanford Graduate School of Business — October 28, 2021

OK, computer: Building trust to make machine learning more effective

Asking users about their needs and concerns can open up the “black box” of new workplace technologies.

Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence — October 27, 2021

Closing language gaps to improve COVID-19 tracing

Scholars employ a machine learning algorithm to predict people’s language needs, helping contact tracers resolve cases faster.

Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence — October 13, 2021

Stanford researchers build $400 self-navigating smart cane

Incorporating sensing and way-finding approaches from robotics and self-driving vehicles, the cane could reshape life for people with blindness or sight impairment.