Academic center · Science policy · Stanford University, Stanford · Est. 2019
The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (Stanford HAI) is an interdisciplinary Stanford University institute that advances AI and data-science research, education, and policy with a stated mission of improving the human condition. It was launched in 2019 and organizes its work around the principle that AI should be guided by its human impact, designed to augment rather than replace people, and inspired by human intelligence.
Its current strategy emphasizes (1) research that connects technical advances to societal consequences, (2) educational initiatives aimed at human flourishing, and (3) policy and governance work intended to inform decision-makers and improve how AI is built, evaluated, and deployed across society. Operationally, Stanford HAI runs multiple grant and fellowship programs (including seed research grants and policy research grants), convenes researchers and stakeholders through conferences and workshops, and supports an ecosystem of affiliated faculty, fellows, centers, and labs spanning disciplines such as engineering, medicine, law, and the humanities. As of May 2026, Stanford reports that Stanford HAI merged with the Stanford Data Science initiative under the Stanford HAI name, retaining the Marlowe computing cluster and expanding the institute’s scale (including “more than 400 scholars” and “$60 million in cumulative grant funding”).
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Stanford scholars respond to a federal request for feedback, offering policy recommendations for the regulation of generative AI-enabled medical devices.
Tracking AI’s Real-Time Footprint On The Labor MarketDashboards created by Stanford HAI’s Digital Economy Lab measure how AI adoption is altering employment trends and job growth, along with broader economic indicators.
Measuring What Medical AI Can Actually DoOver three years, we’ve built progressively harder, more realistic benchmarks for medical AI. Here’s what we learned.
Welcome to the 2024 cohort of Data Science ScholarsWho is Responsible When AI Causes Harm?It's one of AI policy's hardest unsolved problems. Expert Deb Raji joins Stanford HAI to find answers that move beyond principles and into practice.
Simulating Human Behavior with AI AgentsThis brief introduces a generative AI agent architecture that can simulate the attitudes of more than 1,000 real people in response to major social science survey questions.
Designing Loyalty: AI Agents and Conflicts of InterestThis brief examines the conflict-of-interest risks posed by AI agents and calls for imposing a duty of loyalty on developers and deployers.
Stanford HAI Welcomes 15 New HAI Data Science ScholarsThe two-year fellowship supports PhD researchers across law, medicine, physics, statistics, education, and engineering.
Want Employees to Embrace AI? Stop Selling It as a Productivity ToolHow managers introduce and support AI determines whether workers engage with or resist the technology.
Humans and AI Engage in Meaningful CollaborationsAnalyzing thousands of human-AI conversations, a new study shows that people are turning to chatbots for increasingly critical tasks – and that productive outcomes depend on how the collaboration unfolds.
AI for Social Good: How One Nonprofit Hopes to Solve Global Health ChallengesOne nonprofit uses novel approaches to improve infant mortality, agricultural disaster, and tuberculosis diagnoses.
Stanford HAI covered a discussion in its “Prompt Response” series on whether advanced AI development should be slowed and what society can do instead regarding risk, auditing, and governance.
AI Legal Review Says Millions Live Under Discriminatory Local LawsStanford HAI described research using an AI pipeline to examine discriminatory statutes across more than 9,600 local jurisdictions and highlighted implications for human-in-the-loop legal review and reform.
Your ‘For You’ Algorithm Disagrees With YouStanford HAI covered findings about how engagement-driven ranking can misalign social-media feeds with users’ stated values and discussed broader implications for AI-mediated information consumption.
Companies That Buy and Sell Your Data Are Not Following California’s Strict Privacy LawsStanford HAI reported on joint work with Stanford RegLab assessing data-broker compliance with California privacy law and discussed the findings and implications for consumer rights and transparency.
New Stanford Grants Tackle AI's Impact on Global Security and GeopoliticsStanford HAI described a grant effort launched in coordination with the Hoover Institution’s Technology Policy Accelerator to fund multidisciplinary research on AI and global security, including topics such as nuclear proliferation, U.S.-China competition, and political influence.
Stanford HAI reported on research into how emotional support from AI companions can affect well-being for users with limited social networks, including potential design and intervention implications.