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Stanford scholars say that technological innovation is not an inevitable force that exercises power over us. | Image by Stocksy/CACTUS Creative Studio

Sep 14, 2021

How to change the future of technology

Security, Technology & Society Issue #122

Computational prediction of the structures into which RNAs fold is important because so few structures are known. | Image by Camille L.L. Townshend

Aug 26, 2021

An algorithm predicts biological structures more accurately than ever

Computation & Data, Health

A new technology will make your phone much smarter. | Adobe Stock/elenabsl

Jul 29, 2021

New ‘AI-at-the-edge’ smartphone chip lives, and learns, close to home

Artificial Intelligence, Electronics & Networking, Technology & Society Issue #120

Automated speech police can score highly on technical tests but miss the mark with people, new research shows.

Jul 15, 2021

AI struggles to recognize toxic speech on social media. Here’s why.

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society Issue #121

When engineers design for disability, everybody benefits. | Adobe Stock/zlikovec

Jun 24, 2021

How to engineer for inclusion

Technology & Society Issue #119

Each of the blocks in this quilt were designed using an algorithm-based tool developed by Stanford researchers. | Mackenzie Leake

Jun 4, 2021

Stanford algorithm helps modern quilters focus on creativity

Computation & Data

Some of the difficulty of building a social chatbot stems from the vast amount of skills that go into making meaningful human conversation. | Adobe Stock/terovesalainen

Apr 15, 2021

How to create better chatbot conversations

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society Issue #115

The future will be dominated by AI | iStock/mmustafabozdemir

Mar 29, 2021

Kunle Olukotun: How to make AI more democratic

Artificial Intelligence, Electronics & Networking, Technology & Society

The transition to 5G will affect every device connected to the internet, including drones. | Adobe Stock/Andy Dean

Mar 25, 2021

A new initiative aims to ensure 5G networks are reliable and secure

Computation & Data, Security, Transportation & Robotics Issue #114

Scholars of natural language processing are exploring the human emotions and social meanings behind the words we use. | Stocksy/CACTUS Creative Studio

Mar 12, 2021

Dan Jurafsky: How AI is changing our understanding of language

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society Issue #113

Jan 26, 2021

Mutale Nkonde: How to get more truth from social media

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society Issue #114

Researchers hope to develop robots to help patients dress and undress. How do we teach them skills that children must learn? | Stocksy/Amanda Worrall

Jan 15, 2021

Karen Liu: How robots perceive the physical world

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data Issue #109

Hardware and software innovations give eight chips the illusion that they’re one mega-chip working together to run AI. | Stocksy/Javier Pardina

Jan 11, 2021

New hybrid chips can run AI on battery-powered devices

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data Issue #110

Researchers trained the learning robot — the goalie — to block more than 90% of the shooter robot’s attempts. | Image courtesy of Dorsa Sadigh

Nov 20, 2020

To cooperate better, robots need to think about hidden agendas

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics Issue #106

Scholars were able to determine that Texas high school history books mostly focus on white men. | TONL

Nov 18, 2020

AI uncovers who gets attention in high school textbooks

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society Issue #107

Occupancy caps on reopened stores can lower the risks. | Unsplash/Lucas Santos

Nov 10, 2020

Researchers create a computer model to predict how COVID-19 spreads

Health, Technology & Society Issue #106

How can AI influence medicine and biology? | Stocksy/Sergio Marcos

Nov 3, 2020

Daphne Koller: How machine learning is transforming drug discovery

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Advances in robotic automation allow for more precise, intuitive movement. | Photo by Drew Kelly

Oct 28, 2020

Assistive Feeding: How AI can improve the control of robot arms

Transportation & Robotics Issue #104

An AI tool spotted 80% of fakes by noting when “visemes,” or mouth formations did not match “phonemes,” or phonetic sounds. | Image by Agrawala lab

Oct 21, 2020

AI can detect seemingly perfect deep-fake videos

Technology & Society Issue #105

In the end, says a legal scholar, all voters just want to know: Are our elections legitimate? | Stocksy/CACTUS Creative Studio

Oct 9, 2020

How to hold a secure election

Security, Technology & Society Issue #103

What will happen at the critical instant a rocket engine ignites? Stanford engineers will help answer that question. | Image courtesy of Javier Urzay

Oct 1, 2020

Interdisciplinary team develops ‘exascale’ computing for spaceflight

Technology & Society Issue #104

The complexity of bedside care | iStock/Jennifer Kosig

Sep 9, 2020

AI-controlled sensors could save lives in ‘smart’ hospitals and homes

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Health Issue #101

A new interactive tool uses AI techniques to automatically measure who is on cable news and what they talk about. | Shutterstock/Conchi Martinez

Aug 27, 2020

A team of researchers launch an AI-powered TV news analyzer

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society

“We’re in the middle of something really unusual here.” | Unsplash/visuals

Aug 20, 2020

John Mitchell and Maxwell Bigman: How can we improve online learning?

Technology & Society Issue #99