private research university in Stanford, California, U.S.
Xaira, an AI drug discovery startup, launches with a massive $1B, says it’s ‘ready’ to start developing drugs
techcrunch.com/2024/04/24/xaira-an-ai-drug-discovery-startup-launches-with-a-massive-1b-says-its-ready-to-start-developing-drugs/
AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material May Overwhelm Tip Line: A report by Stanford researchers cautions that the National Center for Missing and Exploited ...
nytimes.com/2024/04/22/technology/ai-csam-cybertipline.html
Report urges fixes to online child exploitation CyberTipline before AI makes it worse
apnews.com/article/cybertipline-child-sexual-abuse-stanford-23436c59d8aa03aa3d173ed5b63f8bfd
AI is about to make the online child sex abuse problem much worse: A flood of AI-generated child pornography threatens to overwhelm the nation’s creaky reporting ...
washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/22/ai-csam-ncmec-cybertipline-stanford-report/
Stanford’s New President Is Jonathan Levin, Dean of Business School: Dr. Levin faces the challenge of guiding the university through politically fraught times.
nytimes.com/2024/04/04/us/stanford-president-jonathan-levin.html
Quick Glance: Stanford names Jonathan Levin, business school dean, new president
- Stanford University named Jonathan Levin as its new president following Marc Tessier-Lavigne's resignation over research misconduct allegations.
- Levin, a business school dean and economist, will assume presidency on August 1.
- He steps into a challenging period in higher education characterized by declining enrollments and soaring costs.
- As the 13th president, Levin, a Stanford alumnus, aims to enhance academic excellence and freedom at the university.
Harvard professors: Claudine Gay resigned without review of plagiarism accusations
bostonglobe.com/2024/01/06/metro/harvard-professors-claudine-gay/
Pilot projects will help stop the overreporting of children of color to child welfare
freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/03/04/overreporting-child-abuse-children-of-color-michigan-bar-association/72685603007/
The Next Battle in Higher Ed May Strike at Its Soul: Scholarship: Cases involving Stanford, Harvard and M.I.T. are fueling skepticism over the thoroughness of ...
nytimes.com/2024/01/14/us/plagiarism-harvard-claudine-gay-neri-oxman.html
The decline and fall of Harvard’s president: Claudine Gay’s sloppy citations added to the embarrassment of her recent congressional testimony
economist.com/united-states/2024/01/03/the-decline-and-fall-of-harvards-president
Claudine Gay's resignation highlights the trouble with regulating academic writing
npr.org/2024/01/03/1222588885/harvard-president-claudine-gay-resigns-plagiarism
Quick Glance: Harvard President Resigns Amid Plagiarism, Antisemitism Scandals
- Claudine Gay has resigned from her position as Harvard University President due to multiple scandals.
- She announced her resignation via email, stating that it is in the best interests of Harvard for her to resign so the community can focus on the institution during this challenging time.
- The scandals involved the university's response to growing antisemitism and personal accusations of plagiarism.
- Her participation in a hearing on campus antisemitism led to questions about how the university handles harassment towards Jewish people.
Claudine Gay was just the start: US college presidents feel a chilling effect: After Harvard president stepped down, observers say the scrutiny of college ...
usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/01/04/claudine-gay-college-presidents-chilling-effect/72101899007/
Critics claim to find flaws in dozens of Alzheimer’s studies by Temple scientist: Domenico Praticò denies any research misconduct, but in a lawsuit ...
inquirer.com/health/temple-university-research-domenico-pratico-accused-misconduct-20240118.html
Embattled Harvard President Claudine Gay wouldn't share research when academics questioned data in 2001 Stanford paper
nypost.com/2023/12/26/news/claudine-gay-wouldnt-share-data-in-2001-paper-when-questioned/
Study shows AI image-generators are being trained on explicit photos of children: The Stanford Internet Observatory found more than 3,200 images of suspected ...
pbs.org/newshour/science/study-shows-ai-image-generators-are-being-trained-on-explicit-photos-of-children
Quick Glance: International AI Regulation: Starting at the National Level
- Political leaders are responding to AI advances and recognizing the urgent need for regulation.
- From city halls to international organizations, AI oversight is top of mind, with a surge in new initiatives in late 2023.
- Despite broad acknowledgment of the need to shepherd an AI-powered future, political leaders often turn to tools from the past for international cooperation.
- AI’s rapid development, opacity, and changing nature make it substantively different than previous technologies, requiring novel forms of international oversight.
6 Months and a Swirl of Controversy: A Timeline of Claudine Gay’s Tenure as Harvard President
nytimes.com/2023/12/21/us/harvard-president-claudine-gay-timeline.html
Quick Glance: Harvard's Board of Directors Under Pressure
- Harvard’s influential board publicly expressed support for the president, while internal sources hint at potential changes.
- Rob Copeland and Maureen Farrell engaged with members of Harvard’s secretive board, academics, and businesspeople.
- At a popular restaurant in Cambridge, two board members faced intense questioning from a group of prominent academics.
- A rare opportunity for a small group of academics to engage directly with the board during a turbulent period.
Washington Notebook: New study debunks allegations of election fraud in Pennsylvania
post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2024/01/25/voter-fraud-2020-presidential-election-deluzio-thompson-lee/stories/202401240106
Exploitive, illegal photos of children found in the data that trains some AI: More than 1,000 images of child sexual abuse have been found in a prominent ...
washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/20/ai-child-pornography-abuse-photos-laion/
ChatGPT did not increase cheating in high schools, Stanford researchers find: ChatGPT did not increase cheating in high schools, Stanford researchers find
cnn.com/2023/12/13/tech/chatgpt-did-not-increase-cheating-in-high-schools/
Stable Diffusion Was Trained On Illegal Child Sexual Abuse Material, Stanford Study Says
forbes.com/sites/alexandralevine/2023/12/20/stable-diffusion-child-sexual-abuse-material-stanford-internet-observatory/
Ticked off! @animal cruelty: See what upsets people and what occasionally makes them happy
orlandosentinel.com/2023/12/11/ticked-off-animal-cruelty/
Three Ways to Tell If Research Is Bunk: Here are some rules for deciding whether a new social-science finding is really useful to you.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/rules-whether-trust-academic-studies/676170/
Stanford study finds child abuse images in AI training data: A widely used dataset contained more than 1000 known images of child sexual abuse.
axios.com/2023/12/20/ai-training-data-child-abuse-images-stanford
| Canoe.Com: "That's another slap in the face to victims," said Lloyd Richardson, director of technology at the Canadian Centre for Child Protection.
torontosun.com/news/national/slap-in-the-face-images-of-canadian-child-abuse-victims-training-ai-generators
Popular AI Image Generators Trained on Explicit Photos of Children, Study Shows: A new study found that popular AI image generators have been trained on a vast ...
techtimes.com/articles/299935/20231221/popular-ai-image-generators-trained-explicit-photos-children-study-shows.htm
Exploitative photos of children found in AI training data: A dataset used to train popular artificial intelligence (AI) image generation tools was found to ...
thehill.com/policy/technology/4371448-exploitative-photos-of-children-found-in-ai-training-data/
Anti-Semitism escalates at elite universities like Harvard and Stanford: Students at universities glorify Hamas' mass murder as just punishment for Israel's ...
nzz.ch/feuilleton/studentische-hamas-fans-die-den-progrom-feiern-ld.1761502
Hit-and-run injuring Muslim Stanford student sparks hate-crime probe: Abdulwahab Omira called on people to “collectively denounce hatred, bigotry ...
washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/11/06/muslim-stanford-student-hit-run-hate-crime/
Quick Glance: Stanford Hit-and-Run Victim Appeals for Love and Compassion
- An Arab Muslim student at Stanford University, Abdulwahab Omira, issued a statement after a car accident on Friday afternoon, classified as a hate crime by authorities.
- A preliminary investigation by the California Highway Patrol revealed the incident to be a hate crime, according to a statement from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office.
- The president of Stanford University, Richard Saller, and provost Jenny Martinez condemned the Hit-and-Run in a campus statement on Friday.
- Last month, a man in Chicago stabbed a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy, which is being investigated by the Department of Justice as a hate crime.
Who is Caroline Ellison, a key witness testifying against Sam Bankman-Fried?
reuters.com/legal/who-is-caroline-ellison-key-witness-set-testify-against-sam-bankman-fried-2023-09-28/
Quick Glance: Sam Bankman-Fried's Parents Influence FTX's Fall and Their Son's Trial
- As lawyers negotiated Bankman-Fried's exit from FTX, Bankman was in the Bahamas, where FTX was headquartered, appearing on video calls with his son.
- Prosecutors said that Bankman-Fried's legal team suggested to them in an August letter to the court that Bankman-Fried may have relied on his parents' legal advice.
- Lawyers for Bankman and Fried stated, 'This is a dangerous attempt to intimidate Joe and Barbara and undermine the jury process just days before their child's trial begins.'
- Joe Bankman said he was involved from early on.
FTX attorneys accuse Sam Bankman-Fried's parents of unjustly enriching themselves with company funds
news.yahoo.com/ftx-attorneys-accuse-sam-bankman-185824094.html
Bay Area campuses rife with tension over the Israel-Hamas war: As the death toll in the Middle East mounts, the vitriol across American campuses has, too ...
mercurynews.com/2023/10/20/bay-area-campuses-rife-with-tension-over-the-israel-hamas-war/
What’s the Matter With Stanford?: The Sam Bankman-Fried scandal reveals a lot about the culture of Stanford, writes Stanford student Theo Baker.
nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/10/sam-bankman-fried-was-raised-in-a-fraud-cluster.html
‘Open science’ advocates warn of widespread academic fraud: Scandals at Stanford and Harvard show manipulation of research remains an issue despite growth of ...
ft.com/content/fcad4a70-5ba0-4c42-bcec-332cf3b19f5d
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Student journalist discusses reporting that led to Stanford president's resignation
pbs.org/newshour/show/student-journalist-discusses-reporting-that-led-to-stanford-presidents-resignation
Quick Glance: Stanford President Resigns Following Data Manipulation Investigation
- Stanford University President, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, to step down next month.
- Investigation reveals repeated data manipulation in labs under his leadership.
- Tessier-Lavigne intends to retract three papers and correct two others.
- He takes responsibility for his lab members' work and plans to enhance controls.
Outgoing Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne Retracts Papers From Science: Outgoing Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne retracted two papers ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-31/outgoing-stanford-president-retracts-two-studies-from-science-after-review
CSU administrators flamed at Capitol for handling of sexual misconduct investigations
sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article278881709.html
A Harvard professor raking in over $1 million a year who specialized in ‘dishonesty’ was accused of fabricating research. 3 retractions have already occurred
fortune.com/2023/08/02/harvard-professor-gino-dishonesty-investigation-falsified-research/
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There’s far more scientific fraud than anyone wants to admit: Despite recent scandals of research misconduct and error, the academic world still seems determined ...
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/09/scientific-misconduct-retraction-watch
State auditor’s office blasts California State University for mishandling sexual misconduct cases
mercurynews.com/2023/07/18/state-auditors-office-blasts-cal-state-for-mishandling-sexual-misconduct-cases/
Studies retracted after Harvard professor who researches honesty faces allegations of fraud
bostonglobe.com/2023/07/28/metro/studies-retracted-after-harvard-professor-who-researches-honesty-faces-allegations-fraud/
Stanford researchers find Mastodon has a massive child abuse material problem: Researchers at Stanford’s Internet Observatory found that child sexual abuse ...
theverge.com/2023/7/24/23806093/mastodon-csam-study-decentralized-network
Mastodon's decentralized social network has a major CSAM problem: A study from Stanford shows that Mastodon has a big child sexual abuse (CSAM) problem..
engadget.com/mastodons-decentralized-social-network-has-a-major-csam-problem-202519000.html
These academics studied falsehoods spread by Trump. Now the GOP wants answers.: Rep. Jim Jordan is demanding emails and meetings with leading disinformation ...
washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/06/disinformation-researchers-congress-jim-jordan/
Instagram is the main platform for pedophiles to sell sexual abuse content: Report
english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/06/08/Instagram-is-the-main-platform-for-pedophiles-to-sell-sexual-abuse-content-Report
Meta creates task force after report finds Instagram guided users to child sex content - UPI.com
upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/06/08/meta-task-force-instagram-child-sex-content/8461686198535/
Instagram is the main platform used by pedophile networks to promote and sell content showing child sexual abuse, according to a report by Stanford University ... Show more
Rahul Gandhi never imagined he will lose Lok Sabha membership for defamation in ‘Modi’ surname case
firstpost.com/india/rahul-gandhi-never-imagined-he-will-lose-lok-sabha-membership-for-defamation-in-modi-surname-case-12678092.html
Stanford Internet Observatory raises alarm over 'serious failings with the child protection systems at Twitter'
theregister.com/2023/06/06/stanford_internet_observatory_csam/
First Person to Get Max Sentence for Defamation: Rahul Gandhi in Stanford: After speaking to members of the Indian diaspora in Santa Clara, Gandhi spoke at ...
thewire.in/politics/rahul-gandhi-stanford-lok-sabha-disqualification
From boxing to Pilates—5 workouts Bollywood celebs love for fitness: Are you looking forward to trying something new to keep yourself fit and healthy? Try these ...
healthshots.com/fitness/weight-loss/5-types-of-bollywood-celebrity-workouts-to-do-for-fitness/
Stanford Study Finds Less People Clicked on Fake News Sites in 2020 Election: But an estimated 68 million Americans still fall prey to online misinformation.
thedailybeast.com/stanford-study-finds-less-people-clicked-on-fake-news-sites-in-2020-election
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan Issues Sweeping Information Requests to Universities Researching Disinformation
propublica.org/article/jim-jordan-information-requests-universities-disinformation
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan Issues Sweeping Subpoenas to Universities Researching Disinformation
propublica.org/article/jim-jordan-disinformation-subpoena-universities
The Other Stanford DEI Scandal: An overreaction to false sexual assault accusations hints at the danger of Biden’s Title IX reforms.
wsj.com/articles/the-other-stanford-dei-scandal-duncan-title-ix-due-process-sexual-misconduct-false-accusations-education-10ed9a16
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Penis fact every man denies is confirmed: Men lie about their height and the size of their penis, a new study has determined.
news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/new-study-finds-men-lie-about-size-of-their-penis-by-21-per-cent/news-story/caa0b1c258ff8ba29d37dc0c6d6e0bab
A Stanford Student Reporter Is Behind An Explosive Investigation: Theo Baker recently became the youngest-ever recipient of the prestigious Polk Award.
buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/theo-baker-stanford-marc-tessier-lavigne-investigation
How To Survive The AI Revolution - Forbes India: A human-centered approach to artificial intelligence envisions a future where people and machines are ...
forbesindia.com/article/stanford/how-to-survive-the-ai-revolution/84333/1
Quick Glance: David Rosenberg: White-collar occupations will suffer as a result of the coming AI revolution
- What distinguishes generative AI from its predecessors is that, unlike standard AI systems, which are largely used to create predictions based on observed patterns, this generation of the technology can generate fresh content (text, photos, music, etc.).
- What impact will generative AI have on the labor market?
- The type of AI technology we are discussing now has far more acute labor displacement features because we are talking about completely replacing a generation of analysts in any profession, for example.
- On the aggregate demand front, massive labor replacement might cause a wave of unemployment, lowering consumer spending.
In 2015 the Future of Life Institute issued a letter about how to tailor AI research for maximum human benefit. In March it warned that AI labs were ... Show more
AI Is Moving Fast Enough to Break Things. Sound Familiar?: Everyone is freaking out about artificial intelligence, but the risks of disinformation, for one ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-06/chatgpt-advances-bring-ai-disinformation-risks-to-spotlight
Quick Glance: Salary premiums may be jeopardized as the use of ChatGPT and other AI tools expands.
- Here are four approaches that workers and policymakers can take to meet the challenge.
- This time, it appears that not only white-collar workers performing routine tasks are in danger.
- E-paper with a 2-week archive so you don't miss out on important content
Sam Bankman-Fried using millions sent to Stanford dad to pay for lawyers: report: The multi-million-dollar gift Bankman-Fried sent to his Stanford law professor ...
mercurynews.com/2023/03/31/sam-bankman-fried-using-millions-sent-to-stanford-dad-to-pay-for-lawyers-report
Quick Glance: Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX has been charged with bribing Chinese officials.
- Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried leaves a court hearing in Manhattan federal court in New York City after being charged with fraud in connection with the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange.
- The Alameda accounts were frozen in 2021 as part of a Chinese government probe involving two bitcoin exchanges in that nation, according to authorities.
- He has already pleaded not guilty to various fraud accusations stemming from the alleged transfer of billions of dollars from the now-bankrupt FTX to Alameda and for personal purposes.
- Prosecutors claim that Bankman-Fried and others attempted to reclaim assets stored in Alameda accounts in order to fund additional trading activity.
Facing new research fraud claim, Stanford president fights back : Marc Tessier-Lavigne is facing allegations that a scientific research paper on which he was ...
washingtonpost.com/education/2023/02/21/tessier-lavigne-research-stanford-daily/
Alpaca AI spreads fake news and is taken offline: Experimental Alpaca AI based on Meta's Llama system tells nonsense - and is not alone.
t3n.de/news/alpaca-ai-verbreitet-fakenews-offline-aus-ende-schluss-1543040/
The impact of deepfakes on marketing: After seeing the same AI-generated photo of Dr. Lance B. Eliot all over the web, it was clear to me he wasn’t a real person ...
venturebeat.com/ai/the-impact-of-deepfakes-on-marketing/
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Twitter cuts more engineering, product jobs to curb costs: Twitter Inc. laid off more workers Saturday in a fresh wave of cuts meant to curb costs at the company ...
financialpost.com/fp-work/twitter-cuts-more-engineering-product-jobs
From financial ruin to jail time, here are the big billionaire downfalls that compete with Sam Bankman-Fried’s $17 billion FTX collapse.
Sam Bankman-Fried, Elizabeth Holmes And 9 Other Epic Billionaire Blowups: From financial ruin to jail time, here are the other big billionaire downfalls that ...
forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2022/11/19/sam-bankman-fried-elizabeth-holmes-and-9-other-epic-billionaire-blowups/
Quick Glance: Sam Bankman-Fried, Elizabeth Holmes, and 9 More Epic Billionaire Blowups
- Batista was believed to be worth $30 billion in early 2012, as the prices of his publicly traded energy companies, which were housed under the parent company EBX Group, skyrocketed.
- To date, somewhat more than $1 billion has been recovered.
- He is currently valued at more than $5 billion.
- Khodorkovsky, the former CEO of Russian oil and gas firm Yukos, was briefly Russia's richest man, valued an estimated $15 billion at his peak in 2004.
Stanford geneticist pays $29M for hoodwinking VC friend into investing in ‘miracle cure’ for Huntington’s that actually led to death and loss of limbs
fortune.com/2023/01/17/stanford-geneticist-pays-29-million-hoodwinking-vc-friend-investing-fraudulent-miracle-cure-for-degenerative-brain-disease-huntingtons/
Paid articlePaid From financial ruin to jail time, here are the big billionaire downfalls that compete with Sam Bankman-Fried’s $17 billion FTX collapse.
Sam Bankman-Fried, Elizabeth Holmes And 9 Other Epic Billionaire Blowups: From financial ruin to jail time, here are the other big billionaire downfalls that ...
forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2022/11/19/sam-bankman-fried-elizabeth-holmes-and-9-other-epic-billionaire-blowups/
Quick Glance: After closing his eyes in court, SBF had to be "awakened" by an official.
- On Monday, Sam Bankman-Fried appeared in court in the Bahamas, where he was anticipated to accept to extradition to the United States on eight criminal accusations.
- According to The Times, he stated that Bankman-Fried rejected "the strongest possible legal advice" by agreeing to voluntary extradition.
- According to the Journal, a court officer instructed Bankman-Fried to stand up straight during the hearing.
- Bankman-Fried was also charged of scamming lenders.
From financial ruin to jail time, here are the big billionaire downfalls that compete with Sam Bankman-Fried’s $17 billion FTX collapse.
Sam Bankman-Fried, Elizabeth Holmes And 9 Other Epic Billionaire Blowups: From financial ruin to jail time, here are the other big billionaire downfalls that ...
forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2022/11/19/sam-bankman-fried-elizabeth-holmes-and-9-other-epic-billionaire-blowups/
Inside FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's senior class prank: report: Before Bankman-Fried was accused of facilitating a massive crypto fraud scheme ...
markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/inside-ftx-founder-sam-bankman-frieds-senior-class-prank-report-2022-12
From financial ruin to jail time, here are the big billionaire downfalls that compete with Sam Bankman-Fried’s $17 billion FTX collapse.
Sam Bankman-Fried, Elizabeth Holmes And 9 Other Epic Billionaire Blowups: From financial ruin to jail time, here are the other big billionaire downfalls that ...
forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2022/11/19/sam-bankman-fried-elizabeth-holmes-and-9-other-epic-billionaire-blowups/
Quick Glance: Democrats Will Refund $1 Million Donations Made by FTX Sam Bankman-Fried
- The Democratic National Convention and other groups revealed plans to repay monies contributed by the creator of FTX.
- Political organizations, including the Democratic National Committee, stated on Friday that they will return contributions made by the founder of the now-defunct FTX bitcoin exchange.
- "Given the allegations of potential campaign finance violations by Bankman-Fried," a DNC official informed numerous publications, "we are setting aside funds to return the $815,000 in contributions since 2020."
- According to the Washington Post, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee would set aside and repay a total of $353,000 received from Bankman-Fried.
Inside FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's senior class prank: report: Before Bankman-Fried was accused of facilitating a massive crypto fraud scheme ...
markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/inside-ftx-founder-sam-bankman-frieds-senior-class-prank-report-2022-12
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