Stanford University

In July 2026, Muller J, in the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), made an order authorizing the posthumous use of a stored embryo, despite written instructions from the deceased indicating a desire for his genetic material and embryos to be discarded following death [1]. The facts of this case are particularly heartbreaking. The applicant, KD, and the deceased, CT, had spent several years of their relationship trying to have a child.

Your browser does not support the video tag. Date Tuesday, October 20, 2026 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM PST/PDT Location John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Building, Rotunda Room E241 (Second Floor) 366 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA 94305 Event Contact Stanford HAI This seminar pairs a case study of AI diffusion with an organizational approach to technological changes in the workplace.

Following an extensive process of community engagement, Stanford University has released StanfordNext, its long-term plan for addressing academic, housing, transportation, sustainability, and infrastructure needs on existing campus lands. The university submitted the plan today as an application to Santa Clara County for an updated General Use Permit, the county authorization that guides Stanford’s academic campus development.

In March, I argued in this space that Nippon Life v. OpenAI, filed in Illinois, should be viewed as a product liability case. The reasoning was that OpenAI released a system that crossed the uncrossable threshold, the line between legal information and a tailored legal conclusion, and nothing in its architecture stopped it. In this post, I examine the role sycophancy plays in carrying a conversation across that line.

Sessions run Wednesdays from 4:30-5:30 PM in CoDa E160. Each session features a different Stanford speaker; talk titles are announced by the organizers.

Sessions run Wednesdays from 4:30-5:30 PM in CoDa E160. Each session features a different Stanford speaker; talk titles are announced by the organizers.

Ten sessions run on Wednesday afternoons from September 23 through December 2, 2026, in person at CoDa. Each is 4:30–5:30 PM in room E160. Every session is given by a different Stanford speaker, listed below as each date approaches. Talk titles are announced by the organizers rather than published in advance here. The seminar is organized outside the Marlowe team, so questions about the sessions themselves are best directed to the organizers.

Sessions run Wednesdays from 4:30-5:30 PM in CoDa E160. Each session features a different Stanford speaker; talk titles are announced by the organizers.

Sessions run Wednesdays from 4:30-5:30 PM in CoDa E160. Each session features a different Stanford speaker; talk titles are announced by the organizers.