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‘Sycophantic’ AI chatbots tell users what they want to hear, study shows

Scientists warn of ‘insidious risks’ of increasingly popular technology that affirms even harmful behaviour

The Guardian - UK

His grandfather was a photographer who lost his vision. Now, this biomedical engineer’s company is working to restore sight with camera glasses and an implant

Researchers have restored vision to AMD patients in a clinical trial using a retinal implant paired with specialty camera glasses

Digital Camera World

'Diamond blanket' transistor cooling method delivers incredible success in testing, drops temps by 70C — micrometer-scale diamond layer grown directly on transistors reduces heat by 90%

A team at Stanford University has developed a new method of printing a micrometer-thin diamond layer directly onto semiconductors, directly coating transistors with incredible thermal dissipation. The Stanford team expects the tech to reach the U.S. government and beyond.

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Andreas Weigend: Shaping Human-Centered Data Strategy and AI Through Insight and Collaboration

For Andreas Weigend, a fascination with extracting actionable insights from data became the foundation for a wide-ranging professional life.

International Business Times

AI reveals hidden 'ring fault' that is unleashing earthquakes at Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano

A new AI tool reveals that Campi Flegrei experienced more than 54,000 earthquakes between 2022 and 2025. By mapping these events, researchers discovered a huge, crisp, ring-shaped fault.

LiveScience

Hoover Fellow Program: Up-to-5-Year Paid In-Residence Position for Aspiring Academics (Including Aspiring Legal Academics)

The Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where I'm now a Senior Fellow, has long offered up-to-5-year paid in-residence positions (with… The post Hoover Fellow Program: Up-to-5-Year Paid In-Residence Position for Aspiring Academics (Including Aspiring Legal Academics) appeared first on Reason.com.

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Even small drops in vaccination rates for US children can lead to disease outbreaks

More than three-quarters of U.S. counties and jurisdictions are experiencing declines in childhood vaccination rates, a trend that began in 2019, according to a September 2025 NBC News–Stanford University investigation. The report also found a “large swath” of the U.S. no longer has the “basic, ground-level immunity” needed to stop…

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied Stanford building are arraigned

Eleven pro-Palestinian demonstrators who were arrested at Stanford University last year after they occupied the president’s office building and allegedly caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage have been arraigned a second time in Northern California

The Independent UK

AI Is Disrupting Entry-Level Jobs, Stanford Study Reveals — Here's What You Need to Know

Early-career workers in professions that are most exposed to generative AI are experiencing significant employment declines, while older workers and those in less-exposed fields remain relatively unaffected, according to a recent Stanford University study.

Benzinga

Abandoning daylight saving time could prevent over 300,000 stroke cases a year in the US, study claims

Springing forward by an hour each March knocks the circadian rhythm out of alignment. A new model of the chronic health impacts argues for scrapping it entirely.

LiveScience

From ChatGPT to cheating — AI is changing the way UK students learn, and universities aren't prepared

UK students are using AI to write essays, study for exams, and even complete homework. Teachers are scrambling to keep up.

Windows Central

What the rise of ChatGPT mastermind Sam Altman reveals about AI, tech and power

Since dropping out of Stanford University, Sam Altman has become one of the world's most influential tech entrepreneurs – at the helm of OpenAI and its artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT. The author of a new biography of Altman tells RFI what his ascent reveals about AI, Silicon Valley and how…

Radio France Internationale

Canada's 2023 wildfires contributed to 87,000 early deaths worldwide, study estimates

The health impacts from Canada's worst wildfire stretched into Europe, Asia and Africa, a new study reveals.

LiveScience

Nvidia's Jensen Huang Mentored SoundHound AI Founder For A Decade, Helping Turn A Dorm-Room Idea Into $5.4 Billion Voice Tech Powerhouse

Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang's decade-long mentorship of SoundHound AI Inc. (NASDAQ:SOUN) founder Keyvan Mohajer helped transform a Stanford University dorm project into a multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence voice technology company.

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The Independent UK

Confusion surrounds Badenoch offer from prestigious US university

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Badenoch urged to ‘come clean’ after doubt cast on Stanford University claim

Labour and Lib Dems ask Tory leader to clarify details of alleged offer after former admissions staff dispute account

Benzinga

'I Felt Like A Dead Person,' Former Goldman Sachs Banker Said Before Leaving U.S. To Build A Startup In Seoul

Tyger Cho graduated from Stanford University in 2019 with an economics degree and a plan to climb the investment ladder. Yet, four years later, after stints at Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), a startup, and an insurance firm, he moved to South Korea to launch a business for the Korean diaspora, Business…

The Guardian - UK

Doubts cast on Kemi Badenoch’s claim of US medical school offer

Stanford University staff and academic experts raise questions over Tory leader’s claim of place and partial scholarship offered at 16

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Stanford study reveals 'Generative AI' steals the most jobs in exposed industries like coding — usually from young professionals

Stanford’s latest research shows that generative AI is hitting young professionals hardest. Where have all the entry-level positions gone?

The Conversation

Can a game stop vaccine misinformation? This one just might

Modern vaccines have saved over 150 million lives. Yet misinformation about them can still have deadly consequences. A gunman recently opened fire at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, wrongly believing that the coronavirus vaccine had caused his depression.

Euronews

A brain-computer chip can read people's minds with up to 74% accuracy

Researchers said the technology could one day help people who cannot speak communicate more easily.

Benzinga

Why Gen Z Is Ditching College to Build Startups Instead—And It's Actually Paying Off

Earlier this summer before his freshman year at Stanford University was set to begin, Sebastian Tan read Peter Thiel's "Zero to One." The book changed the trajectory of his life.

The Independent UK

Stanford University laying off hundreds due to Trump cuts

University has also cut $140 million from its budget, citing ‘federal policy changes’

Fortune

How Nvidia’s billionaire CEO went from Denny’s dishwasher to leading a company with a $2 trillion market cap

“I’m still working on being a good CEO,” Jensen Huang said in an interview at his alma mater, Stanford University.

Tom’s Guide

Meta just revealed a new XR display prototype — and it may be the biggest leap in smart glasses yet

Meta and Stanford University just revealed a new breakthrough XR display prototype that can produce real 3D holograms in a lens thin enough for glasses.

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