Stanford admits using AI to race swap white male student for black female in ad: Erased

Stanford University has admitted it violated its own artificial-intelligence rules by using AI to alter a promotional image that transformed a male student into a Black woman — and acknowledged that the university failed to disclose the manipulation.The admission comes days after the student-run the Stanford Review published side-by-side images showing the original photograph and the AI-altered version. Stanford said it has now reviewed the incident and confirmed that the image was altered with AI in violation of university policy.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story “We have reviewed the matter and confirmed that AI was used to alter the image in violation of university policy,” a Stanford spokesperson said in statement.“Stanford’s AI policy is clear: The use of AI in producing or altering images of Stanford people, events, research, facilities, or achievements is strictly prohibited,” the spokesperson added.“Both the alteration and lack of disclosure in this case violate that policy.We are working with Residential and Dining Enterprises to provide additional training and ensure proper review of all materials.”The university said it has opened an investigation to learn more about the incident and “put in place protocols to prevent it from happening again.”“Not only the fact that the image was altered, but the ways in which it was altered, reflect a serious error in judgment,” a Stanford spokesperson told The Post.

“We have apologized to the students in the photo whose images were altered or erased.Quite simply, this was wrong and should never have happened.”Stanford’s own published guidelines say AI-generated or AI-manipulated content must be clearly identified when failing to do so could mislead audiences.

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