A university-wide AI institute
Stanford formally launched HAI on March 18, 2019, alongside an inaugural symposium. The institute connected AI research with human and social questions, education and policy, rather than establishing a separate commercial model developer. [1][2]
The university announcement, dated event schedule and contemporary report agree on the day. The formal institute launch followed an earlier human-centered AI initiative; institutions represented by invited speakers were not thereby co-founders. [1][2][3]
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- Stanford University launches the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
Stanford University · Mar 18, 2019
- 2019 HAI Symposium
Stanford HAI · Mar 18, 2019
- Stanford helped pioneer artificial intelligence. Now the university wants to put humans at its center.
The Washington Post · Mar 18, 2019