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Algorithms · September 2026Gaffe level: Blunder

Stanford Used AI to Race and Gender Swap a Student in Its Own Dining Ad

Stanford's dining department ran a promo photo through AI and out came a version where a Latino student was replaced by a Black woman, while the rest got slimmed down and stamped with extra logos. The school admitted it violated its own AI policy and apologized to the students it pixel-pushed aside.

Source: New York Post

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