A Stanford-led study of 3.4 million people and 4 million job applications found that AI hiring algorithms from a single vendor produced racial disparities, with 26% of Black applicants and 15% of Asia…
Adam Michael Bauer and Gernot Wagner argue in Project Syndicate that the AI buildout mirrors the green transition, requiring massive upfront investment and creating short-term disruption while deliver…
The Stanford Digital Economy Lab launched the AI Economic Indicators, a series of dashboards providing timely data on artificial intelligence's impact on employment, productivity, and economic growth.…
A new analysis of 51 successful enterprise AI deployments by Stanford's Digital Economy Lab reveals a paradox: while customer support and IT operations are moving toward autonomous AI, software engine…
ADP chief economist Nela Richardson, analyzing payroll data covering one in six U.S. workers, warns that white-collar work is structurally unwinding as the historical accident that created it—driven b…
A November 2025 Stanford Digital Economy Lab working paper found that workers aged 22 to 25 in AI-exposed occupations experienced a 16% relative decline in employment after the spread of generative AI…