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Students outraged after Stanford University uses AI to alter race, appearances in promotional photo

Students outraged after Stanford uses AI to alter race in ad photo
Stanford University is facing criticism after using artificial intelligence to alter a photo of three students and changing the appearance and race of people depicted in the image, prompting accusations that the university violated its own AI policy.
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