Incident #1708
Stanford University Acknowledged Using AI to Alter Student Photo for Campus Banners, Replacing Hispanic Student With Black Woman
Description
Stanford University acknowledged using AI to alter a 2024 student photograph for campus banners in September 2026. The altered image replaced Hispanic student Billy Ramirez with a Black woman and made two other students appear thinner. Ramirez said being "erased" was upsetting and frustrating. Stanford said the alteration and lack of disclosure violated its AI policy and later said it was removing the banners.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- stanford-university
- universities
- educational-communities
- synthetic-media-creators
- stanford-residential-and-dining-enterprises
Alleged Developers
- synthetic-image-generation-technology-developers
- synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- billy-ramirez
- university-students
- students
- educational-communities
- two-unnamed-stanford-university-students-whose-appearances-were-altered
- epistemic-integrity
- privacy