Stanford admits using AI to race swap white male student for black female in ad: ‘Erased’

Nypost · Sep 24, 2026 · 648 words · By Zain Khan

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Stanford admits using AI to race swap white male student for black female in ad: ‘Erased’ Stanford University has admitted it violated its own artificial-intelligence rules by using AI to alter a promotional image that transformed a male student into a Black…

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What happened

Why it matters

The admission comes days after the student-run the Stanford Review published side-by-side images showing the original photograph and the AI-altered version.

Common ground

Stanford said it has now reviewed the incident and confirmed that the image was altered with AI in violation of university policy.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the student-run the Stanford Review published side-by-side images showing the original photograph and the AI-altered version”

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Multiple sources confirm that The Stanford Review published side-by-side comparisons of the original and AI-altered images.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and dec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artificial intelligence detection software aims to determine whether some content (text, image, video, or audio) was generated using artificial intelligence (AI). This software is often unreliable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence_conten…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is a subfield of artificial intelligence (AI) that uses generative models to generate text, images, videos, audio, computer code or other forms of digital da…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_AI

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Claim 2: “The other two students also appeared to have been digitally altered, including noticeably slimmer faces”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 3: “Stanford University has admitted it violated its own artificial-intelligence rules by using AI to alter a promotional image that transformed a male student into a Black woman”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Stanford University acknowledged using AI to alter a promotional image, specifically transforming a male student into a Black woman.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The AI boom is the period of rapid growth in the field of artificial intelligence in the 2020s. Generative AI technologies include large language models (LLM), which generate text and code, image mode…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_boom

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AI slop, also known as slop content or simply slop, is digital content made with generative artificial intelligence that is perceived as lacking in effort, quality, or meaning, and usually produced in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Black in AI, formally called the Black in AI Workshop, is a technology research organization and affinity group, founded by computer scientists Timnit Gebru and Rediet Abebe in 2017. It started as a c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_in_AI

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Claim 4: “the university failed to disclose the manipulation”

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Multiple sources state that the university failed to disclose the AI manipulation, with one source explicitly noting that the 'lack of disclosure in this case violate[s] that policy.'

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web search NEUTRAL — How this was made. Auto-dubbed. Audio tracks for some languages were automatically generated.Follow along using the transcript.
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web search NEUTRAL — AI text to image generator. Generate AI art from text, completely free, no login or sign-up, no daily credit limits, and it's fast.
https://perchance.org/limitless-ai

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web search NEUTRAL — Transform your projects with the Leonardo.Ai App. Generate high-quality images and videos fast, with AI models built to elevate your creativity.
https://app.leonardo.ai/

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Claim 5: “Stanford Residential & Dining Enterprises, which oversees campus housing and dining operations, used an altered version of a photograph featuring three students”

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Multiple sources identify 'Stanford Residential & Dining Enterprises' as the entity that used the altered image of three students on welcome banners.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jay Robert Pritzker (born January 19, 1965) is an American politician, philanthropist, and businessman serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Illinois. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amazon.com, Inc. (doing business as Amazon) is an American multinational conglomerate engaged in e-commerce, retail, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, entertainment, and artifici…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_University

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Claim 6: “Stanford’s AI policy is clear: The use of AI in producing or altering images of Stanford people, events, research, facilities, or achievements is strictly prohibited”

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Three separate web results quote the exact same policy language: 'The use of AI in producing or altering images of Stanford people, events, research, facilities, or achievements is strictly prohibited.'

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AI safety is an interdisciplinary field focused on preventing accidents, misuse, or other harmful consequences arising from artificial intelligence systems. It encompasses AI alignment (which aims to …
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Claim 7: “The university also says its communications staff should not create or publish AI-generated material that falsely depicts Stanford people, events, research, facilities or achievements”

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The provided evidence for claim 6 consists of irrelevant adult content search results and does not mention Stanford's communications staff policies.

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Claim 8: “In the original image, Stanford junior Billy Ramirez was pictured alongside two other students holding plates of food outside a dining location”

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While the 'Evidence gathered' section for claim 8 says 'No evidence found', the evidence for claim 2 and claim 9 explicitly mentions 'Ramirez' and the context of the original photo. Gadget Review and Campus Reform confirm the original photo featured Ramirez and other students.

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Claim 9: “Stanford’s own published guidelines say AI-generated or AI-manipulated content must be clearly identified when failing to do so could mislead audiences”

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The provided evidence for claim 5 discusses general AI labeling approaches and third-party AI detectors, but does not provide Stanford's specific published guidelines on identifying AI content.

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web search NEUTRAL — It recommended a “less restrictive” approach to manipulated media like labels with context. In February, we announced that we’ve been working with industry partners on common technical standards for i…
https://about.fb.com/news/2024/04/metas-approach-to-labeling…

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web search NEUTRAL — Identify AI-generated or manipulated images before publication.Equip AI image checker to ensure platform integrity and user trust. Automatically detect and flag potentially misleading AI-generated con…
https://deepai.org/ai-image-detector

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web search NEUTRAL — AI email generator allows you to quickly create clear, professional, and high-quality emails in any language.Our model specializes in identifying AI generated content like Chat GPT, GPT 3, GPT 4, GPT …
https://www.zerogpt.com/

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Claim 10: “In the promotional version, Ramirez was removed and replaced by an AI-generated Black woman”

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Multiple sources explicitly state that Billy Ramirez was removed and replaced by an AI-generated Black woman in the promotional version.

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Claim 11: “The original Stanford Dining image has also reportedly been removed from the department’s Instagram account”

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Claim 12: “The university said it has opened an investigation to learn more about the incident”

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The provided evidence for claim 4 consists of irrelevant results (hanime.tv, Andrej Karpathy, etc.) and does not mention an investigation into this specific incident.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrej Karpathy (born 23 October 1986) is a Slovak-Canadian AI researcher, who co-founded and formerly worked at OpenAI, where he specialized in deep learning and computer vision. He also worked as th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrej_Karpathy

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fei-Fei Li (Chinese: 李飞飞; pinyin: Lǐ Fēifēi; born July 3, 1976) is a Chinese-born American computer scientist best known for establishing ImageNet, the dataset that enabled rapid advances in computer …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fei-Fei_Li

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stanford University has many centers and institutes dedicated to the study of various specific topics. These centers and institutes may be within a department, within a school but across departments, …
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