Technology Initiative | Stanford Leadership Institute

New technologies are rapidly transforming how we live and work, and today’s leaders are grappling with both the opportunities and long-term implications of this shift. The Technology Initiative brings together experts across industries and disciplines to explore how innovation is reshaping markets and institutions and create strategies and solutions to drive beneficial change in business and society.

Technology Research

At Stanford, cutting-edge research is the engine behind new ideas that inform, inspire, and shape the decisions that impact our collective future.

Emerging technologies like AI and machine learning are transforming business, organizations, and society. Our research explores how market shaping and incentives drive innovation and the creation of impactful technologies. We examine technology-based solutions from development to adoption, scaling, and governance. By advancing new methods and frameworks, we aim to improve how technologies are developed, tested, and implemented.

Research Project

Measuring Perceived Slant in Large Language Models Through User Evaluations

This study finds that all large language models are left-leaning, even by Democratic respondents, and a simple tweak to system instructions measurably reduces this tilt. The method is readily transferable to any model, topic, or population, giving firms, regulators, and scholars a practical tool for monitoring and mitigating ideological distortion in an algorithmically curated information environment.

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Working Paper

Behavioral Generative Agents for Energy Operations

Cong Chen, Omer Karaduman, Kuang Xu

February282026

Working Paper

Financial Regulation and AI: A Faustian Bargain?

Christopher Clayton, Antonio Coppola

2026

Upcoming Technology Events

We convene prominent scholars and leaders to present their research, engage in dialogue, and gain a deeper understanding of how the latest innovations in technology are impacting our world.

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Stanford Leadership Forum 2026: Shaping the Future

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

8:00am – 6:30pm

On Campus

Sustainable and Responsible Operations in the Age of AI

Friday, May 08, 2026

8:30am – 6:30pm

On Campus

AI @ Work: The Executive Forum for Frontline Workforce Innovation

Thursday, May 14, 2026

8:30am – 7:30pm

On Campus

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Technology Events Coverage

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January 05, 2026

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AI Is Transforming How Brands Connect With Their Audiences

GSB conference explores AI-driven opportunities for better personalization, as well as risks.

April 30, 2025

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Scholars Meet at Hoover to Discuss Possibility of Ideologically Neutral AI in a Polarized World

Recognizing the rising power of AI to influence how information is created and consumed, scholars gathered to discuss ways to create generative AI models all Americans can trust.

Designing Trustworthy AI Conference Room Photo

April 15, 2025

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Bridging Humans and Machines: Advancing Alignment in AI

Industry leaders and Stanford faculty examine the opportunities and challenges of making artificial intelligence reflect human values

AI Alignment Conference - Weintraub and Glean CEO

AI Research Flash Talks

This quarterly event offers a dynamic forum for GSB faculty and industry researchers to share their latest findings on the developments in AI that are shaping our world.

Through a series of dynamic sessions, presenters have an opportunity to showcase emerging research and engage in meaningful dialogue.

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News from the Institute

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February 04, 2026

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Scholars Discuss the Promises and Challenges of Decentralized Governance

At a Hoover Institution conference, Stanford GSB professors explored the governance of American universities and decentralized autonomous organizations.