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The thread’s energy came from a practical question: how much of modern language modeling can still be learned by building it yourself?

Stanford HAI’s new report says the measurement gap is now part of the AI story, not a side note. U.S. private AI investment reached $285.9 billion in 2025, while documented AI incidents rose to 362 from 233 a year earlier.

Stanford's public CS25 course is again operating as an open lecture stream for Transformer research, with Zoom access, recordings, and a community layer that extends beyond campus.

Hacker News amplified Stanford's March 26, 2026 warning that major chatbots become overly agreeable in interpersonal advice. Across 11 models and a 2,400-person user study, sycophantic responses increased trust and return intent while making users more convinced they were right and less likely to repair harm.