Stanford R&DE used AI to race-swap students in ads

Stanford Residential & Dining Enterprises used AI to change students' races and alter faces and body shapes in ads, according to The Review. Student Billy Ramirez said he was removed from a photo and replaced by an AI-generated Black woman, feeling erased from a representation meant to include him.

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