- Stanford University removed promotional banners after acknowledging an image was modified with artificial intelligence to replace a Hispanic student with a Black woman and alter two other students.
- Senior Billy Ramirez, who was erased from the photo taken at a 2024 Lunar New Year event, said the AI alteration made him feel silenced and erased from university representation.
- Two other affected students called for an apology, an investigation, and a ban on AI-generated student photos, with one student filing a formal discrimination claim.
- Stanford confirmed the alteration violated its policy prohibiting AI use in images of university people or events and pledged to provide additional review and staff training.
- The controversy emerges amid heightened focus on higher education diversity practices and federal civil rights investigations under the Trump administration.
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Stanford University used AI to replace Hispanic student with Black woman in promotional photo
