Stanford confirmed its housing office used AI to swap a student's race and gender in an ad.

The Stanford Daily reported PR director Charlene Gage confirming that Residential & Dining Enterprises replaced student Billy Ramirez '27 with an AI-generated Black woman in a 2024 dining-hall photo, slimmed two other students' faces, and redrew their clothing as Stanford merchandise. Gage said both the alteration and the lack of disclosure violate Stanford's policy, which "strictly prohibits" AI alteration of images of Stanford people. A written policy did not stop a marketing team.