Stanford 2026 AI Index: only half of schools have AI policies, 6% of teachers call them clear
StanfordHAI · x · 2026-09-17
Stanford HAI released its 2026 AI Index Report. Education chapter: only about half of middle and high schools have AI policies, and just 6% of teachers say those policies are clear; students most commonly use generative AI for research, essay editing, and brainstorming.
Other takeaways:
- Industry produced over 90% of notable frontier models in 2025, with several meeting or exceeding human baselines on PhD-level science questions, multimodal reasoning, and competition math
- SWE-bench Verified performance rose from 60% to near 100%
- Nine chapters span R&D, technical performance, responsible AI, economy, science, medicine, education, policy, and public opinion
- An official Chinese version of the report is now available
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