Stanford Digital Economy Lab / January 3, 2026

2025: DEL Year in Review

2025 may have been the Lab’s busiest year yet.
Here’s a look at just some of what we were up to.
We joined forces with Consumer Reports to make sure AI agents champion the consumer
Canaries in the Coal Mine broke new ground on understanding how AI is influencing employment
These facts provide early large-scale evidence consistent with the hypothesis that the AI revolution is beginning to have a significant and disproportionate impact on entry-level workers in the American labor market.”

Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence

Erik Brynjolfsson, Bharat Chandar, Ruyu Chen

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…but Canaries wasn’t the only product of our collaboration with ADP that provided vital insight
We invited world-renowned thought leaders to speak at our Seminar Series
Monday, May 5, 2025

David Autor: Does automation replace experts or augment expertise? The answer is YES.

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Daniela Rus: Physical AI

Monday, March 3, 2025

Eduard Talamàs: Artificial Intelligence in the Knowledge Economy

And finally, our ambitious Digitalist Papers project returned with a new set of essays guiding AI policy to a better future

We have a lot more in store for 2026.

But for now, we invite you to enjoy the insights, discoveries, and other exciting contributions we’ve already made to today’s discussion of the digital economy.

Thank you for your interest in all that we do!