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Cinoo Lee, Stanford postdoctoral fellow in psychology, from left, Myra Cheng, Stanford Ph.D. candidate in computer science, Stanford University, and Dan Jurafsky, Stanford professor of computer science and linguistics, pose for photos on the university campus in Stanford, Calif., Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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