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Vol. 268 • February 2026 • stanforddaily.com

The Stanford Daily
MAGAZINE
VOL. 268 | FEB. 2026
LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
FRIEND NOT FOE
THE VERBIFICATION OF CHATGPT
PLAY CALLING
A NEW WAVE OF EDUCATION
HOW ARE STUDENTS USING GENAI
WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
THE GREAT SMOOTHING
IT'S HOW YOU SAY IT
DEAR ì•„ë¹ 
COMMUNIST SOCIETY & CHATGPT
LITANY POEM
TELL ME MORE CROSSWORD
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Natural Language Processing

Letter from the Editors

By Charlotte Cao and Callia Peterson








NEWS

Friend Not Foe

A conversation on AI and
software engineering with
Stanford ACM's co-presidents

By Sofia Williams


Photo (Top) by Cayden Gu
Photo (Bottom) courtesy of Stanford ACM
Vol. 268 Magazine | Natural Language Processing




THE GRIND

The Verbification
of ChatGPT

A linguistics based perspective

By Erin Ye


Graphic by Toby Shiao






SPORTS

Play Calling

From the field to the court, players and coaches communicate in the game.
Photos by Michael Yu/The Stanford Daily, George Zhang/The Stanford Daily and Jim Shorin/ISI Photo
Vol. 268 Magazine | Natural Language Processing
Vol. 268 Magazine | Natural Language Processing
Vol. 268 Magazine | Natural Language Processing



NEWS

A New Wave
of Education

From undergraduates to Ph.D.s,
how is AI shifting classroom policies?
By Sterling Davis


Photo by Cayden Gu







DATA

How are Stanford students
using GenAI?

Survey by The Daily reveals patterns
in Stanford students’ usage of GenAI.

By Adam Golomb and Jay Gupta


Photo by Cayden Gu

NEWS

Without Acknowledgement

Stanford’s indigenous community speaks out against institutional erasure.

By Adeline Lee
Graphic by Chinyoung Shao







OPINION

The Great Smoothing

Gupta argues the path of least
resistance is erasing human voice.

By Utsav Gupta


Graphic by Rebecca Byers



OPINION

It’s Not What
You Say; It’s How
You Say It.

Lee discusses the
epidemic of grandiloquence.

By Ariana Lee


Graphic by Toby Shiao





THE GRIND

Dear ì•„ë¹ 

A son’s letter to his father with Alzheimer’s.

By Joshua Kim
Graphic by Chinyoung Shao



HUMOR

Stanford Communist Society’s Premier
on Club’s Use of ChatGPT

An interview with Jared Miller,
the premier of the Stanford Communist Society.

By Mason Barrett


Graphic by Mei Knutson








THE GRIND

Litany

A poem

By Grace Liang


Graphic by Mei Knutson





CROSSWORD

Tell Me More

By Eliza Krackler
Graphic by Rebecca Byers

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Editor in Chief
Greta Reich

Executive Editors
Lauren Koong, Ananya Udaygiri

Magazine Editors
Charlotte Cao, Callia Peterson

Graphics Editor
Toby Shiao

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