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Stanford University

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The speaker taught at Stanford and had connections with its public policy department and the d school. observed

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  1. rumor Stanford University lays off over 360 employees, citing Trump policies ↗
  2. rumor Stanford University acquires source code for Multi-User Dungeon ↗

Community chatter Hacker News · Tier 3 · unverified manip. risk elevated · 0.32

Gray-market attention, not quality. 50+ HN mentions (peak 492 points). Claim-shaped headlines are rumors until corroborated — a Tier-3 factual claim carries no evidentiary weight on its own. Risk drivers: heavy gray-market attention. ▲ 492 OpenClassroom: Free video courses from Stanford University 2011-10-17 ↗

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AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
common_name Stanford University observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
community.hn.max_points 492 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7677100", "title": "Stanford University acquires source code for Multi-User Dungeon", "points": 94, "created_at": "2014-04-30", "evidence_type": "rumor", observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7677100", "title": "Stanford University acquires source code for Multi-User Dungeon", "points": 94, "created_at": "2014-04-30", "evidence_type": "rumor", observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7677100", "title": "Stanford University acquires source code for Multi-User Dungeon", "points": 94, "created_at": "2014-04-30", "evidence_type": "rumor", observed artifact ↗ 2025-08-06 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7677100", "title": "Stanford University acquires source code for Multi-User Dungeon", "points": 94, "created_at": "2014-04-30", "evidence_type": "rumor", observed artifact ↗ 2025-08-06 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7677100", "title": "Stanford University acquires source code for Multi-User Dungeon", "points": 94, "created_at": "2014-04-30", "evidence_type": "rumor", observed artifact ↗ 2025-08-06 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3119959", "title": "OpenClassroom: Free video courses from Stanford University", "points": 492, "created_at": "2011-10-17"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3119959", "title": "OpenClassroom: Free video courses from Stanford University", "points": 492, "created_at": "2011-10-17"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3119959", "title": "OpenClassroom: Free video courses from Stanford University", "points": 492, "created_at": "2011-10-17"} observed artifact ↗ 2011-10-17 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3119959", "title": "OpenClassroom: Free video courses from Stanford University", "points": 492, "created_at": "2011-10-17"} observed artifact ↗ 2011-10-17 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3119959", "title": "OpenClassroom: Free video courses from Stanford University", "points": 492, "created_at": "2011-10-17"} observed artifact ↗ 2011-10-17 normalized 0.20
description The speaker taught at Stanford and had connections with its public policy department and the d school. observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
index.ai_tie NOT_AI observed classify 2026-07-25 derived 0.60
sector defense derived calc 2026-08-08 superseded 0.90
sector emerging derived calc 2026-08-08 normalized 0.50
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "Tony Robbins | All-In Live from Miami — stanford-university", "source_id": "01KXRSFYQ1C3BBFMDDGQXNEY47-m-7e5f4893043e6298", "extract_ref": "artifact:sha256:fe1a8230d162fdf2 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-20 normalized 0.95
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "All-In Summit: In conversation with Larry Summers — stanford-university", "source_id": "01KXRSFZW6EJ26NSE9MNQH1ZE2-m-7e5f4893043e6298", "extract_ref": "artifact:sha256:6723 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.95
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "Gen Z rage against the (AI) machine — stanford-university", "source_id": "01KXRSP6AGGAM19W7344Q7Z71N-m-7e5f4893043e6298", "extract_ref": "artifact:sha256:8cfae9dd2a9b521dc9 observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-05 normalized 0.95