Alejandro Salinas de León — AI • Law • Trustworthy AI

Research focus

My work spans AI evaluation, improvement, and governance, with an emphasis on making advanced systems reliable and accountable in high-stakes settings.

Affiliations

MIT — IDSS (PhD student) Stanford Law School — liftlab (alumnus) Former: Meta (Reels/Stories DE & ML)

Publications

Google Scholar

Talks & Media

Featured Talk · CodeX FutureLaw 2026

Law Professors Prefer AI Over Peer Answers — Presentation.

Presentation of “Law Professors Prefer AI Over Peer Answers” at CodeX FutureLaw 2026.

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Talk · FACCT 2025

Breaking Down Bias — Presentation

Conference talk on “Breaking Down Bias: On The Limits of Generalizable Pruning Strategies.”

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Talk

AI & Law — Opportunities and Risks

Video

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Talk

The Future of Lawyers

Video

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Podcast

Is AI Racially Biased?

The San Francisco Experience

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Podcast

Trustworthy AI

YouTube

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Press (selected)

Law Professors Prefer AI Over Peer Answers

Reuters AI beats law professors in Stanford tutoring study Forbes Stanford Study Finds AI Beats Law Professors 75% Of The Time ABA Journal Artificial intelligence is better tutor than law profs, new study finds Reason / The Volokh Conspiracy Eventually, the Steam Drill Always Wins: “Law Professors Prefer AI Over Peer Answers” Stanford Law School AI Outperforms Law Professors in Stanford Law Study

Other coverage

USA Today Coverage of “What’s in a Name?” Fast Company AI Decoded: Stanford researchers find bias in major models Conecta Tec Awarded first place for his innovative vision of science and law

Life updates

2026 — EchoLens accepted to Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EMNLP 2026.

2026-09-01 — Began my PhD activities at MIT's Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS).

2026-Q2 — Spoke at the inaugural CS × Law Evening at Stanford Law School.

2026-Q2 — Presented “Law Professors Prefer AI Over Peer Answers” at CodeX FutureLaw 2026.

2026-Q2 — Gave a talk on Trustworthy AI at UPenn.

2026-Q1 — Awarded the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship; declined the scholarship to pursue my PhD at MIT.

2026-Q1 — Admitted to MIT for my PhD, starting Fall 2026.

2025-Q3 — liftlab launched at SLS; deep dive on AI tutors for Contracts courses; I BECAME A TRIATHLETE!!!

2025-Q2 — First paper accepted at FACCT!

2024-Q4 — First paper on biases!; first Stanford lecture; UCL talk.

2024-Q3 — MPI talk; first conference ever in Sao Paulo!; kayaked and spent a week in the Amazon jungle; first half‑marathon in SF!

2023 — Graduated Physics Eng. + Law (valedictorian); Meta internship on Reels/Stories DE & ML; moved to the Bay to work at Stanford!

What I’m reading