Fei-Fei Li
Photo: ITU Pictures, CC BY 2.0
Born1976-07-03
Occupationcomputer scientist, scientist, university teacher
EmployerRadical Ventures, Stanford University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
EducationCalifornia Institute of Technology, Chengdu No.7 High School, Parsippany High School, Princeton University
AwardsACM Fellow, BBC 100 Women, J. K. Aggarwal Prize, Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, Thousand Talents Program
Highlights
“For all the young women I work with and the generations of girls to come, I'm okay now accepting this title,”
bbc.co.uk2025-11-05Source“We're used to even disagreement, and I think that's healthy. A topic as profound and impactful as AI requires a lot of healthy debate and public discourse.”
bbc.co.uk2025-11-05Source“Some of you might know that I have been vocal about my concerns about this bill [SB 1047], which was vetoed, but right now I’m thinking deeply, and with a lot of excitement, to look forward,”
techcrunch.com2024-10-04Source“I come from academic AI and have been educated in the more rigorous and evidence-based methods, so I don’t really know what all these words mean,”
techcrunch.com2024-10-04Source“I frankly don’t even know what AGI means. Like people say you know it when you see it, I guess I haven’t seen it. The truth is, I don’t spend much time thinking about these words because I think there’s so many more important things to do…”
techcrunch.com2024-10-04Source“I was very flattered, or honored, that Governor Newsom invited me to participate in the next steps of post-SB 1047.”
techcrunch.com2024-10-04Source“I absolutely respect that. I think, intellectually, we should talk about all this. But if you ask me as an AI leader… I feel there are other risks that are what I would call catastrophic risks to society that are more pressing and urgent,”
technologyreview.com2023-11-14Source“This moment in AI is an inflection moment,”
technologyreview.com2023-11-14Source“Because of that, it impacts our world in a more profound way,”
technologyreview.com2023-11-14Source“It takes people to call out the imperfections of ImageNet and to call out fairness issues. This is why we need diverse voices,”
technologyreview.com2023-11-14Source“Our collective understanding of the role data plays is so much more sophisticated now… compared to 2009, when we were the first to call out the importance of data,”
technologyreview.com2023-11-14SourceIn the News
- Fei-Fei Li and Dwarkesh Patel hold live AI discussion · Diggdigg.com · 2026-07-23
- Dr. Fei-Fei Li Built Modern AI. Now She's Teaching It on MasterClass. | Morningstarmorningstar.com · 2026-06-18
- Fei-Fei Li sparked an AI boom — now she won't let humans fall behindusatoday.com · 2026-03-02
- Fei-Fei Li sparked an AI boom — now she won't let humans fall behindnewportri.com · 2026-03-02
- Fei-Fei Li sparked an AI boom — now she won't let humans fall behind - Yahoo News Canadaca.news.yahoo.com · 2026-03-02
- Fei Fei Li: From Dry-Cleaning Shop To World-Changing AI ‘Godmother’ascendants.in · 2025-11-25
- She ran her parents’ dry-cleaning business at 18. Today, the ‘godmother of AI’ is advising world leaders and running a billion-dollar startup | Fortunefortune.com · 2025-11-24
- Fei-Fei Li’s Spatial A.I. Startup World Labs Unveils Its First Product | Observerobserver.com · 2025-11-12
- AI 'godmother' Fei-Fei Li says she is 'proud to be different' - BBC Newsbbc.co.uk · 2025-11-05
- Fei-Fei Li: The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025time.com · 2025-08-26
- Dr Fei-Fei Li | Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineeringqeprize.org · 2025-02-04
- Fei-Fei Li on Spatial Intelligence and Human-Centered AI - Possiblepossible.fm · 2025-01-15
- AI Godmother Fei-Fei Li Has a Vision for Computer Visionspectrum.ieee.org · 2024-12-12
- Exclusive-Stanford AI leader Fei-Fei Li building 'spatial intelligence' startup – ThePrint – ReutersFeedtheprint.in · 2024-05-03
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