AI as an attorney? Student uses ChatGPT, Gemini to sue UW over alleged racial discrimination

News & Stories Education AI as an attorney? Student uses ChatGPT, Gemini to sue UW over alleged racial discrimination Monica Nickelsburg April 15, 2026 / 2:31 pm Stanley Zhong took a job as an AI engineer at Google after 16 out of the 18 colleges he applied to rejected him. Courtesy of Nan Zhong Stanley Zhong graduated from his Bay Area high school with a 4.42 GPA, a 1590 SAT score, and high rankings in several international coding competitions, according to his father. Nan Zhong liked his son’s chances for the 18 colleges he applied to, including several University of California schools and the University of Washington.“ With all the credentials, everybody thought it's going be a strong case,” Nan Zhong said. “But in a fairly disappointing way, he was rejected by almost all of them. He was rejected by 16 out of the 18 programs.”His son decided not to go to college when Google offered him an AI engineering job that typically requires a doctorate.“ The contrast is a little bit hard to comprehend,” Zhong said. “You have on one hand saying, this guy's as good as somebody with a Ph.D. degree... and on the other hand, there are all these colleges saying he's not qualified enough for undergrad admission.”RELATED: Some colleges scrap diversity questions from admissions essays. Will it change how students talk about themselves? Sponsored After speaking with other Asian American families with similar experiences, Zhong concluded discrimination was at work. He tried to enlist a law ...