AI at Wharton

The Next Phase of Digital Transformation:
AI Applications and Adoption

The next phase of business transformation is AI. As companies redefine their business models and incorporate AI into operations, the Wharton School recognizes the vital role that dedicated AI research centers will play in navigating future changes. AI at Wharton fosters, coordinates, and promotes AI activities across the University of Pennsylvania. Our research is dually focused on designing and implementing algorithms to improve business processes and human behavior to transform and innovate business enterprises.

Growing Up: Navigating Gen AI’s Early Years

AI at Wharton is thrilled to have partnered with GBK Collective to produce Growing Up: Navigating Gen AI’s Early Years. This is an extensively researched report that provides an in-depth analysis of the state of Generative AI (Gen AI) adoption, its business applications, and future prospects. Written by Jeremy Korst, Partner, GBK Collective, Stefano Puntoni, Faculty Co-Director of AI at Wharton, and Mary Purk, former Executive Director of AI at Wharton, this report comes at a critical moment in AI’s evolution, as companies transition from initial excitement to deeper experimentation and efforts to prove the Return on Investment (ROI).

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Thought Leadership

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Human-Technology Interaction

How AI Could Help Bring Down the Cost of College

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Creative Intelligence

October 28, 2024

Generative AI: Bridging the Skill Gap and Transforming Business at Wharton’s Annual Workshop

September 17, 2024

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An AI-Ready Data Framework for CDOs

This summer, AI at Wharton partnered with Informatica to bring dozens of industry leaders and Chief Data Officers (CDOs) to Wharton’s campus for a collaborative brainstorming session with many of our leading AI academics. Their goal was to design a framework for companies and their CDOs to reference in order to responsibly and effectively leverage generative AI and increase value for their firms. We are thrilled to now publish the result of these combined efforts through a new white paper: “Designing an AI-Ready Data Framework for CDOs to Maximize AI Value.” Read more >>

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2023 Annual Report

As the business world enters a new era of transformation, the integration of AI into core operations and models becomes not just an option, but a necessity. At The Wharton School, we’re not just observing this shift; we’re actively participating in it through the establishment and growth of AI at Wharton. This past year has been filled with outstanding milestones and achievements that underscore the expansive potential and impact of AI. Read more >>

AI Is Here. What’s Going to Change?

The artificial intelligence revolution is officially upon us. Hear from host Eric Bradlow, vice dean of Analytics at Wharton, as he meets with Wharton faculty experts across a wide range of business domains — from health care and neuroscience to sports and the auto industry — to learn how AI will impact these fields moving forward, and what we can do to stay ahead of the curve.

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