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Designing an AI-Ready Framework for Chief Data Officers to Maximize AI Value

On June 6th, 2024, AI at Wharton partnered with Informatica to bring dozens of industry leaders and Chief Data Analytics Officers (CDAOs) 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 their combined efforts through a new white paper: “Designing an AI-Ready Data Framework for CDOs to Maximize AI Value.”…Read More

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

On September 5-6, AI at Wharton hosted its second annual Business and Generative AI Workshop, gathering more than 150 experts on Wharton’s San Francisco campus to explore the next wave of this transformative technology. Sponsored by Accenture, the Workshop showcased groundbreaking research and innovations in the rapidly evolving field of generative AI, and attendees explored the latest advancements in its applications across various industries.…Read More

AI Can’t Replace You at Work. Here’s Why.

Large language models lack emotion and self-consciousness, but they appear to generate reasonable answers to moral quandaries. Professor Christian Terwiesch, Co-Director of the Mack Institute of Innovation Management, spoke with Scientific American about his research on AI and its ability to provide input on ethical decision-making.…Read More

AI and the Future of Work Conference Recordings 2024

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Miss out on the inaugural AI and the Future of Work Conference at Wharton this year? We’ve got you covered with recordings from the conference here. …Read More

AI Tools Come with Risks. This Wharton Professor is Teaching ‘Accountable AI.’

(Outlet: The Philadelphia Inquirer) Kevin Werbach, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, is leading a course on “accountable AI” to address the risks and limitations of artificial intelligence. The course aims to help businesses understand and mitigate AI-related issues, including bias and significant errors. Werbach emphasizes the importance of creating effective accountability frameworks within organizations to manage AI systems responsibly.…Read More

Stefano Puntoni | Decision-Driven Analytics | Talks at Google

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AI at Wharton Faculty Co-Director Stefano Puntoni discusses “Decision-Driven Analytics: Leveraging Human Intelligence to Unlock the Power of Data,” on Talks at Google.…Read More

How Marketers Can Adapt to LLM-Powered Search

AI at Wharton Faculty Co-Director Stefano Puntoni and coauthors Mike Ensing and Jarvis Bowers present three ways for marketers to rise to this challenge of adapting to LLM-Powered Search.…Read More

AI May Not Be a Job Killer, After All

Wharton professors Peter Cappelli, Sonny Tambe, AI at Wharton Faculty Co-Director, and Valery Yakubovich have authored a new article in the Wall Street Journal that discusses current research and predictions on how AI adoption will affect the workforce.…Read More

Meet the AI Expert Advising the White House, JPMorgan, Google and the Rest of Corporate America

(Outlet: The Wall Street Journal) Ethan Mollick, Associate Professor at the Wharton School and Academic Director, Wharton Interactive, is profiled on this pivotal moment of #GenAI adoption.…Read More

The Road to Accountable AI: Dr. Richard Benjamins discusses Telefónica’s journey towards responsible AI

Professor Kevin Werbach and Dr. Richard Benjamins, former Chief Responsible AI Officer at Telefónica, discuss Telefónica’s journey towards responsible AI, corporate strategies to address these challenges, and Benjamins’ views on generative AI and the European AI Act on the Road to Accountability Podcast.…Read More