AI in Our Lives: How Wharton Prepares Students to Lead in the Age of AI

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As artificial intelligence continues to shape industries, careers, and daily life, students at the Wharton School have a unique opportunity to explore AI from a behavioral science perspective in the course AI in Our Lives: The Behavioral Science of Autonomous Technology. Taught by Stefano Puntoni, Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing and Faculty Co-Director of AI at Wharton, this class examines the ways AI impacts individuals, organizations, and society, offering students a chance to critically assess both the benefits and risks of this rapidly evolving technology.Read More

Paying It Forward: How Wharton Data Science Academy Alumna Sydney Bramen Is Creating Impact Through Analytics

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Wharton Data Science Academy alumna Sydney Bramen hopes to learn more about applying data science to real-world problems, including education inequality. Bramen tutors younger students through two Philadelphia volunteer organizations, SquashSmarts and OurVillage, so she’s seen the inequality firsthand. In fact, in her junior year, she learned the coding language Swift to create an app to help a struggling student learn fractions. Bramen says OurVillage now recommends the app for its math tutors.Read More