Jason Wright, WG‘00, partner at Apax Partners, joined Winston Wei Dou, faculty director of the Wharton AI in Finance Lab, for a fireside chat on how AI is reshaping investing and what it asks of the people who will do the investing next. Here are four takeaways from a leader who has spent nearly three decades investing through technology’s biggest shifts.…Read More
The Wharton AI for Society Research Lab partnered with West Deptford High School educators to explore practical, responsible uses of generative AI in the classroom. Through hands-on workshops, teachers tested tools such as Gemini and NotebookLM while considering how AI can support lesson planning, differentiated instruction, and student learning without replacing teacher judgment.…Read More
What does AI really cost? Accenture partnered with a student team as part of the spring 2026 AI & Analytics Accelerator to find out. Learn how, together, Accenture and the students investigated the implementation, compute, data, and human oversight costs shaping AI investment decisions.…Read More
The Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative (WAIAI), in partnership with Finance at Wharton, is pleased to announce the launch of the Wharton AI in Finance Lab (WAFL). Led by Faculty Director Winston Wei Dou, associate professor of finance, the Lab brings together expertise in finance, AI, and analytics to advance research, education, and practice. …Read More
The Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative (WAIAI) is proud to recognize a distinguished group of Senior Fellows recently appointed to our community, working across WAIAI and the Wharton Accountable AI Lab (WAAL). These leaders bring diverse expertise spanning academia, industry, and public service, providing guidance, collaborating on research, and mentoring students as they strengthen the connection between theory and practice.…Read More
In his course, AI and Data Science in Finance, Associate Professor Winston Dou connects cutting-edge research with real-world financial challenges, from autonomous trading to market prediction. Learn how students are building the skills to navigate an AI-driven financial future and how those ideas are helping shape the vision for the Wharton AI in Finance Lab.…Read More
The Wharton Generative AI Labs (GAIL) aims to explore how generative AI is reshaping the way we build, design, and think in the age of AI. Its flagship student program, the Generative AI Studio, offers a different kind of academic experience: one that replaces lectures and exams with prototyping, critique, and weekly iteration.“It’s a creative space,” says first-year MBA student Hetvee Marviya. “Just like I dance, this is something that’s creative, but using AI.”…Read More
The Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative (WAIAI) is pleased to announce the addition of seven distinguished leaders to our Advisory Board: Rick Bates, WG’96, Dr. Nisha Chakravarty, C01, W01, GRD22, Brian Householder, Rishi Jain, WG’04, Steven Sarracino, WG’06, Marvin Tien, WG’04, and Lin Yuan, WG’22.…Read More
On June 9, 2026, the Wharton School and UNSW Business School hosted the Responsible AI & Analytics for Insurance Workshop at Jon M. Huntsman Hall. The workshop brought together leaders from academia, industry, and regulation to explore how AI is reshaping the future of insurance — examining critical issues from fairness and transparency in pricing models to the growing challenges of climate risk and affordability.…Read More
The European Union’s AI Act was originally framed as the world’s first comprehensive attempt to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) through the lens of fundamental rights, human oversight, and trustworthy AI. Increasingly, however, the law is evolving into something else: a form of industrial policy. Increasingly, however, the law is being forced to confront the institutional and economic realities involved in translating those principles into practice. That shift became clear earlier this month, when EU lawmakers reached a provisional political agreement to delay several major compliance deadlines for high-risk AI systems as part of the Digital Omnibus initiative.…Read More
