Research

The Future Promise and Risk of Generative AI in Clinical Settings

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Generative AI has the potential to revolutionize healthcare, enhancing diagnostics and enabling more personalized patient care. However, experts at the recent Penn LDI AI in Health Care Conference highlighted significant ethical and practical challenges, including the need for transparency, fairness, and regulation in clinical AI applications. Hamsa Bastani, Faculty Co-Lead of the Wharton Healthcare Analytics Lab, emphasized rigorous testing to reduce bias and ensure AI-driven tools truly improve patient outcomes.…Read More

AI Chatbots Seem as Ethical as a New York Times Advice Columnist

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(Outlet: Scientific American) 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

Women in Data Science @ Penn Conference 2025

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The Wharton School and Penn Engineering is proud to host the sixth annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) @ Penn Conference on February 13-14, 2025. A celebrated interdisciplinary event, WiDS @ Penn welcomes academic, industry, and student speakers from across the data science landscape to celebrate its diversity, both in subject matter and personnel.…Read More

The Wharton School Makes Strategic Investment in Artificial Intelligence Research and Teaching

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The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced a major investment to drastically scale its research and teaching capabilities in the areas of artificial intelligence and data science. Under the umbrella of the new Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative, the interdisciplinary endeavor will encompass curricular enhancements, investments to advance new research, collaboration between industry and academia, and open-source resources to help shape the direction of generative AI.…Read More

Student Spotlight – Emma Segerman and Naomi Korn Tackle the Sports Industry

Emma Segerman and Naomi Korn

Emma Segerman and Naomi Korn have a lot in common. Both are graduating seniors at the University of Pennsylvania – Segerman’s degree is in business analytics with a concentration in legal studies & business ethics, Korn’s is in philosophy, politics, and economics with a minor in statistics. Both women have a knack for numbers, and a deep love for sports. They were both involved with the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative (WSABI) as undergrads, and they both have jobs lined up in the sports industry waiting for them when they graduate.…Read More