Artificial Intelligence

(Top row) Shreya Nair and Ian Peng. (Bottom row) Pranav Sompalle and Emily Valerio.

Four third-years receive Goldwater Scholarships

Goldwater Scholarships are awarded to students planning research careers in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics.

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Penn’s third annual AI Month spotlights the evolving frontier of human-centered AI

A monthlong series of talks, workshops, symposia, and more highlights how recent advances in artificial intelligence are reshaping robotics, health, education, and public life, all the while keeping human values at the center.

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‘AI killed the cover letter.’ This Wharton economist says the hiring ritual’s days are numbered

Judd Kessler of the Wharton School says the cover letter’s days are numbered.

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Analyzing the news with AI

Annenberg School for Communication postdoctoral fellow Baird Howland looks at prominent narratives in the news media and how they shape Americans’ worldviews.

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2025 PEP, PIP, and PSP winners: Where are they now?

Nearly a year after being awarded the 2025 President’s Engagement Prize, President’s Innovation Prize, and President’s Sustainability Prize, the recipients—now alumni—provide updates on their projects.

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Schools in this Philly suburb are approaching AI with a patchwork of pilots, training and policies for the classroom

Michael Golden of the Graduate School of Education says that AI “extends the creativity of teachers and students. It gives them tools to try and undertake new types of approaches to problem-solving and critical thinking and creation of materials.”

Will LLMs replace coders? Not entirely

After ChatGPT’s launch, the percentage of routine coding questions on an online forum fell sharply, while novel questions rose, according to new research by Wharton’s Neha Sharma.

The most important idea in AI: Recursive self improvement

Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School has documented the acceleration of AI capabilities: AI systems now exceed human expert performance on complex tasks 82% of the time and answer graduate-level questions at 94% accuracy.

Zitong Lan, Haowen Lai and Mingmin Zhao with a robot in a lab.

Robots that can see around corners using radio signals and AI

Doctoral students at Penn Engineering have built a new system, powered by AI and radio signals, that allows robots to view around corners, with implications for vehicle safety and industrial efficiency.

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AI could give you a 15-hour workweek. It’s not playing out that way

Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School says AI adoption is “a lot of hard work, very expensive, and not an instant job killer.”

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Four third-years receive Goldwater Scholarships

Penn’s third annual AI Month spotlights the evolving frontier of human-centered AI

‘AI killed the cover letter.’ This Wharton economist says the hiring ritual’s days are numbered

Analyzing the news with AI

2025 PEP, PIP, and PSP winners: Where are they now?

Schools in this Philly suburb are approaching AI with a patchwork of pilots, training and policies for the classroom

Will LLMs replace coders? Not entirely

The most important idea in AI: Recursive self improvement

Robots that can see around corners using radio signals and AI

AI could give you a 15-hour workweek. It’s not playing out that way