Artificial Intelligence

AI security

As AI gets more adept at synthesizing information and producing humanlike responses, many are concerned that malicious actors may use this technology in dangerous ways. Ph.D. candidate Alex Robey safeguards AI systems against malicious tampering.

Nathi Magubane

The future of AI: How Wharton is leading the charge

The AI at Wharton Initiative and AI in Focus podcast series highlight the evolving and growing role of artificial intelligence in all areas of life, with Wharton as a global focal point for its study.

Dee Patel

Making better decisions with AI

Kaustubh Sridhar, a doctoral student in Electrical and Systems Engineering, aims to improve autonomous agents in the real world with more accurate decision-making programming.

From Penn Engineering Today

Addressing bias in AI

In Policy Lab: AI and Implicit Bias, Penn Carey Law students propose solutions to address intersectional bias in generative AI.

From Penn Carey Law



In the News


Bloomberg

ChatGPT will come for partners’ work in contract law, says prof

David Hoffman of Penn Carey Law says that “generative interpretation” can replace the messy and expensive way lawyers currently hash out the meaning of words in legal agreements, using dictionaries and Latin canons.

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Big Think

Can we stop AI hallucinations? And do we even want to?

Chris Callison-Burch of the School of Engineering and Applied Science says that auto-regressive generation can make it difficult for language learning models to perform fact-based or symbolic reasoning.

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Yahoo! Finance

AI will change work, for better and worse

Sonny Tambe of the Wharton School says that AI is a useful tool for most people, not an existential threat.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

UPenn medical school names first vice dean of AI

Mary Ritchie has been named the vice dean of artificial intelligence and computing at the Perelman School of Medicine. Mitchell Schnall has been named the first senior vice president for data and technology solutions at the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

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Business Insider

Business schools are now encouraging students to use AI as they race to prepare them for a new job market

Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School is teaching his students to use and understand the capabilities of generative AI.

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Technical.ly Philly

Wharton created a free series for entrepreneurs to learn about gen AI

A free virtual discussion series from the Wharton School offers a space for the business community to learn about developments with generative AI, featuring remarks from Mary Purk.

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