Artificial Intelligence

Desmond Patton and the science of being human

Penn Integrates Knowledge University professor Desmond Upton Patton discusses his research in social media and violence, finding an interdisciplinary career in social work, communication, data science, and psychiatry, and why his open-mindedness never stops.

Kristina García

Cary Coglianese on regulating machine learning

The Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science analyzes the Biden administration’s recent actions concerning the federal government’s use of artificial intelligence.

From Penn Carey Law

Real or fake text? We can learn to spot the difference

Penn computer scientists prove that people can be trained to tell the difference between AI-generated and human-written text. Their new paper debuts the results of the largest-ever human study on AI detection.

From Penn Engineering Today



In the News


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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KYW Newsradio (Philadelphia)

Penn researchers develop AI-based tool to help police, legal professionals gauge dependability of eyewitness statements

Paul Heaton of Penn Carey Law and colleagues have developed an AI-based tool to help prosecutors and legal professionals determine the accuracy of eyewitness suspect identifications.

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Politico.com

Five questions for Ethan Mollick

Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School discusses the unpredictability of the current AI development ecosystem, why AI’s “apocalyptic” capabilities are overrated, and the need for government to set clear regulatory guidelines around AI.

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Yahoo! Finance

Generative AI is having a throw-everything-at-the-wall moment

Stefano Puntoni of the Wharton School says that experimenting with different generative AI products will inevitably help the best rise to the top, while the worst will fall to the wayside.

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The Washington Post

I used AI work tools to do my job. Here’s how it went

Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that AI hallucinates and makes up details when applied to work.

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Christian Science Monitor

Meet Sora: AI-created videos test public trust

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that AI video-creation can manipulate images in ways that make them seem more real than the original artifacts.

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