Artificial Intelligence

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.

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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The hidden geometry of learning: Neural networks think alike

New research by Penn engineers illuminates the inner workings of neural networks, opening the possibility of developing hyper-efficient algorithms that could classify images in a fraction of the time.

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.

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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How AI tools can help assess verbal eyewitness statements

Quattrone Center Academic Director Paul Heaton’s new paper explores how he and his co-authors trained a large language model to parse eyewitness confidence statements.

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.

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.

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.

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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