Artificial Intelligence

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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.

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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.”

Imagine losing your job to the mere possibility of AI

Speaking about “AI-washing", or companies using AI as an excuse to lay off workers, Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School commented on Block’s layoffs: “It is hard to imagine a fire-wide sudden 50%+ efficiency gain that justifies massive organizational layoffs.”

Human moral agency irreplaceable in the era of artificial intelligence

As artificial intelligence rapidly integrates into clinical settings, an article published in the Hastings Center Report by Penn Nursing’s Connie M. Ulrich warns that the core of nursing, its moral agency, must remain a human-driven responsibility.

The new boss at work may not be human

Stefano Puntoni of the Wharton School has found that AI usage is also affecting workplace communication habits.

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