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HBS AI INSTITUTE

Because AI

is only half the answer

“If your workers aren’t frustrated using AI, then you’re nowhere near where you should be.”

Mary Erdoes Mary Callahan Erdoes , HBS AI Institute Advisory Council Member and CEO of JPMorgan Asset and Wealth Management

Because AI

is a superpower

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The Real AI Divide Isn’t Who Uses It Most

Research shows that giving AI to everyone doesn’t help everyone Listen to this article: Lately, you may have noticed some colleagues seem to use AI for everything. They ask it to sharpen emails, produce meeting notes, brainstorm strategy, and pressure-test campaigns. Watching them, it’s tempting to think the advantage lies in sheer volume: maybe the […]

HBS AI Institute Associates Spotlight Series: Michael Lingzhi Li

This series introduces Harvard Business School AI Institute Associates Program projects which aim to answer important questions at the intersection of artificial intelligence and digital technologies in business and society. This article shares insights from Michael Lingzhi Li, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School who is pursuing research on the topics of […]

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The AI Content Problem

How generative AI is reshaping the quantity and quality of expert analysis Listen to this article: We have entered an era of information abundance and trust scarcity. Thanks to AI, it’s easier than ever to generate clean, coherent, professional-sounding content, but some tend to assume that it isn’t worth their attention, confidence, or actual decision-making […]

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The AI Race Goes Global

What China’s “diffusion-forward” strategy reveals about technology, production, and who wins in the AI economy Listen to this article: The New York Times recently reported that in Washington, the AI question focuses on whether the government should review powerful models before they are released. But on the other side of the globe, China is asking […]

Because AI

transforms productivity

“…what’s different is the promise of this technology. AI has the capabilities of summarizing and allowing people to access tacit knowledge that is typically, you know, exclusive to experts.”

Raffaella Sadun John Winsor , Co-Principal Investigator at the Digital Reskilling Lab
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Is AI Making Your Team Lazy?

Exploring the hidden cost of human disengagement from AI Listen to this article: We are rapidly entering an AI era defined by the “agentic” shift. These tools now write code, manage inboxes, conduct research, and execute multi-step workflows without a human lifting a finger. But when AI does more, what happens to the humans at […]

A group of business professionals in a meeting, and the concept of global business

The Real AI Divide Isn’t Who Uses It Most

Research shows that giving AI to everyone doesn’t help everyone Listen to this article: Lately, you may have noticed some colleagues seem to use AI for everything. They ask it to sharpen emails, produce meeting notes, brainstorm strategy, and pressure-test campaigns. Watching them, it’s tempting to think the advantage lies in sheer volume: maybe the […]

Because AI

changes everything

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