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Because AI

is only half the answer

This isn’t science fiction. It’s what we’re seeing right now. AI agents, what I’ve come to call Agentic AI, are becoming a new form of digital open talent. They are reshaping how work gets done.

John Winsor John Winsor , D^3 Executive Fellow, Founder and CEO, Open Assembly

Because AI

is a superpower

D^3 Associates Spotlight Series: Raymond Kluender

This series introduces D^3 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 Raymond Kluender, Assistant Professor and Berol Corporation Fellow at Harvard Business School  who is pursing research on the topics of artificial intelligence and finance. 1.What drew […]

Unifying AI Attribution: A New Frontier in Understanding Complex Systems

As artificial intelligence systems become increasingly complex, understanding their behavior has become a critical challenge for businesses and researchers alike. In a recent preprint paper, “Towards Unified Attribution in Explainable AI, Data-Centric AI, and Mechanistic Interpretability,” authors Shichang Zhang, a postdoctoral fellow in the Trustworthy AI Lab at the Digital Data Design (D^3) Institute at […]

Leading with AI 2024

Taking place on-campus and online May 7, 2024, Leading with AI: Exploring Business and Technology Frontiers explored AI’s profound impact on the world and how it is reshaping the future of business and society. This full-day conference examined the business implications, ethical considerations, and regulatory practices related to AI, and offered frameworks for encouraging an […]

D^3 Associates Spotlight Series: Elisabeth Paulson

This series introduces D^3 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 Elisabeth Paulson, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School who is pursing research on the topics of artificial intelligence and refugee resettlement. 1.What drew you […]

Because AI

transforms productivity

“AI is being built to automate jobs – but not the ones workers want automated.”

Azeem Azhar Azeem Azhar , D^3 Executive Fellow, Founder, Exponential View

Bridging Innovation and Equity: Insights from the Ethical Tech Showcase

How can technology be harnessed to create more equity, inclusivity, and empowerment in historically marginalized spaces? Recently Dr. James W. Riley, principal investigator of the blackbox Lab at the Digital Data Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard Business School, in collaboration with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, Professor Aymar […]

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Teaching Trust: How Small AI Models Can Make Larger Systems More Reliable

As Gen AI technology continues to rapidly evolve and LLMs are integrated into more and more applications, questions of trustworthiness and ethical alignment become increasingly crucial. In the recent study “Generalizing Trust: Weak-to-Strong Trustworthiness in Language Models,” authors Martin Pawelczyk, postdoctoral researcher at Harvard working on trustworthy AI; Lillian Sun, undergraduate student at Harvard studying […]

Because AI

changes everything

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