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The HBS AI Associates Program advances research on artificial intelligence in organizations.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We support research from Harvard faculty on how AI is transforming firms and organizations, delivering actionable insights for the public and practitioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conversations at Scale: Memory-Enabled AI for Inclusive Labor Market Access in Pakistan<\/strong>
Livia Alfonsi<\/strong><\/a>, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Labor as Data: Surveillance and the (Optimal) Expropriation of Skill<\/strong> 
Zoe B. Cullen<\/strong><\/a>, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School.
Shengwu Li<\/a><\/strong>, Professor of Economics, Harvard University. Danielle Li<\/a><\/strong>, David Sarnoff Professor of Management of Technology, MIT Sloan School of Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Understanding Information Barriers to AI Adoption in African Firms<\/strong> 
Ebehi Iyoha<\/a><\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Impact of AI on Sales Performance and Organization<\/strong>
Christopher T. Stanton<\/strong><\/a>, Marvin Bower Associate Professor, Harvard Business School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Preference for Explainable AI (XAI) <\/strong> 
Alex Chan<\/strong>,<\/a> Assistant Professor of Business Administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Improving Predict-then-Optimize Pipelines in AI-Assisted Refugee Resettlement <\/strong>
Elisabeth C. Paulson<\/strong><\/a>, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talk to Me: Driving Customer Engagement with Interactive AI Avatars<\/strong> 
Julian De Freitas<\/strong><\/a>, Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Elie Ofek<\/strong><\/a>, Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Effects of an Artificial-Intelligence-Powered Financial Counselor on the Financial Decision-Making and Well-Being of Low-Income, High-Debt Households: Evidence from a Large-Scale Legal Technology Non-Profit <\/strong> 
Ray Kluender<\/strong>,<\/a> Associate Professor and Berol Corporation Fellow, Harvard Business School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tackling the Chatbot Personality Problem<\/strong>
Hanspeter Pfister<\/a><\/strong>, An Wang Professor of Computer Science, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Martin Wattenberg<\/a><\/strong>, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Fernanda Viegas<\/a><\/strong>, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Sally Starling Seaver Professor at Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Differentially Private Software Tools for Data Analytics<\/strong>
Salil Vadhan<\/a><\/strong>, Vicky Joseph Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Gary King<\/a><\/strong>, Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor, Harvard University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Government Agents <\/strong> 
Mitchell B. Weiss<\/strong><\/a>, Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice and Emma Bloomberg Professor<\/em>, Harvard Business School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The GenAI Adoption Tracker<\/strong> 
David Deming<\/a><\/strong>, Isabelle and Scott Black Professor of Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Adam Blandin<\/a><\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Economics, Vanderbilt University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Organizational Design <\/strong> 
Boris Groysberg<\/a><\/strong>, Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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National Security and Technological Interdependence: The Promise and Perils of AI and Internet of Things (IoT) in Mapping and Securing Global Supply Chains and Partnerships<\/strong>
Meg Rithmire<\/strong><\/a>, James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leveraging AI and LLM Models to Enhance Patient-Provider Communication<\/strong> 
Susanna Gallani<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong> Tai Family Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School.
Lidia Moura<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Valdery Moura Junior<\/strong><\/a>, AI Researcher & Senior Data Scientist, Center for AI and Biomedical Informatics of the Learning Healthcare System (CAIBILS), Mass General Brigham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sustaining Human Vigilance in \u201cHuman-in-the-loop\u201d AI Systems through Controlled Error Injection <\/strong>
Michael Lingzhi Li<\/strong>,<\/a> Assistant Professor of Business Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Predicting the Future of Work: Leveraging LLM-Powered Generative Agents to Simulate Employee Responses to Organizational Wellbeing Interventions <\/strong> 
Ashley V. Whillans<\/a><\/strong>, Volpert Family Associate Professor of Business Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Global narrative on AI and other key technologies: from zero-sum competition to win-win collaborations <\/strong> 
David Yang<\/a><\/strong>, Professor of Economics, Harvard University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artificial Intelligence Driven Insights <\/strong>
Shikhar Ghosh<\/strong><\/a>, MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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