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Why Political Debates Are More Constructive Than You Think
Work by Professors Modupe Akinola, Sheena Iyengar and their co-researchers shows that political disagreements in America are characterized by more civility, engagement, and hope than many perceive.
Business & Society
Leadership
How Companies Are Cashing In on Nationalism
New work by Professor Lori Yue and her co-researchers quantifies the nationalism of companies and sheds light on how ideology impacts businesses.
Economics & Policy
Finance’s Path Forward
AI is increasingly being applied across the business landscape, and the financial industry is no exception. In the latest issue of Columbia Business, explore our insights on what industry leaders need to know about adopting this rapidly evolving technology.
Artificial Intelligence
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Guided by renowned faculty, the Doctoral program instills the highest level of scholarship and research for students to help shape new business ideas and practices.
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Columbia Business School Executive Education provides executives from across industries and sectors with the tools, frameworks, and learnings needed to lead and excel.
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Science
This Algorithm Could Predict Your Health, Income, and Chance of Premature Death
Can AI really predict your future? Columbia Business School Associate Professor of Business Sandra Matz is featured in a Science article that explores how a new algorithm trained on millions of life stories in Denmark predicts key life outcomes like health, income, and even the risk of early death. The model, called "life2vec," analyzes life events much like it processes text—by finding patterns that offer surprisingly accurate predictions. However, while the model’s results are impressive, Matz raises important questions about its broader application—especially outside of Denmark.Matz points out that while some predictions, like linking certain jobs to personality traits, seem straightforward, applying this technology to diverse populations could be more challenging. She suggests that while AI has the potential to identify risks and guide decisions, it also brings concerns about data privacy and ethical use. This study offers a glimpse into a future where AI not only analyzes data but also predicts personal life paths.Read the full article to learn more about how AI is pushing the boundaries of what we can know—and what it means for the future.
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New York Times
My Not-so-Perfect Holiday Shopping Excursion with A.I. Chatbots
Generative AI can enhance shopping experiences, providing more personalized product recommendations. Select retailers such as Mercari are using this technology to build AI-powered shopping assistants, hoping to streamline consumer decision-making. However, with some AI assistants delivering inaccurate or less-than-ideal results, there seems to be a lot left to be desired for customers. In an article for The New York Times, shoppers described engaging with these types of AI, expressing frustration over their experiences. Olivier Toubia, Glaubinger Professor of Business, summed up what many of these experiences lack: simplicity. In terms of AI technology, Toubia believes that consumers “don’t necessarily want to have five different generative A.I. tools that they would use for different purposes.” Many of the anecdotes from the article reflected this opinion, as consumers wished that AI shopping assistants could provide better results.Learn more about what consumers want from generative AI and what companies are striving to achieve by adopting the technology.
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Columbia Business School
Columbia Business School Celebrates the Launch of the Open Climate Curriculum
Based at CBS through the center, the new Open Climate Curriculum initiative provides future business leaders with the skills to lead on climate change. Through the initiative, Columbia Business School and partner universities across the globe are accelerating the teaching of climate change and the integration of climate action into business education by fostering knowledge sharing, collaboration, and the development of teaching materials using generative AI. "It’s rewarding to connect with leading educators as we build a first-of-its-kind open-source database for teaching future business leaders on climate change,” commented Professor Bruce Usher.
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Equality Now
Stalling At The Crossroads of Artificial Intelligence – The Time To Act Is Now
Center advisory board member S. Mona Sinha '93 co-wrote this piece on how the global consensus on AI safety and regulation should now focus on the Global Digital Compact (GDC) negotiations to blend human rights and quantifiable development principles.
View the Media Mention about Stalling At The Crossroads of Artificial Intelligence – The Time To Act Is Now
The New York Times
What Happens When a Founder Leaves?
What happens when the future of artificial intelligence relies on just one person? This New York Times article explores the surprising leadership changes at OpenAI, and raises important questions about the risks of a company depending too much on a single individual. Columbia Business School Professor of Business Patrick Bolton sheds light on this issue as he explains that OpenAI’s board may have underestimated the “key man risk”—the vulnerability a company faces when a pivotal leader is removed.For those interested in how leadership changes can impact tech companies and the role of non-compete clauses in protecting corporate strategy, this article offers a look at the future of AI and business leadership, and underscores why effective governance is essential for managing these risks.Read more about how these risks and strategies are shaping the future of AI-driven businesses and what it means for the industry.
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Business Insider
Amazon and Shopify Sellers Are Using AI to Save Time, Better Understand Their Customers, and Improve Their Profit Margins
AI provides scale that isn’t possible with humans - but what about the downsides? In a 2023 article for Business Insider, Glaubinger Professor of Business Olivier Toubia highlights the cost-effectiveness of AI for Amazon and Shopify sellers. AI can be used to accomplish time-consuming tasks, Toubia says, such as writing product descriptions and optimizing copy for SEO. Is the efficiency of this technology, however, worth the risks? Experts point out that while efficient, companies may sacrifice their brand voice by using AI for tasks such as writing and optimization. Due to the occasional inaccuracies that AI is known for, there is also a risk that companies will be vulnerable to mistakes, at the very least requiring heavy proofreading and editing. According to the insights shared by Toubia, the ROI many companies get from using AI may outweigh the disadvantages. In addition to teaching for Columbia Business School, Toubia researches elements of innovation, such as preference measurement and idea generation, and has discussed the benefits of AI in articles for Quartz, Quirks, and more. Learn more about the careful balance of implementing AI tools for Amazon and Shopify sellers.
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iHeart Radio
Decisions Over Decimals: Striking the Balance Between Intuition and Information
Become a confident leader and use data, experience, and intuition to drive your decisions
Agile decision making is imperative as you lead in a data-driven world. Amid streams of data and countless meetings, we make hasty decisions, slow decisions, and often no decisions.
Uniquely bridging theory and practice, Decisions Over Decimals breaks this pattern by uniting data intelligence with human judgment to get to action — a sharp approach the authors refer to as Quantitative Intuition (QI).
QI raises the power of thinking beyond big data without neglecting it and chasing the perfect decision while appreciating that such a thing can never really exist.
Successful decision-makers are fierce interrogators. They square critical thinking with open-mindedness by blending information, intuition, and experience. Balancing these elements is at the heart of Decisions Over Decimals.
This book is not only designed to be read - but frequently referenced - as you face innumerable decision moments.
It is the hands-on manual for confident, accurate decision-making you've been looking for; the rare resource that provides a set of pragmatic leadership tools to accelerate:
Effectively framing the problem for stakeholders
Synthesizing intelligence from incomplete information
Delivering decisions that stick
Strike the right balance between information and intuition and lead the smarter way with the real-world guidance found in
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MarketWatch
Could generative AI do a CEO’s job? Here’s what an Ivy League MBA professor says
We’re still in the early stages of the generative-AI revolution, says Oded Netzer, vice dean of research and professor at Columbia Business School
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The Messenger
As School Starts, Teachers Struggle with New Kid in the Classroom: ChatGPT
Columbia Business School Professor Dan Wang believes that students should use AI language models to support their education. More so, he believes the use of generative AI tools is a necessity. With the technology becoming essential in the workplace, it’s vital for students to be encouraged to use AI language models, as long as it does not impact their academic integrity. As a result, Columbia Business School continues to how to bring AI into the classroom. In an article for The Messenger, Wang, who is the Lambert Family Professor of Social Enterprise in the Faculty of Business Management Division and Co-Director of the Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change, called the use of AI in higher education as an “opportunity to develop new innovations in learning.” Learn how schools are creating academic policies that hold students accountable for how they use AI and what awaits them after graduation.
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Fortune
Google’s A.I. Is about to Breach a New Frontier: It’s Reportedly Working on a Chatbot to Give Life Advice
Highlighted by Columbia Business School, this media piece showcases Topics and Areas of Expertise about our esteemed faculty. The content is specifically curated from the publication that showcased the mentioned faculty and/or research, emphasizing its contributions in various fields. The featured Topics and Areas of Expertise reflects the school's commitment to sharing valuable insights and knowledge.
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Fortune
A.I. Might Actually Make Us Better at Our Jobs by Sharpening Our Soft Skills. Here Are the Roles Most Likely to Be Impacted
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Agenda Week
Boards Should Watch Brainer’ AI Regulations
Highlighted by Columbia Business School, this media piece showcases Topics and Areas of Expertise about our esteemed faculty. The content is specifically curated from the publication that showcased the mentioned faculty and/or research, emphasizing its contributions in various fields. The featured Topics and Areas of Expertise reflects the school's commitment to sharing valuable insights and knowledge.
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AI@CBS Courses
Technology Strategy
This course provides an introduction to the strategic management of technology. Technology Strategy has three goals, which relate to the three modules of the course. Specific topics and questions include but are not limited to the following: - How do firms leverage network effects to build sustainable competitive advantage? What are the optimal strategies for building multi-sided platforms? How should an incumbent firm respond to "disruptive" innovations? How can firms commercialize and protect new innovations or scientific discoveries? How do new technologies change the way we interact, and how should businesses respond?
Generative AI for Business
This course is for all business school students interested in leveraging Generative AI (GenAI) in their professional lives. It aims to provide an in-depth understanding of GenAI, its wide range of applications, and the value it can generate for businesses. This course discusses both the potential benefits and challenges stemming from business applications of GenAI.
Events
Monday, September 23, 2024
AI in Healthcare: A Fireside Chat with U.S. Senator Bill Cas
A fireside chat with U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.
6:00 to 7:00 pm ET
David Geffen Hall, Cooperman Commons
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
DFI Product Management Lunch and Learn
DFI invites industry experts to campus to share their perspectives on topics relevant to aspiring product managers, covering career guidance, PM best practices or timely hot topics. Speakers present over lunch. These lunches are moderated by Chris LaSala.
Join Phil Duong for an open discussion on unique product considerations PM should manage when designing, developing, and delivering successful AI/ML products.
Participate in the Product Management Discussion!
Friday, November 22, 2024
DFI AI Conference
Join us as we explore the future of business by examining AI’s profound impact on businesses, people, purpose and growth. Our focus will center on innovation, workplace adaptability, the dynamics of human capital and machine interaction, regulatory consideration, and the outlook for the coming years.
7:00 AM – 10:00 PM EDT
AI@CBS
Columbia Business School is committed to preparing students for the future of artificial intelligence. Through cutting-edge curricular innovation, our MBA, Executive MBA, MS, and PhD programs introduce new courses and research that seamlessly integrate AI into the student experience. From exploring the impact of AI across industries to developing hands-on experience with the latest tools, students can build confidence in using the latest tech in their chosen fields.
Explore how our students, faculty, centers and programs are engaging with AI at Columbia Business School.
Columbia University Giving Day is October 1, 2024
Columbia Business School is committed to developing leaders that will transform the world! As we continue to build on our rich legacy, we are preparing CBS students to solve increasingly complex challenges of the modern business era. With our cutting-edge curriculum, groundbreaking research, and real-time connection to industry and practice, both within New York City and around the world, CBS delivers unmatched insights and learning across key areas of business. Your support makes all this possible.