Digital Future

OpenAI Chief Economist Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji discusses how AI is transforming productivity, work, and decision-making in the global economy.

The company’s CEO Meredith Kopit Levien explains how a 175-year-old institution became a digital subscription powerhouse — while defending journalism’s future in the AI era.

In her new book, Massively Better Healthcare, Halle Tecco, founder of Rock Health and adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, outlines a practical roadmap for earning trust, using AI responsibly, and creating lasting change as a healthcare innovator.

Columbia Business School professor Dante Donati explains the guardrails needed to ensure AI improves outcomes rather than deepening inequality.

Mental illness imposes recession-level costs on the economy. Columbia Business School professor Boaz Abramson explains how AI could potentially expand access to care.

Managing employees’ AI-related stress is the key to unlocking the technology’s potential.

Despite leaps in medical technology, as many as 30 to 40 percent of surgical patients end up unsatisfied with their surgical outcomes due to lingering pain or mobility issues. AI-powered “digital twin” technology offers an opportunity to reduce the reliance on clinical heuristics—those experience-based shortcuts passed down through mentorship—for a more precise, bespoke approach to surgical care.

Today's AI systems are powered by vast models trained on data from across the internet. But this approach has stalled in the complex and critical field of healthcare, because while AI excels at retrieving facts, it falls short in handling the nuanced realities of clinical environments. 

Pearl Health was founded to empower independent physicians through data and value-based care. The founding vision of Pearl Health—empowering independent physicians through data and value-based care—has only accelerated with the advent of AI.

Research shows that up to half of dementias may be preventable by addressing modifiable risk factors. These programs are typically delivered in person, are resource-intensive, and reach only a small fraction of the people who could benefit.