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Revolutionizing AI for people, markets, and society at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Demis Hassabis was building DeepMind long before AI was popularized. Now he's a Nobel Prize winner and one of the most powerful figures in tech. Sebastian Mallaby captured his journey and he's bringing it to Booth on Oct. 26. Register: www.chicagobooth.edu/Home/Researc...
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Data Science Institute @dsi-uchicago.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
and a huge thank you to our co-organizer ChiData, and sponsors @caai-booth.bsky.social, Chicago Trading Company, and Every
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Data Science Institute @dsi-uchicago.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Chicago Data Night is a monthly event cohosted by ChiData and DSI, in partnership with TeamWorking by TechNexus 🔗 datascience.uchicago.edu/events/chica... Chicago Data Night is generously sponsored by @caai-booth.bsky.social, Chicago Trading Company, and Every
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Chicago Data Night: David Radke (Chicago Blackhawks)
Please join us for our monthly Chicago Data Night, cohosted by ChiData and the Data Science Institute, in partnership with TeamWorking by TechNexus. Practitioners, academics, and aficionados within…
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Data Science Institute @dsi-uchicago.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Admission is free, and we strongly encourage an RSVP to attend datascience.uchicago.edu/events/chica... Chicago Data Night is generously sponsored by @caai-booth.bsky.social, Chicago Trading Company, and Every
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Chicago Data Night: David Radke (Chicago Blackhawks)
Please join us for our monthly Chicago Data Night, cohosted by ChiData and the Data Science Institute, in partnership with TeamWorking by TechNexus. Practitioners, academics, and aficionados within…
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Beneath your fingertips, a single tap on a phone screen initiates a chain reaction of algorithmically-powered interactions that convert requests into reality. Now, AI is unlocking previously unsolvable math problems that streamline behind-the-scenes tech flows: www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen...
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Unlocking the Math Behind Better Decisions
<p class="p1" style="color: #000000; margin: 0px 0px 9px; line-height: normal;">Hidden in plain sight, math is woven into all corners of daily life&mdash;now AI is cracking the code to some of the tri...
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
What happens when thousands of people submit public comments urging stronger climate action from bank regulators...and most of them don't move the needle? Researchers from @ChicagoBooth used AI to open the black box of climate policy rulemaking—the findings are striking.
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Data Science Institute @dsi-uchicago.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Thank you to @litian0331.bsky.social, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science at UChicago, for Wednesday’s Chicago Data Night talk on Federation over Text, a distributed inference network! And thank you to our co-organizers @caai-booth.bsky.social and ChiData
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
AI can schedule appointments and transcribe doctor's notes—but it still can't reliably spot a scalpel in a surgical video. A new study from @chicagobooth.bsky.social's and @surgicaldsc.bsky.social found more data ≠ better #AI in the OR: www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen...
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
In a world where scarce resources are a reality, choosing how we use our precious reserves is critical. So, what questions are really worth asking #AI when every request has a tangible cost? www.chicagobooth.edu/review/how-m...
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How Many Questions Can the World Afford to Ask AI?
Every query incurs energy costs, raising concerns about resource allocation.
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Chicago Booth Review @chicagoboothreview.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Together, these three constraints—fuel, speed, and storage—form the hard physics of the token economy. You can build a bigger data center or write smarter software, but you cannot negotiate with the physical limits of the universe. www.chicagobooth.edu/review/how-m... #econsky
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How Many Questions Can the World Afford to Ask AI?
Every query incurs energy costs, raising concerns about resource allocation.
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Anjali Adukia @aadukia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Submit your work using AI in the social sciences to the annual AI in Social Science conference at the University of Chicago! Submissions due May 1! The conference will be held October 8-9 in Chicago, IL, USA. bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event... @beckerfriedman.bsky.social @caai-booth.bsky.social
Call for papers for the 2026 AI in social science conference: submit by May 1. Conference will be held October 8-9, 2026 at the University of Chicago
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Call for Papers now open for the 2026 AI & Economics Summer Conference. The capstone event of our AI & Economics Summer Institute, bringing a week of ideas to a close. Share your research. Shape what’s next. www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen...
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AI and Economics Summer Conference 2026
The AIE Summer Conference concludes the AIE Summer Institute, presenting research on applying AI methods to existing economic queries. Submit your paper for consideration.
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
“There is a need for thoughtful discussion about how AI is changing decision-making, organizations, and strategy,” said CAAI's Sanjog Misra about Chicago Booth's new partnership with MasterClass designed to equip leaders in the rapidly evolving AI era: www.chicagobooth.edu/why-booth/st...
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Chicago Booth Partners with MasterClass on AI-Era Business Education
MasterClass Executive, developed in collaboration with OpenAI, brings a new business school experience to working professionals.
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Sanjog Misra on navigating AI's moral compass—and how Chicago Booth is preparing future leaders to use this technology responsibly. Read more in Association of MBAs Ambition Magazine. 🔗 online.flippingbook.com/view/7162169... #AIEthics #ResponsibleAI #ChicagoBooth
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AMBA's Ambition magazine: Issue 5 2025, Volume 83
Ambition is AMBA’s thought leadership magazine, offering regular insights into the challenges and trends that matter most in global management education
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Data Science Institute @dsi-uchicago.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
They shared insights on how insurers are moving from AI hype to measurable impact, drawing on examples from strategy, governance, and workforce transformation Thank you to our co-hosts Drive Capital & ChiData, and our special partner @caai-booth.bsky.social!
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Booth alumni John 'JG' Chirapurath, MBA '01 shares his journey in applying business and technology at scale. Across Microsoft, SAP and startups, one idea stands out: mastering growth rather than just ownership was the key. www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen...
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Scale Changes Everything
John 'JG' Chirapurath, MBA '01, shares insights from the frontlines of data &amp; AI and scaling ideas to real-world impact.
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Can the effectiveness of AI be measured objectively? Or do some things simply require the nuance and situational awareness that humans intuitively provide? Read more about historical perceptions of #AI and how that sheds light on whether the current bubble is set to burst: time.com/7340901/ai-h...
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The History That Suggests an AI Bubble
The history of AI shows how setting evaluation standards fueled progress. But today's LLMs are asked to do tasks without clear benchmarks.
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Can you tell who wrote that article? #AI 🤖✍️ The University of Chicago Booth School of Business' Alex Imas and Brian Jabarian investigated 'AI humanizer' apps that work to conceal and soften AI-generated writing. But how effective are they? Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/larsda...
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Students Use This “AI Humanizer” To Make ChatGPT Essays Undetectable
New study reveals how "AI humanizers" make ChatGPT essays undetectable.
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Food for thought from sociologist and assistant professor Jerel Ezell at The University of Chicago 💡
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AI Is Coming for Our Most Intimate Communications. Congress Must Act | Opinion
Our best approach to dealing with AI’s infiltration into our interpersonal spaces isn’t to erect barriers to stop it.
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Chicago is getting new AI supercomputers at Argonne National Lab. This isn't just faster processing, it's expanding what's possible at the frontier of AI research. From climate to healthcare breakthroughs, the future is being built here. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/t...
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To Meld A.I. With Supercomputers, National Labs Are Picking Up the Pace
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Chicago Booth Review @chicagoboothreview.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
"Randomness is something that people are not used to coping with, but we should acknowledge it as an inherent part of our world. Generative intelligence embodies randomness—we have some random input and transform it into some random output." www.chicagobooth.edu/review/ais-r... #econsky
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AI’s Random Responses Can Improve Decision-Making
A Q&amp;A with Chicago Booth&rsquo;s Veronika Ročkov&aacute;&nbsp;about useful variation in the output of LLMs.
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
A new public-partnership will bring the U.S. Department of Energy's largest #AI supercomputer to the Chicagoland area to accelerate scientific discovery. Read more about how the partnership will drive innovation at UChicago and Argonne National Laboratory: news.uchicago.edu/story/depart...
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Department of Energy announces partnership with Argonne, NVIDIA and Oracle to build powerful AI supercomputers
Collaboration will expand nation’s AI infrastructure and accelerate scientific discovery
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
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Face Value: Is A.I. Creating a New Era of Physiognomy? | The Saturday Evening Post
Start-ups are promising A.I. can tell is someone is a terrorist or a criminal, if they’re gay or a good fit for a job. Is this 19th century pseudoscience making a digital comeback?
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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At futuristic meeting, AIs took the lead in producing and reviewing all the studies
Organizers aim to tune AI to help accelerate science
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Chicago Booth Review @chicagoboothreview.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Have you ever had a job interview conducted by AI? Would you like to? via Chicago Booth's @brianjabarian.bsky.social www.chicagobooth.edu/review/podca... #econsky @caai-booth.bsky.social
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Are AI Interviews Better?
Chicago Booth&rsquo;s Brian Jabarian talks about his research on AI job interviews.
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
🧠💡Food for thought. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Will AI destroy us? Consider the nature of intelligence.
The real threats AI poses will come from the humans who wield it.
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Data Science Institute @dsi-uchicago.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🎉 Incredible turnout last night for Chicago Data Night! Thank you to Assistant Prof Haifeng Xu for his fascinating talk on #ProphetArena and the future of forecasting with AI. Special thanks to #DriveCapital for hosting and @caai-booth.bsky.social AI for sponsoring this amazing event!
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Breaking New Ground in Machine Learning and AI: New Platform Prophet Arena Redefines How We Evaluate AI’s Intelligence – DSI
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
How has #AI shaped (or disrupted) traditional career pathways? Chicago Booth's @andershumlum.bsky.social shared insights on the labor market as it shifts with the integration of AI: www.cnbc.com/2025/09/07/a...
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AI is not just ending entry-level jobs. It's the end of the career ladder as we know it
The most inspiring CEO stories come from workers who rose from entry-level positions at their firms to the top. What happens when AI takes those jobs away?
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
"First, people often get uncomfortable when you admit being wrong. Second, how people respond to mistakes, yours or theirs, is an excellent litmus test of character," said CAAI Faculty Director Sanjog Misra www.chicagobooth.edu/review/incre...
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The Incredible Power of Being Wrong
With the right approach, mistakes can be the fuel for your greatest victories.
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
How well can #AI detect its own presence in writing? Chicago Booth's @brianjabarian.bsky.social and @aleximas.bsky.social are uncovering the future of #AI detection tools: www.nber.org/papers/w34223
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Artificial Writing and Automated Detection
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Since his time at Chicago Booth, Satyajeet Salgar (MBA ‘ 07) has embraced curiosity and serendipity, guided by a relentless drive to create meaningful products and experiences in the world of tech, media…and now #AI: www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen...
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
As #AI evolves and becomes integrated into daily life, our faculty are methodically thinking through ways to equip the next generation of leaders. Get a glimpse into how Booth faculty like Bradford Levy are thinking through AI's role in the classroom: www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen...
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Bringing AI into Business Education: The Future of Finance
A glimpse into how Booth faculty are thinking through AI's role in the classroom.
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
The future of medicine starts with access to the right data. With @ucjointcph.bsky.social and @berkeleycdss.bsky.social we're helping researchers use #AI to: 🩺 Predict sudden cardiac death 🧠 Improve TB approaches worldwide 🔬 Find patterns in medical imaging www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen...
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Partnering to Advance the Future of AI in Health
CAAI and UCSF UC Berkeley&rsquo;s Computational Precision Health program to jointly host diverse, high-quality health data repository.
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
AI-enabled research has entered a new phase of growth: www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-inv...
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NSF to invest in new national network of AI-programmable cloud laboratories
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new funding opportunity that would invest up to $100 million to support a network of "programmable cloud laboratories," aimed at expanding access to…
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
#AI recruiters place and retain job candidates at higher rates than people. Chicago Booth's @brianjabarian.bsky.social is collaborating with a large global firm to take a closer look at what this means for the future of recruiting: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...?
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
"Accept the fact that you’ll be wrong. That’s not failure; it’s feedback," said CAAI Faculty Director Sanjog Misra. His two cents on the value of making mistakes: www.chicagobooth.edu/review/incre...
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The Incredible Power of Being Wrong
With the right approach, mistakes can be the fuel for your greatest victories.
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Nearly 75% of all teens aged 13 to 17 have chatted with AI—and 52% say they are regular users of #AI companions. techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/7... @norc.org
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72% of US teens have used AI companions, study finds | TechCrunch
By "companion," the study is focused on AI chatbots that are designed for users to have more personal conversations with, not AI assistants that work as homework helpers, image generators, or voice as...
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Chicago Booth Review @chicagoboothreview.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Why do students lie about using AI? Chicago Booth's @aleximas.bsky.social talks about perceptions of AI use in the classroom. www.chicagobooth.edu/review/podca... #econsky
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Why Students Lie About Using AI
Chicago Booth&rsquo;s Alex Imas talks about perceptions of AI use in the classroom.
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Becker Friedman Institute for Economics @beckerfriedman.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Using algorithms in pretrial release, medical testing referrals, and workplace safety inspections can yield major benefits—and ultimately pay for themselves over time. Research brief by Jens Ludwig, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Ashesh Rambachan. ow.ly/9uPk50WsSN1
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Algorithms | Becker Friedman Institute
SCROLL DOWN TO VIEW INTERACTIVE ↓ ¹ Kleinberg, Jon, Himabindu Lakkaraju, Jure Leskovec, Jens Ludwig and Sendhil Mullainathan (2018a) “Human decisions and machine predictions.” Quarterly Journal of Eco...
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
As part of Chicago Booth's continued investment in #AI and its role in shaping business, markets, and institutions, three new faculty have joined our community. Welcome Kawin Ethayarajh, Suproteem Sarkar, and Ted Sumers! Full story: www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen... #MachineLearning
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New Faculty Advance AI
Booth welcomes three new professors working at the intersection of AI, technology, business, and society.
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
We're still reflecting on the many insights shared during the 2025 Midwest Machine Learning Symposium—there are so many bright minds dedicated to advancing the future of machine learning! #MachineLearning #AI
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Wishing PhD student and CAAI affiliate ‪@rafmbatista.bsky.social‬ the best of luck in his next role at Princeton University! During his time at Booth, Batista explored ideas at the intersection of behavioral science, algorithms, and hypothesis generation: www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen...
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Registration for the 2025 Machine Learning in Economics Summer Conference (MLESC) is now open! Held this year in Chicago, MLESC brings together researchers from around the world working at the intersection of machine learning and economics. Learn more: www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen...
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Machine Learning in Economics Summer Conference
The MLESC conference brings together researchers working at the intersection of machine learning and economics.
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
“Through the new #AI concentration, we will challenge students to think differently, not just about algorithms, but about how AI reshapes human capital, decision-making, and society itself.” -Chicago Booth's Sanjog Misra, CAAI Faculty Director Learn more: www.chicagobooth.edu/why-booth/st...
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Booth Adds Academic Concentration in Applied AI
The new offering prepares MBA students to excel in an increasingly AI-driven marketplace.
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Congrats to all faculty who have been recognized for their stellar contributions! We're especially thrilled to celebrate the eleven Chicago Booth faculty on this list, among them CAAI Faculty Affiliate @aleximas.bsky.social! news.uchicago.edu/story/twenty...?
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Twenty-six UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships in July 2025
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
We're thrilled to celebrate our Principal Research Anna Zink! This fall, she'll join the Community Health Department at ‪@tufts.edu as Assistant Professor. Read about her impact in #AI and #healthcare during her time at CAAI: www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen...
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Ethical AI in Healthcare: CAAI Principal Researcher Anna Zink
As Anna Zink embarks on a new journey at Tufts University, we celebrate her groundbreaking work at CAAI in shaping ethical AI for healthcare. Her research has tackled bias in machine learning models, ...
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
What traits signal trustworthiness? Chicago Booth researchers used #AI visualize perceptions of trustworthiness and how they're shaped by different contexts. www.chicagobooth.edu/review/do-yo...? @chicagoboothreview.bsky.social
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Do You Look Trustworthy? Not to Everyone
Research explores to what degree perceived traits are in the eye of the beholder.
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Excited to welcome MIT PhD students Flora Shi and Alana Marzoev to MLESI 2025! Flora studies how strategic behavior affects statistical inference. Alana works on large language models + probabilistic reasoning. Looking forward to having them this summer! #MLESI2025 #EconTwitter #AIResearch #MIT
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
For firms, taking a stand on hot-button social issues has become more than a public relations puzzle—it may be integral to developing an effective modern business strategy. Read a new study from ‪Chicago Booth Faculty Jacob Conway: www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen...
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Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence @caai-booth.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Can #AI be used to predict a pricing bubble before it pops? @chicagoboothreview.bsky.social: www.chicagobooth.edu/review/in-it...?
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In Its Expectations for the Economy, AI Is Surprisingly Human
AI, designed to mimic the appearance of human reasoning, also forms predictions about the economy in human-like ways.
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