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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 30/03/2026

This summer I will take over as Vice Dean in charge of Wharton's MBA for Executives program (WEMBA) I agreed to the role because there's no better place to address the challenges - and opportunities - that AI and other developments pose for jobs, business broadly, and education.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 21/01/2026

We are delighed to announce the release of the Wharton Stablecoin Toolkit: Financial and Market Dimensions. This report provides a comprehensive overview of the stablecoin world, including the business ecosystem, categories of approaches, and use cases. whr.tn/stablecointo...

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 11/12/2025

AI has scaled fraud to a global industrial level. On The Road to Accountable AI, ID.me CEO Blake Hall explains why old verification methods are obsolete, and why we need a secure, user-controlled digital identity layer. Listen at apple.co/accountable, or visit accountableai.net

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 05/12/2025

Registration is open for the first Accountable AI Research Conference, at The Wharton School in Philadelphia on Feb. 6, 2026. ai-analytics.wharton.upenn.edu/wharton-acco... If you're an AI governance practitioner or researcher, looking for insights on the future of responsible AI, please join us!

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 04/12/2025

On The Road to Accountable AI, I spoke with Mitch Kapor @mkapor, legendary entrepreneur, digital policy visionary, and impact investor, about what we haven’t learned from past tech waves, how VCs can close societal gaps, and why responsible AI requires more than good intentions. accountableai.net

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 20/11/2025

On The Road to Accountable AI, I spoke with @bradrcarson of @americans4ri, about why politics is inescapable for AI's future, the prospects for bipartisan agreement in the US, and how to navigate the challenges of AI policy. Listen at apple.co/accountable, or your favorite podcast platform.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 14/11/2025

Oliver Patel, head of AI Governance at AstraZeneca, joins me this week on The Road to Accountable AI to share enterprise AI governance frameworks built from his experience. Listen to the full episode at https:apple.co/accountable, or your favorite podcast platform.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 06/11/2025

Maybe we've been approaching AI ethics the wrong way? On this week's episode of The Road to Accountable AI, Ravit Dotan discusses how she shifted her approach, and why AI governance practitioners should be more like chefs. Listen now: apple.co/accountable or your favorite podcast platform.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 24/10/2025

Reminder that Monday is the submission deadline for the Accountable AI Research Conference, at the Wharton School in Philadelphia on Feb. 6. For researchers on AI governance, responsibility, safety, ethics, or policy, don't miss this opportunity! ai-analytics.wharton.upenn.edu/wharton-acco...

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The first Accountable AI Research Conference will bring together scholars from law and other fields. The risks and limitations of AI have been the subject of scholarly attention for many years. Yet th...

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 23/10/2025

“AI governance is a team sport.” On Road to Accountable AI, Caroline Louveaux of Mastercard explains how trust, collaboration, and responsibility drive innovation in the AI era. Listen now: apple.com/accountable accountableai.net

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 20/10/2025

Exceptional article by @kaiserkuo.bsky.social on how China's successful rise should force us to reconsider our assumptions about modernity. I'm frustrated how few Americans who aren't China specialists are willing to entertain such questions. www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-gr...

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The Great Reckoning - The Ideas Letter

The world feels unsettled, as if history itself were changing tempo. The familiar landmarks of the modern age are blurring, slipping away, and the stories we once told ourselves about…

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 16/10/2025

"AI governance can’t be top-down—it has to be networked.” On the Road to Accountable AI, former Acting US Secretary of Commerce Cam Kerry explains why flexible oversight is essential for AI, and what AI policy can learn from the long battle over privacy regulation. Listen now: accountableai.net

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 09/10/2025

What does it take to turn the theoretical ideal of fair AI into something organizations can implement? This week on The Road to Accountable AI, I spoke with Derek Leben, Carnegie Mellon professor and author of the new book, AI Fairness. Visit accountableai.net or your favorite podcast platform.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 11/09/2025

AI is spreading fast. Can governments keep up? On today’s Road to Accountable AI podcat, Karine Perset, Acting Head of the OECD’s AI Division, explains how countries are working together to shape responsible AI. Listen now: accountableai.net or your favorite podcast platform.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 09/09/2025

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 The Wharton Accountable AI Lab is hosting the 1st Accountable AI Research Conference at @Wharton on Feb 6, 2026. Focus: law, ethics, governance & policy shaping real-world AI practice. Submissions due: Oct 27, 2025. Learn more: ai-analytics.wharton.upenn.edu/wharton-acco...

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 23/08/2025

A report by an MIT research center claiming that 95% of genAI deployments fail got a lot of attention this week, even possibly contributing to a drop in AI stock prices. As I explain on LinkedIn, the report doesn't offer any real support for its conclusion. www.linkedin.com/posts/kevinw...

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State of AI in Business 2025 | Kevin Werbach

The "MIT report" which made a big splash this week, finding few generative AI deployments generate any returns, is deeply problematic. The incident is, frankly, a great example of confirmation bias. ...

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 25/07/2025

I never thought about it before, but if truths are "self-evident," why do we need to declare that we hold that to be true?

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 25/07/2025

Flashing red light for financial markets. With klaxons. Crypto is a legit investment asset class. But if the thesis is financial engineering memecoins into traditional stock markets via SPACs, and the market is buying it, we're eventuially headed for a crackup. www.ft.com/content/50f9...

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Companies load up on niche crypto tokens to boost share prices

Listed firms load up on ether, litecoin and $TRUMP as they bid to emulate Michael Saylor’s Strategy

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 25/07/2025

poetsandquants.com/2025/07/24/a... Amen. We're doing a lot to bring AI into the curriculum at @wharton. I'm rethinking my own courses from scratch. But this is a deep question about the future of business education, where we could benefit from engagement with our peers.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 23/07/2025

The more the US becomes like China, the harder it is for China to become like the US. That should concern us deeply.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 23/07/2025

The reality is that China has an ideology, and the US has an ideology. The argument that "American AI" should win is that our ideology is best for human flourishing. Claiming that our AI is "objective" and theirs is "ideologically biased" is just the mirror of their claims of "scientific socialism."

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 23/07/2025

Interesting that the White House did a public comment process on the AI Action Plan, in which all the AI companies said their most important existential issue is copyright liability and...said exactly nothing about copyright. Then again, probably better it didn't.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 23/07/2025

The Trump AI Action Plan comes down squarely for open-weight models. Yet its proposals are all about promoting academic R&D. Which is great, but no substitute for what's happening in China. There the top AI startups and digital giants are opening their models. In the US, even Meta is backtracking.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 23/07/2025

Here's the Trump Administration's AI Action Plan. Three pillars: removing regulatory impediments, infrastructure, and diplomacy/security. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 09/07/2025

So after all this time we find that Grok is just a wrapper on Microsoft Tay?

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 28/06/2025

Good news of the day. The Red Cross is eliminating the worst part of donating blood -- the finger stick to check hemoglobin levels, replacing it with a sensor. More painful than the actual blood draw!

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 26/06/2025

On this week’s episode of The Road to Accountable AI, I spoke with responsible AI pioneer Kay Firth-Butterfield about what it really means to design AI that serves people—not just profit. Available on your favorite podcast platform, or visit accountableai.net.

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Alex Engler @alexengler.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

🚨🚨We now have two job openings!🚨🚨 --[New!] Research and Communications Manager --Engagement and Policy Manager Love learning and writing about the information ecosystem? Want to tackle the toughest questions facing democracy, and do something about it? Apply, Share! [Both $55,000-$72,000]

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Communications and Research Manager - Penn Center for Media, Technology, and Democracy

University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school co...

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 23/06/2025

Americans are way too sanguine that the algorithmic surveillance state is only a Chinese phenomenon, because they believe the US is "free" and China is not. This oped by @megankstack.bsky.social is on point but, frankly, doesn't go far enough. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 19/06/2025

What happens when copyright law meets generative AI? Is there a workable path forward? On this week’s episode of The Road to Accountable AI, I spoke with leading IP litigator Dale Cendali of Kirkland & Ellis. Full episode out today on your favorite podcast platform, or visit accountableai.net.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 12/06/2025

How can lawyers advise companies about AI when the law hasn't caught up with rapid technological developments? This week on The Road to Accountable AI, I spoke with Zwillgen's Brenda Leong about the practice of AI law. Tune in at apple.co/accountable or your favorite podcast platform.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 09/06/2025

Amazon's $20 billion investment is great new for PA, but the fact that only translates to 1,250 jobs is a strong indication of how AI is changing the nature of work. technical.ly/civic-news/a...

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Amazon to make massive $20B+ investment in Pennsylvania AI jobs — with data centers in tow

“We have secured the largest private sector investment in the history of Pennsylvania,” Gov. Shapiro said.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 05/06/2025

Testing is the missing link for truly effective AI governance. This week on The Road to Accountable AI, I spoke with Shameek Kundu of Singapore-based AI Verify, about its pioneering work on real-world testing of AI systems. Tune in at apple.co/accountable, or your favorite podcast platform!

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 30/05/2025

Having just spent a week in Beijing, many Chinese, including those who love their country, believe in the idea of America more than those now running America.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 28/05/2025

Honored to be selected to speak at the SEC's roundtable on decentralized finance (DeFi) on June 9, along with a top notch group of panelists. www.sec.gov/newsroom/pre...

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 26/05/2025

Back from an amazing week in Beijing with 40 Wharton MBA/EMBA students, for a deep dive on tech and AI in China. Fascinating learnings from businesses, VCs, and academics, including visits with startups, tech giants, and AI applications in healthcare. Plus a side trip to the Great Wall.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 18/05/2025

This by @matteowong.bsky.social is an important coda to the sliver of Silicon Valley embracing Trump. The bigger contingent dismissing the danger of his policies because (1) everything but AGI is irrelevant, (2) we have people are in the Administration. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 18/05/2025

@economist.com on crypto's embrce of Trumpian corruption. "[There is still penty of speculation. But crypto is slowly being taken more seriously by mainstream financial firms and tech companies.... [However] this is an opportunity that crypto firms risk blowing." www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

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Crypto has become the ultimate swamp asset

An industry that dreamed of being above politics has become synonymous with self-dealing

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 13/05/2025

Thoughtful of LinkedIn to let me know that a guy who was just sentenced to 12 years in prison is a follower of random brands running ads there.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

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Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress

I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 09/05/2025

Here's a new report from the Bank for International Settlements, showing the reality of digital assets with actual data. Yes, most activity is pure speculation. BUT, there is legitimate transactional cross-border usage of stablecoins. www.bis.org/publ/work126...

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DeFiying gravity? An empirical analysis of cross-border Bitcoin, Ether and stablecoin flows

We investigate trends and drivers of cross-border flows of the two major native cryptoassets (Bitcoin and Ether) and the two major asset-backed stablecoins (Tether and USD Coin) between 184 countries ...

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 09/05/2025

Our American new normal: you need to make $2.5 million per year to be "rich", and a 40% marginal rate is "high taxes." And suggeting something like that is asking too much. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 09/05/2025

The battle over stablecoin legislation now puts the choice sqaurely: Do crypto proponents care more about bringing dramatic benefits to payments and banking, or protecting the ability of a President to raise billions of dark influence money from foreigners? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Crypto-Backed Stablecoin Bill Blocked Amid Furor Over Trump Memecoin

Senate Democrats blocked stablecoin legislation backed by the digital assets industry amid a furor over President Donald Trump’s extensive and growing portfolio of crypto ventures.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 08/05/2025

My guest this week on The Road to Accountable AI is Kelly Trindel, Chief Responsible AI Officer at Workday. Tune in through your favorite podcast platform to hear about to infuse AI governance effective throughout an organization. apple.co/accountable accountableai.net

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 01/05/2025

What if AI is changing not just business and our lives, but the very way we understand the world? Renowned author and internet thinker @weinberger.org joins me on the Road to Accountable AI to discuss the deeper human implications of AI. apple.co/accountable or your favorite podcast platform.

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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 01/05/2025

Get ready for a whole lotta crypto tokens in iOS apps.

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