Kevin Werbach
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Kevin Werbach
@kwerb.com

Penn Prof (Chair of Legal Studies & Business Ethics @ Wharton). Pescatarian. Panentheist Jew. Parent. Philadelphian. Poconos Airbnb host. Perhaps Retired Restoration Shaman. Primarily focused on Accountable AI & crypto regulation. https://accountableai.net .. more

Kevin Werbach is an American academic, businessman and author. In 2002, he founded the Supernova Group, a technology analysis and consulting firm. Since 2004, Werbach is an Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He writes about business, policy, and social implications of emerging Internet and communications technologies. .. more

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Thrilled to launch the Accountable AI Lab at Wharton AI & Analytics! We’re tackling the critical challenges of ethics, governance, and regulation for AI innovation that benefits both business and society.

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Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative Launches the Wharton Accountable AI Lab, Led by Professor Kevin Werbach
Discover the Wharton Accountable AI Lab, a new initiative by the Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative led by Professor Kevin Werbach, advancing ethical and responsible AI development. Learn how WAAL addr...
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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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Registration will open in a few weeks, after we have a chance to review the paper submissions.

We invite industry practitioners, regulators, an non-academic experts on AI accountability and related topics to join us at Wharton on February 6 for valuable interdisplinary conversations.

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!

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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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Also, if Character AI is taking the position that every word generated by the chatbot is actually the company speaking, vs. just indirect output of a tool which they designed, that might open up greater responsibility for firms.

Not to mention that libel, slander, and defamation involve speech by definition!

“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
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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.

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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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"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

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.