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How Ferrari balances identity and growth with the electric Luce
The Luce is Ferrari’s first fully electric vehicle. The company sees its release as a technological addition, not necessarily a market shift.
The 5 forces creating urgency around ethical AI adoption
In his book “Boundaries of Tolerance,” MIT Sloan School of Management senior lecturer Jeffrey Saviano argues that ethical AI strategy and governance are the defining leadership challenges of our time.
Stop debating automation vs. augmentation
As organizations begin deploying agentic systems that can execute entire workflows, a consequential question is emerging: How can leaders turn agentic AI productivity gains into business growth?
How to level up systematic innovation with AI
Artificial intelligence can boost the systematic innovation of products, processes, and services. MIT Sloan professor Steven Eppinger offers four steps for making that happen.
Data or privacy? Businesses can have both, MIT Sloan research finds
Data regulation doesn’t necessarily cause economic harm. Markets — and consumers — can still derive economic benefits from data collection when it’s tempered by reasonable privacy guardrails.
AI and jobs: 4 takeaways from Google’s chief economist
Google’s Fabien Curto Millet examined how AI is reshaping job roles, workflows, and employee training in an address at the MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work.
5 things to know about how companies can create value from AI
As AI tools become more widely available, competitive advantage will depend on the trust, data, expertise, operating capabilities, and work redesign companies build around them.
These new MIT Sloan courses track emerging technologies and business trends
MIT Sloan School of Management course offerings like AI-Augmented Work, Defense and Dual-Use Ventures, and Leading Agentic AI Transformation in Organizations anticipate businesses’ future needs.
‘The Collision: What AI Does to Us’
In his new book, MIT Sloan School of Management professor Eric So examines the ways AI is reshaping human cognition and offers advice on protecting your uniquely human skills while using AI.
4 seats AI can occupy at the negotiating table
AI can negotiate for you, coach you, support your team, or mediate between parties. An MIT Sloan School of Management professor explains those four roles — and why human judgment still matters.