Wharton offers Executive Education Program Strategies for Accountable AI

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania will help managers get ahead of the curve through the Executive Education Program Strategies for Accountable AI.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly being adopted by many organisations which also increases the risks associated with privacy, hallucinations, bias, intellectual property issues, legal liability, and regulatory penalties. To, understand these and take the executives ahead of curve, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is offering an Executive Education program Strategies for Accountable AI.

Kevin Werbach, Wharton professor and department chairperson of legal studies and business ethics will serve as the academic director, accompanied by faculty experts from the renowned research centre AI at Wharton.

“Everyone agrees that accountability has to be a part of what implementing AI means. So, you’re either going to be one of the leaders in doing AI governance, or you’re going to get pulled along by regulation or catching up to your competitors. He adds that the best approach for companies is to “get ahead of the curve and understand how your AI investments can go wrong, so you can limit the risks that they will," says Kevin Werbach.

Executive Education Program Strategies for Accountable AI Details

The format is designed such that it will offer participants exposure to Wharton’s up-to-the-minute research and the teaching will provide direct interaction with the faculty via weekly, 90-minute, flipped-classroom, live online sessions. The students will be able to learn through self-paced online video segments and activities. They will get a chance to engage in case studies, team collaboration and a capstone project.

The participants will get a real-world, up-to-the-minute roadmap for effective AI oversight, empowering them to build, monitor, and maintain accountable AI solutions. They will get an opportunity to explore the legal, ethical, and business controversies posed by AI; acquire techniques to mitigate AI risks; discover how fast-changing laws and enforcement across the globe could affect their business; assess their own organization’s responsible AI readiness; and more. 

The program will help executives win a competitive advantage as they discover how to protect their firm and its reputation while leveraging AI for business success.

Sessions include Frameworks for Accountable AI: AI Laws, Regulation, and Governance; The AI Dynamic Landscape: Market Trends and Technological Insights; When AI Goes Wrong: Accuracy, Risk, and Transparency; Data Acquisition: Privacy, Copyright, Licensing, and the AI Supply Chain; Fairness, Bias, and Discrimination; Abusive Practices: Manipulation, The Human Dimension: How AI Changes Work and Consumer Experiences; and Techniques Misinformation, Market Power; and Strategies for Accountable AI.

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