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Who Is Responsible When AI Breaks the Law?‌‌

Former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and Miriam Vogel, president and CEO of EqualAI, survey how AI both fits in and breaks existing legal frameworks. They argue that leaders need to be ready for the opportunities created by the novel technology and for potential legal pitfalls.‌‌

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    Boeing’s leaders are placing a multi-billion dollar bet that they can bring together innovation and global reach to survive tumultuous times.

    A Boeing 787 Dreamliner
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    Charles Elkan, Goldman Sachs’ global head of machine learning, on the technology can extract value from the natural resource that is defining this century—data.

    New York Stock Exchange
  • Three Questions: Prof. Paul Bracken on Europe after Brexit

    Yale SOM’s Paul Bracken, an expert in political science and strategy, says that Brexit is just one of the political and economic disruptions reshaping Europe.

    The European Parliament
  • SEC Settlement Won’t Fix Tesla

    Tesla may have reached a settlement with the SEC, Yale SOM's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld writes, but the company's board still needs to address the problems created by its brilliant, self-destructive CEO.

    Tesla dealership
  • Can Trusted Brands Beat ‘Fake News’?

    Time Inc.’s chief content officer sees “fake news” as an opportunity for trusted brands in journalism to re-emerge—if they can find a business model.

    Time Inc. headquarters
  • Is CRISPR Worth the Risk?

    Dr. Greg Licholai, a biotech entrepreneur and a lecturer at Yale SOM, explains the gene-editing technology’s potential and its dangers.

    DNA
  • The Real Problem for Mark Zuckerberg Is Mark Zuckerberg

    Since Facebook's stock structure guarantees CEO Mark Zuckerberg control, Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld writes, its only hope is some brutally honest feedback from his star-studded board.

    Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook's 2008 F8 conference
  • Is Videoconferencing Still the Future?

    The age of the video call has arrived, just as science fiction predicted. Scott Wharton ’95, who leads video collaboration at Logitech, talks about the potential of videoconferencing and the steps needed to make it ubiquitous.

    Punch magazine's 1879 imagining of the hypothetical "telephonoscope."
  • Can Technology Transform the Nonprofit Sector?

    Nonprofits compete too. Could technology offer a means to improve performance, innovate, and deliver on mission?

  • Three Questions: Prof. David Bach on the Reach of European Privacy Regulations

    A change to European privacy rules has unleashed a flood of emails about updated privacy policies to customers all over the world. We asked Yale SOM’s David Bach why.

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