Emerging Technologies
Explore impact of emerging technology on the broader landscape of business.
The Evaluator Age: Generative AI and the Future of Knowledge Work
By Bryan Southworth, Wei Chen, and Hemant K. Bhargava
How AI shifts human responsibility towards "evaluation and judgment" of AI-generated knowledge.
Guidelines for Building Trust and Confidence in LLM Outputs
By Jorn Boehnke, Elizabeth Pontikes, and Hemant K. Bhargava
Ensuring AI-generated labels are trustworthy using redundancy and self-reported confidence.
AI Regulation in the US
By Hemant K. Bhargava, Ayan Mani, and Anirudh Murugesan
Analysis of state-level AI regulation, key issues, and legislative dynamics.
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Exploring Generative AI’s Impact on Research: Perspectives from Senior Scholars in Management Information Systems
By Hemant K. Bhargava, Sue Brown, Anindya Ghose, Alok Gupta, Dorothy Leidner, and D. J. Wu
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (forthcoming, 2025).
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AI-driven Transformation at B-Schools: Adapt or Die
Presentation to California B-School Deans, March 2025.
- AI-infused business courses for a future in which AI tools can do knowledge work
- New courses to create AI-literacy or fluency
- New products (degree programs, certificates etc.) e.g., MS in AI for Business
- Support faculty efforts in AI-driven transformation
- Create "AI Clinics" where B-school actively helps industry and society tackle real-world challenges
Read more: California Business School Deans Explore Management Education in Age of AI
Artificial Imagination: AI & Storytelling
USC Panel discussing AI’s role in creative storytelling and its impact on entertainment (Oct 2024).
With Salil Bhayani (music composer, cAMP Studio), Sherry Gunther (producer of shows such as The Simpsons and Rugrats), and Kartik Hosanagar (Professor @ Wharton, author of "A Human's Guide to Intelligence" and founder-ceo of JumpCut).
aiMPACT @ UC Davis
An AI-focused event helping students navigate career opportunities and risks in an AI-driven world (Feb 2024).
No, AI Hasn’t Raised California’s Rent
By Hemant K. Bhargava | California Business Journal (Feb 2025)
Examining AI’s role in pricing algorithms and addressing myths about its impact on rent.
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Academic Journal Review Process
A group of 9 Information Systems scholars met (in March 25, in Palm Springs) to propose how academic journals should innovate (in using AI tools) to fulfill the journals' responsibility of evaluating and sorting manuscript submissions, with timeliness, high sorting quality, and increased quality of published research. Stay tuned for our outputs.
Read more: Academic Journal Review Process
Making AI Work for You
A presentation to Italgas C-Suite executives, in conjunction with InnovIT and CITRIS @ UC Berkeley (Nov 2024).
CRB Nexus: Where Policy Meets Research
Presentation and discussion at California Research Bureau, Jan 2025. Discussed how my research relates to policy questions in AI, digital platforms, health tech, and entertainment ticketing.
AI Enablers: Capital, Government, and Academia
Panel discussion on how industry, government and academia can collaborate to create structures for beneficial outcomes from AI progress, Sacramento (Oct 2024). With Shuchi Rana, Khaim Morton, and JP Morgan.