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AI in Practice

AI in Practice can help you stay ahead, with the latest from Harvard Business School AI Institute's faculty and affiliates.

Algorithms of Imagination

A new framework for creating original ideas with AI.

Gemini Spark app screen

Gemini Spark and the Rise of the Always-On Agent

What mattered most for business leaders at the annual Google I/O Conference? Spark, which is Google’s entry into a category that did not exist six months ago, the “always-on agent.”

AI is Giving Workers More Focus Time. Now What?

A six-month, cross-industry randomized trial shows how generative AI is reshaping work.

The Expert You Thought Was Irreplaceable?

A deep dive into Harvard research on the future of complex decision-making

Less Headcount, More Valuation: How AI-Native Firms Change the Game

Firms built around AI are scaling knowledge work without the knowledge workers.

How to Fix the AI Idea Machine

New research pushes language models beyond predictable outputs.

The Internet is Eating Itself, and AI is Holding the Fork

When AI summarizes the web instead of sending you to it, the economics of online information quietly unravel.

Stop Trading Trust for Traffic

New research shows why optimizing content for attention can quietly push it off strategy. Trading Trust Traffic Research

Knowledge Guilds: Who Owns Your Expertise?

New research proposes a framework to give workers a stake in the AI systems built on their labor. Knowledge Guilds AI Framework

GenAI Advantage May Belong to Firms That Already Have It

AI tools are everywhere. Profits may not be. GenAI Advantage Tools Profits