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AI Elevate: Strategy and the Declining Cost of Expertise

As AI continues to reshape industries globally, the HBS AI Institute (previously Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3)) and the Harvard Business School Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council hosted AI Elevate: From Readiness to Exponential Growth on December 13, 2024, in Dubai, UAE. This one-day conference provided business leaders, researchers, and government officials […]

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Teaching Trust: How Small AI Models Can Make Larger Systems More Reliable

As Gen AI technology continues to rapidly evolve and LLMs are integrated into more and more applications, questions of trustworthiness and ethical alignment become increasingly crucial. In the recent study “Generalizing Trust: Weak-to-Strong Trustworthiness in Language Models,” authors Martin Pawelczyk, postdoctoral researcher at Harvard working on trustworthy AI; Lillian Sun, undergraduate student at Harvard studying […]

Decoding Digital Dynamics: Insights from the Digital Competition and Tech Regulation Conference

As digital platforms continue to reshape markets, the intersection of competition, innovation, and regulation demands nuanced understanding. On April 17–18, 2025, Digital Data Design Institute’s Platform Lab and Harvard Business School hosted the third annual Digital Competition and Tech Regulation Conference, convening over 70 leading academics, industry practitioners, and policymakers from around the world. With […]

D^3 Officially Launches “Future Proof with AI” Upskilling Learning Program

Ahead of National AI Literacy Day on Friday, March 28, the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3) announced the official launch of “Future Proof with AI,” an AI-enabled training platform that offers AI upskilling for mid-career professionals. In addition to its existing modules in marketing, strategy, and finance, Future Proof with AI now offers […]

Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard Announces New Cohort of Executive Fellows and Visiting Researchers and Scholars

Industry leaders and global academics join forces to advance innovation in digital technology, data, and design through collaboration and cutting-edge research. The Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3) is excited to announce its latest cohort of Executive Fellows and Visiting Researchers and Scholars, furthering its mission to drive innovation at the intersection of digital […]

Cast Your Vote for D^3’s 2025 SXSW Panel

The Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard is excited to share that its proposal for a South by Southwest (SXSW) panel on AI has made it to the voting round. Every March, Austin, Texas transforms into a hub of creativity and innovation as it hosts SXSW, the premier festival that brings people together from all […]

Startup Foundry Highlights Neru Health

Are you tired all the time? Have trouble sleeping? You’re not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1-in-3 adults in the United States reported not getting enough rest or sleep every day. For the 20 million shift workers in the US—nurses, doctors, first responders, warehouse workers, truck drivers, etc.— being […]

AI-Focused Partnerships Announced with JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, and Boston Consulting Group

BOSTON – The Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3) announced today two multi-year corporate partnerships and one research partnership, a first since the Institute’s inception in 2022. The corporate partners include JPMorgan Chase and Boston Consulting Group, who will work with Harvard and Harvard Business School faculty and researchers within their labs at D^3 […]

Insight: How to Radically Transform Business Operations with AI

Artificial intelligence has the potential to radically transform the operational aspects of businesses. Delivery businesses are a quintessential example of where such an AI-enabled transformation could occur. For example, companies like Grab (Southeast Asia’s largest all-in-one digital platform provider) employ cutting-edge AI algorithms to enhance overall efficiency of its delivery fleet. Grab leverages complex machine learning algorithms to predict delivery demand and to manage logistics, thereby increasing customer satisfaction. Such applications of AI could help businesses cut down on cost and allocate resources more efficiently, improve the on-the-job experience for their employees, and understand the needs of their customers better to provide the holistic service their customers need when they need it.

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