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A conversation with Taya Cohen and Sofia Rodriguez-Chaves

Podcast

What is Responsible AI Use?

In the latest Tepperspectives Video, Tepper School researchers Taya Cohen and Sofía Rodríguez Chaves look at how ethics and moral character influence responsible AI use in the absence of policy or regulations.

Podcast

Can Optimization Be Efficient and Fair?

A new book from Tepper School alumnus Özgün Elçi (Ph.D. 2022), along with John Hooker and Peter Zhang, introduces a mathematical framework for building ethical optimization models that balance efficiency with fairness, providing practical tools and a new way to evaluate the societal impact of algorithmic decisions.

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Opinion

Zestimate and Fairness: Can Biased Algorithms Improve Equity?

Yan Huang reveals how Zillow's Zestimate, despite occasional algorithmic bias and varying accuracy across neighborhoods, benefits both buyers and sellers in underserved areas by reducing market uncertainty and improving transaction outcomes, even potentially lessening existing inequality compared to human-only systems.