December 01, 2025
Whether you see AI as the gift that keeps giving or wish it would go back in the box, we’ve got a story for you. We’ve selected 11 of our articles from the past year to help you make sense where artificial intelligence is at and where it may be headed.
An AI Analyst Made 30 Years of Stock Picks — and Blew Human Investors Away
Accounting professors Ed deHaan and Suzie Noh helped build an AI-powered analyst that used public information to handily beat human investors in a stock-picking simulation.
AI Is Reshaping Accounting Jobs by Doing the “Boring” Stuff
Assistant Professor Jung Ho Choi finds that AI is not replacing accountants but augmenting them by handling repetitive tasks, allowing them to serve more clients and improve reporting quality.
AI Writes Persuasive Political Messages. Could They Change Your Mind?
In separate studies, Professors Robb Willer and Zakary Tormala find that persuasive AI-generated political messages could help bridge political divides — or fuel polarization.
Blood Is Red, Math Is Blue. Does AI See Colors Like Me and You?
Assistant professor Douglas Guilbeault studies how humans and a large language model interpret color metaphors to test whether understanding color is based on language or requires sensory experience.
Class Takeaways — Data Science and AI Strategy
Associate professor Kuang Xu encourages managers to focus on their business needs before rushing to adopt AI and buying expensive data analysis tools.
Designing AI That Keeps Human Decision-Makers in Mind
Associate Professor Jann Spiess explores how to design AI algorithms that support, not supplant, human decision-makers.
Popular AI Models Show Partisan Bias When Asked to Talk Politics
Professor Andrew Hall find that users perceive partisan bias in the answers generated by most popular large language models when discussing contentious topics.
The AI Prescription for Healthcare
Professor Mohsen Bayati advises healthcare leaders that integrating new technology requires both a leap of faith and stringent guardrails to protect patients and ensure trust.
Explainer: What is AI Complementarity?
This short video introduces AI complementarity, the idea that AI tools should be designed to enhance human capacity rather than replace people.
Human First: Designing Artificial Intelligence That Elevates Us
Professor Jennifer Aaker urges us to move past the fear of job loss to focus on how AI can elevate the human experience.
When AI-Generated Art Enters the Market, Consumers Win — and Artists Lose
Assistant Profesor Samuel Goldberg investigates an online art marketplace after generative AI was introduced, finding that it benefitted consumers benefited at the expense of human creators.
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