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Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial Intelligence

From health care to education, policy to art, artificial intelligence is rapidly changing our world and our daily lives.
Are we ready?

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The big questions

Explore more lingering questions about artificial intelligence throughout the page.

Harvard Business School faculty members discuss how artificial intelligence could reshape how work gets done.

A Harvard Kennedy School expert explores how regulation and other tools can ensure that AI tools work for everyone.

Harvard writers, animators, architects, musicians, and mixed-media artists explain whether they see AI as a threat, collaborator, or tool.

Can AI get
an M.D.?

From diagnosing diseases to predicting patient outcomes, new AI models could have a major impact on the quality and efficiency of healthcare.

Learn more from Harvard Medical School


Some of the most pressing questions in medicine can be advanced through the application of AI in the clinic.”

Isaac Kohane

Harvard Medical School

Isaac Kohane
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The future of healthcare

Harvard Medical School professor Jagmeet Singh’s new book explains how the practice of medicine will become increasingly virtual, aided by digital technologies like artificial intelligence, telehealth, and wearable devices.

The future of healthcare

AI is already changing dentistry

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AI is already changing dentistry

Forecasting the next viral outbreak

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Forecasting the next viral outbreak

AI offers harmful advice on eating disorders

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AI offers harmful advice on eating disorders

These doctors aren’t sweating AI—yet

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These doctors aren’t sweating AI—yet

Can a jack-of-all-trades AI reshape medicine?

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Can a jack-of-all-trades AI reshape medicine?

Does AI have a place in schools?


Harvard Graduate School of Education has collected advice for teachers, parents, guardians, and students on how AI can be a helpful part of the learning experience.

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How can we future-proof the future?

Researchers across Harvard are exploring how we can better understand artificial intelligence to ensure we can utilize its potential and avoid harm.

Learn about Harvard’s secure AI sandbox


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Understanding how intelligence works

Working to advance the understanding of the nature of intelligence, the Kempner Institute is bringing researchers across disciplines like computational theory, AI and machine learning, neuroscience, and cognitive science together to develop next generation AI systems.

Learn more about the Kempner Institute