Emory convenes national conference for honest talk about AI

Emory’s 2026 AI.Humanity Conference brought scholars, industry leaders and students together for candid conversations about AI. Through keynote talks and interdisciplinary panels, speakers explored AI’s real world impact on creativity, work, health care and public trust — and what it will take to ensure the technology serves human values in a rapidly evolving digital age.

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From hype to hard truths, hear some of the voices and ideas that shaped Emory’s 2026 AI.Humanity Conference.

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AI.Humanity Video Series

"Short Answers to Big Questions" is a new AI.Humanity video series where Emory experts tackle some of the most pressing AI questions shaping our future involving energy, ethics, creativity, and more.

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EDUCATION UPDATES

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New concentrations: AI and the law

AI AND THE LAW (JD)

AI AND THE LAW (LLM)

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New course: Introduction to AI Applications

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Yana Bromberg (right) professor of biology and computer science, and R. Prabakaran, a postdoctoral fellow in the Bromberg lab

Accuracy test for protein
language models illuminates AI ‘black box’

Emory computational biologists have opened a window into the AI black box. Their new method tests the accuracy of a language model’s understanding of proteins, a breakthrough that could sharpen research into disease, genetics, and beyond.

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AI and the future of leadership development

As AI removes challenge and resistance from work, it may also undermine leadership growth. An Emory business professor argues that true development requires discomfort and uncertainty — the very conditions AI is designed to eliminate — raising hard questions about how leaders will evolve in a frictionless future.

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Philip Kragel, assistant professor of psychology, and Yumeng Ma, a PhD student in Kragel's Emotion Cognition and Computation Lab.

How the brain charts emotion in a map-like way

Emory neuroscientists have discovered that the brain organizes emotions like a mental map defined by pleasantness and bodily reaction. Using brain imaging and AI models, the study offers new insight into how humans understand and differentiate emotional experiences, with implications for mental health research.

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AI in business writing: Value creator or trust killer?

Goizueta Business School’s Hancheng Cao discusses how AI in business writing increases productivity but risks homogenization and loss of authenticity. The takeaway: AI can create value, but only if organizations use it thoughtfully to ensure that credibility isn’t eroded.

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On the new frontier of
financial fraud, where do humans end and AI begin?

AI-powered financial scams are getting harder to spot and the stakes are rising fast. Finance professor Tucker Balch breaks down how fraudsters are using deepfakes, criminal AI tools, and mass automation to scale their schemes and what individuals and institutions can do to fight back.

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Study shows AI can help identify more patients for cancer clinical trials

A new study from Winship Cancer Institute shows that pairing AI with human review can improve how patients are identified for cancer clinical trials. The approach increases accuracy without adding workload, helping more patients access potentially lifesaving treatments.

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