{"id":230163,"date":"2026-06-11T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T11:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/ai-and-the-economy-initiative-builds-momentum-with-second-workshop\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:45:22","slug":"ai-and-the-economy-initiative-builds-momentum-with-second-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/ai-and-the-economy-initiative-builds-momentum-with-second-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"AI and the Economy Initiative builds momentum with second workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psu.edu\/news\/research\/story\/ai-and-economy-initiative-builds-momentum-second-workshop\">AI and the Economy Initiative builds momentum with second workshop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psu.edu\/news\/research\/story\/ai-and-economy-initiative-builds-momentum-second-workshop\">https:\/\/www.psu.edu\/news\/research\/story\/ai-and-economy-initiative-builds-momentum-second-workshop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-11 07:32:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.psu.edu\">www.psu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Penn State launched the AI and the Economy Initiative to address AI\u2019s impact on the economy and society.<\/li>\n<li>Nearly 350 participants attended the initiative&#8217;s first two workshops in April and May, focusing on AI&#8217;s emerging effects and potential policy implications.<\/li>\n<li>The program emphasized interdisciplinary collaboration and included diverse experts exploring topics like AI&#8217;s impact on the workforce and the regulatory environment.<\/li>\n<li>Workshops highlighted the potential for AI-enabled pricing to affect competition and the need for suitable regulation and innovation.<\/li>\n<li>Discussions included the evolving interactions between humans and AI.<\/li>\n<li>Mehrdad Mahdavi underscored Penn State&#8217;s role in leading AI transformation due to its unique strengths and cross-disciplinary collaborations.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative aims to make Penn State a leading hub for AI research and policy dialogues, focusing on ethical AI innovation.<\/li>\n<li>The upcoming fall schedule of events will soon be available on the initiative\u2019s website, emphasizing Penn State\u2019s commitment to preparing students and faculty for the AI-powered future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI and the Economy Initiative builds momentum with second workshop https:\/\/www.psu.edu\/news\/research\/story\/ai-and-economy-initiative-builds-momentum-second-workshop Publish Date: 2026-06-11 07:32:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/psu-gatsby-files-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/16_9_1000w\/public\/2026\/06\/ai-and-the-economy-initiative.jpg?h=19ad3fdd&itok=quOmlM8a","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230165,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230163\/revisions\/230165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}