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Fighting Fire with Fire: How AI Can Help Sustain the Future of Peer Review
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Fighting Fire with Fire: How AI Can Help Sustain the Future of Peer Review

Keeping academic research quality strong at scale

Professors Hemant Bhargava and Pantelis Loupos argue that academic publishing has an AI problem and the answer is not to pretend AI can be kept out of peer review. The better question is whether journals will govern AI use directly, or allow it to continue through fragmented and largely invisible private use by reviewers.

Leadership for the AI Era. Grounded in Analytics, Driven by Purpose.
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Leadership for the AI Era. Grounded in Analytics, Driven by Purpose.

Source: UC Davis GSM

Explore how UC Davis is advancing the future of artificial intelligence through teaching, faculty research, real-world student projects and opportunities across Northern California's Super-Region, the global hub of AI innovation. Visit Al@GSM.

Our Road to the Big Bang! Finals: Building AI-Powered AgTech Focused on Cattle Health
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Our Road to the Big Bang! Finals: Building AI-Powered AgTech Focused on Cattle Health

UC Davis MSBA project plants seed to solve $2B dairy cow industry drain

MSBA alumnus Jeremy Twumasi Ampofo, the CEO of HerdSense, a Big Bang! Business Competition Residency Award winner, shares how his team is innovating at the intersection of machine learning and AI integrated with cutting-edge, ruggedized hardware to eliminate subclinical lameness in dairy cattle.

Why Banning ‘Dynamic Pricing’ Could Backfire on Consumers
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Why Banning ‘Dynamic Pricing’ Could Backfire on Consumers

Professor Hemant Bhargava: outlawing such algorithms would not make prices fairer.

Source: DC Journal

Maryland is about to become first in the nation for all the wrong reasons, writes Distinguished Professor Hemant Bhargava. The state’s assembly recently passed a bill that would ban an algorithmic tool used by businesses called “dynamic pricing.”

Gov. Newsom Signs Executive Order on State Agency Job Disruptions Due to AI
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Gov. Newsom Signs Executive Order on State Agency Job Disruptions Due to AI

Professor Hemant Bhargava: "AI will reshape society through the choices we make."

Source: KCRA 3

Distinguished Professor Hemant Bhargava's warning about California’s new AI workforce initiative comes as the tech rapidly reshapes entry-level and white-collar jobs, raising questions about training, economic disruption and the future of work.

The Statistical Foundation Behind AI, Finance and Modern Business
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The Statistical Foundation Behind AI, Finance and Modern Business

As AI reshapes business, UC Davis Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) Chih-Ling Tsai’s new book explores the statistical foundations quietly powering machine learning, data analytics and modern decision-making.

Everyone Says Personal Branding Is About You. Everyone Is Wrong.
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Everyone Says Personal Branding Is About You. Everyone Is Wrong.

How I teach promotion-free personal branding at UC Davis—and why it’s the most important career skill in the age of AI

A leading expert and author on personal branding, lecturer and MBA alumna Vanessa Errecarte's advice in a nut shell: "Your potential audience is your customer. Teach them something of value, and they will trust and remember you."

The Project That Changed How I Think About Data and AI
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The Project That Changed How I Think About Data and AI

Inside our practicum project using AI, Python and data analysis for business development

As a Bay Area Part-Time MBA student, Wafa Zakaria Alkhatib MBA 26 partnered with MSBA students to apply AI and data analysis to real business challenges while building new technical and leadership skills.

Five Voices. Four Pillars. One Vision for the Future of Business.
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Five Voices. Four Pillars. One Vision for the Future of Business.

Leading with purpose: AI, diversity, leadership and empowerment

AI can't replace you. Diversity is an action. Leadership isn't something you wait for. And empowerment begins the moment someone sees themselves in a leader. Five women. Four pillars. Watch the video series.

AI Tax Filing Sounds Easy—Until It Leaves You Owing the IRS Thousands of Dollars
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AI Tax Filing Sounds Easy—Until It Leaves You Owing the IRS Thousands of Dollars

UC Davis Professor Hemant Bhargava: "You should treat AI like a translator, not a decision-maker"

Source: Fox News

It's tax season, and Distinguished Professor Hemant Bhargava warns in a commentary for Fox News that AI can explain tax rules, but relying on AI to file returns could lead to costly errors.

The Next Wave of AI Security Is Opening Doors for Data Professionals
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The Next Wave of AI Security Is Opening Doors for Data Professionals

Google DeepMind Engineer offers UC Davis MSBAs advice on building a career in today’s AI-driven landscape

MSBA student Spencer Holsinger shares how Google DeepMind Engineer Vaibhav Tulsyan brought AI to life in the classroom, turning complex concepts into real-world insights students could see, question and understand.

My Journey to Become an AI Product Marketing Leader
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My Journey to Become an AI Product Marketing Leader

Practical product marketing workflows

Double Aggie alumna Elle Grossenbacher, a tech product marketing leader, returned to her alma mater to lead an exclusive AI webinar for fellow graduates and students, walking them through a mock product launch using AI tools.

How Agents Can Strengthen Their Personal Brand in the Age of AI
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How Agents Can Strengthen Their Personal Brand in the Age of AI

Lecturer Vanessa Errecarte: “Insight is what separates expertise from noise.”

Source: Independent Agent

Lecturer and alumna Vanessa Errecarte MBA 14 introduces the TRUTH framework, showing how distinct insights help professionals stand out in AI-driven search while building credibility, trust and a service-first personal brand.

Preparing AI-fluent MBAs to Navigate and Shape the Future of Business
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Preparing AI-fluent MBAs to Navigate and Shape the Future of Business

AI-ready leaders think strategically, creatively and critically about new tech

AI is moving faster than most leaders. UC Davis MBAs move faster—building, testing and applying AI to develop business solutions in real-time—integrating strategic insight with technical understanding and ethical judgment.

AI Hiring Tools Reshape Job Search as Applicants Struggle to Stand Out
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AI Hiring Tools Reshape Job Search as Applicants Struggle to Stand Out

UC Davis alumna and lecturer Vanessa Errecarte shares how job seekers can rise above the algorithm

Source: CBS New York

AI is changing how employers screen candidates, often before a human reviews applications. In a CBS New York interview, UC Davis alumna and lecturer Vanessa Errecarte shares how job seekers can stand out.