How AI Is Changing the Nature of Mathematical Research

Modern AI coding tools have revolutionized software engineering, with developers now using AI assistants to write a substantial fraction of their code. We’re already seeing a similar transformation in basic scientific methodology, especially for research of a mathematical nature, write Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth.

Computer and Information Science

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Pennsylvania Commission Releases Report on Current and Potential Impact of AI Across the Commonwealth

Two Warren Center faculty affiliates were among the 20 members of an advisory committee that created a roadmap for regulating artificial intelligence in Pennsylvania. Cary Coglianese and Richard Berk spent more than a year studying AI and how other states are responding, assessing its role across major sectors.

Criminology
Law

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Surbhi Goel Named 2026 Sloan Research Fellow

Congratulations to Surbhi Goel, who has been named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow! This fellowship recognizes early-career scholars whose creativity, innovation and research accomplishments distinguish them as leaders in their fields.

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Surbhi Goel Named 2025 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow

Surbhi Goel has been named a 2025 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow, which will fund her research to understand unpredictable errors resulting from the “black-box” nature of many AI systems.

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AI Ethics: Bridging the Gap Between Public Concern and Global Pursuit

In an interview with The Center Square, Michael Kearns said that he’s less worried about autonomous machines becoming all-powerful than the challenges already posed by AI. “I think the harms that are already being demonstrated are much more worrisome,” said Kearns.

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Scientific Frontiers of Agentic AI

It feels as though we’ve barely absorbed the rapid development and adoption of generative AI technologies such as large language models (LLMs) before the next phenomenon is already upon us, namely agentic AI, writes Michael Kearns for Amazon Science.

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Warren Center Affiliates at ICML 2025

Twenty-six papers, posters, workshops, and tutorials from Warren Center faculty affiliates (including three Spotlight Posters) have been accepted to the Forty-Second International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2025). A huge congratulations to these affiliates for their impressive research.

Computer and Information Science
Electrical and Systems Engineering
Mathematics
Operations Information and Decisions
Physics and Astronomy
Statistics

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Distinguished Faculty Retirement

The Warren Center recognizes the retirement of faculty affiliate Anita Allen. An internationally renowned expert on philosophical and legal dimensions of privacy and data protection, bioethics, legal philosophy, and women’s rights, Allen has been a member of Penn Law School's faculty since 1998.

Law
Philosophy

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Guardrails Versus Leashes: Finding a Better Way to Regulate AI Technology

A flexible system of oversight, rather than a rigid one, is needed to make sure AI systems are safe, says Cary Coglianese. He calls it the “leash” approach, mirroring taking a dog for a walk. “We want technological innovation to explore and traverse, but we want to make sure that, as it’s developing, somebody’s overseeing it.”

Law
Political Science

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Is Imperial AI Inevitable?

On the latest episode of his podcast, Kevin Werbach interviewed journalist and author Karen Hao about her new book, which chronicles the rise of OpenAI and the broader implications of generative artificial intelligence.

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News

How AI Is Changing the Nature of Mathematical Research

Pennsylvania Commission Releases Report on Current and Potential Impact of AI Across the Commonwealth

Surbhi Goel Named 2026 Sloan Research Fellow

Surbhi Goel Named 2025 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow

AI Ethics: Bridging the Gap Between Public Concern and Global Pursuit

Scientific Frontiers of Agentic AI

Warren Center Affiliates at ICML 2025

Distinguished Faculty Retirement

Guardrails Versus Leashes: Finding a Better Way to Regulate AI Technology

Is Imperial AI Inevitable?