Podcst

The High Stakes of the AI Economy, Live from the WBUR Festival

Is Business Broken?

Questrom School of Business

July 3, 2025

Show Notes

AI promises massive gains in productivity and a flourishing of goods and services—but also poses consequences for jobs, corporate power, and society. There will be winners and losers. Today, we're asking: How do we strike the balance between innovation and safety, between competition and concentration, between policy and industry regulation?
At a live event as part of the WBUR Festival, host Curt Nickisch speaks to:
Divya Sridhar - Vice President, Global Privacy Division & Privacy Operations, BBB National Programs
Asu Ozdaglar - Department Head, MIT Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Deputy Dean, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Andrei Hagiu – Professor of Information Systems, Boston University Questrom School of Business
Sen. Barry Finegold - State Senator, Essex and Middlesex Counties, MA

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The High Stakes of the AI Economy, Live from the WBUR Festival — Podcst