Generative AI - How enterprises navigate its value and risks

Generative AI has taken the world by storm. In this seminar, Lecturer of AI in Columbia University’s IKNS degree and AI Services Manager at Google Cloud, Ben Royce, will walk you through the wild history, impact, and current issues in Generative AI. He will demonstrate how far we have come in a few short years, how companies and other entities can best leverage Generative AI, and what to expect from this transformative technology in the future.
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Guest Speaker: Ben Royce
Ben Royce is the Al Services Manager for Google Cloud. During the workday he designs Al-based solutions for Google Cloud customers.
Previously, Ben was the Senior Vice President of Search and Data Science at Publicis Worldwide where he worked with clients such as Proctor and Gamble, Citibank, Heineken, and Merck. His work has been cited in Forrester, Gartner, Think With Google, and Quartz.
At night he is a lecturer of Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence in the M.S .in Information & Knowledge Strategy program at Columbia University in New York.
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About Columbia's IKNS Degree
Whether you are an analyst or CEO-in the private sector, NGO or a nonprofit-you have at your fingertips a deluge of data and fast evolving analytical tools to gather intelligence about your own organization, your partners & competitors, and your customers. But how do you separate the signal from the noise? How do you use both the data and the human talent in your organization to arrive at smarter, more innovative management decisions? And how do you translate these insights into lasting change? Enter Columbia's Master of Science in Information & Knowledge Strategy (IKNS).
Grounded in the field of Knowledge Management, our interdisciplinary curriculum will provide you with foundations in information science, organizational psychology and change management as well as practical skills in project management and executive leadership to dramatically increase your impact-whether in your current organization or for a career pivot.
As an IKNS student, you will train under world-class faculty, including former and current executives from Google, IBM, NASA and Oliver Wyman. And you will join a powerful, global alum network in coveted positions, including at Accenture, Alphabet, Harvard Business Publishing, Nike, Pfizer and The World Bank.
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