{"id":4045,"date":"2025-07-31T15:01:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T19:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dbi\/?page_id=4045"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:01:36","slug":"ai-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dbi\/ai-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Business of AI Initiative seeks to fund interdisciplinary teams with multi-year grants to advance research agendas that fit squarely into one of three identified \u201cBusiness of AI\u201d research themes: <\/p>\n<ul>\nDesigning the Rules of Global AI Economy<br \/>\nRethinking the Business Enterprise in the Age of Intelligent Systems<br \/>\nThe Social Psychology of Human-AI Relationships<\/ul>\n<p><strong>AI Advisory Council Members<\/strong><br \/>\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a 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height=\"150\" src=\"\/dbi\/files\/2025\/08\/Archana-Deskus.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Archana (Archie) Deskus<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Corporate Board Director <br \/>\r\nCognizant, East West Bank, and DataStax<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dbi\/profile\/hissham-elhaddad\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/dbi\/files\/2025\/08\/Hisham.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Hisham Elhaddad<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Managing Partner<br \/>\r\nHOF<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dbi\/profile\/andrei-hagiu_ai\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/dbi\/files\/2020\/04\/Andrei-Hagiu-8205.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Andrei Hagiu<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">AI Advisory Council Chair 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