In February 2024, former members Jordan Brewer and Dhru Patel published Navigating the Challenges of Generative Technologies: Proposing the Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain.

The transformative impact of generative AI, extending beyond traditional AI, raises an array of concerns including the replacement of human roles and AI misuse in an array of industries. This article introduces blockchain technology as a complementary technological safeguard to address some of these challenges. We emphasize blockchain’s role in promoting transparency, verifiability, and decentralization in AI development and usage, thereby offering potential solutions for four distinct challenges: (a) AI toxicity, biases, hallucinations, (b) AI interest misalignment, (c) AI as a black box, and (d) AI misuse. This article proposes possible ways to ensure responsible and transparent AI usage through blockchain integration. We position the convergence of AI and blockchain as a means to manage AI’s societal impact

and unlock its benefits, contingent on collaborative efforts amongst various stakeholders including businesses, developers, and regulatory bodies. We contribute to the discourse on ethical AI usage and the potential of blockchain to enhance AI’s reliability and accountability for organizations.

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Previous analyst Jordan Combs, along with academic advisors Alex Murray and Dennie Kim, sensed a changing landscape in the tech space and took their efforts to the page in bringing an expertise level of knowledge to the average reader. In partnership with the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, they published The promise of a decentralized internet: What is Web3 and how can firms prepare?

What is Web3, and what does it mean for established companies? Web3 describes a broad range of emerging internet applications for blockchain technology (i.e., a decentralized, public database that allows information to be securely recorded on a network of computers rather than verified and controlled by centralized entities). Central to this evolution of the internet are four distinct blockchain-enabled applications: fungible tokens (cryptocurrencies), nonfungible tokens (NFTs), decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and metaverses. In this article, we define each of these applications and discuss their capacity to increase peer-to-peer interactions, decrease large companies’ control of information and services, and facilitate access to user networks at a much lower cost than currently possible.

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