Kevin Werbach

@kwerb
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Wharton professor & chair of Legal Studies and Business Ethics. Interested in tech policy, blockchain & digital assets, gamification, digital China, and AI ethics. Husband-guy, dad, herder of 4 cats, pescatarian cook, sometimes gamer, and Philadelphia Eagles fan. I believe in Spinoza's God.

Follow my blog: @blog@werblog

Author of The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust (https://amzn.to/2MwcYCu); academic director of Wharton's Web3 online programs (https://web3.wharton.upenn.edu).

Show threadKevin WerbachDec 1, 2024
The most important Trump nominee for financial policy that hasn't gotten much attention is Comptroller of the Currency. That obscure office could quickly remove the firewalls between crypto and traditional finance, which was the line the Biden administration tried hard (too hard) to reinforce.
Show threadKevin WerbachDec 1, 2024
It needs to be a company without its own closed social media platform to compete against. The logical candidate is Google (has YouTube but it's not really competitive), followed by Apple and Amazon.
Kevin WerbachDec 1, 2024
Wondering when one of the big tech companies will embrace Bluesky and ATProto. Not in the "embrace and extend" sense, but truly investing in openness as a strategy, the way Meta has with open AI weight foundation models.
Kevin WerbachNov 28, 2024

Not sure which is worse: a retail theft epidemic, due to erosion of respect for law, or a phantom epidemic of locked shelves everywhere, creating the false perception of disorder necessitating an iron fist.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/retail-theft-in-us-cities-separating-fact-from-fiction/

Retail theft in US cities: Separating fact from fiction

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Kevin WerbachNov 25, 2024

From last week's livestreamed Wharton program on AI regulation, Kartik Hosanagar and I identify the most significant areas of AI calling for regulatory involvement.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7265792482834100227

Do you agree?

Knowledge at Wharton on LinkedIn: #wharton #ai #generativeai

As AI continues to evolve, regulation will be key to allowing innovation to flourish while managing risk. Bias and discrimination, privacy violations, and…

Kevin WerbachNov 23, 2024

Any other mid-century modern Atomic Age fans out there?

#MCM

Kevin WerbachNov 22, 2024

Wharton has posted the "Policies that Work" video of my conversation with Kartik Hosanagar, ably moderated by Stefano Puntoni. Check it out for expert perspectives on the key challenges and likely actions around the world on #AI regulation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8-zgVuF8eg

AI Regulation: Wharton Professors on How to Promote Responsible Innovation

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Kevin WerbachNov 20, 2024
Really loving the new Apple feature that syncs the clipboard between my iOS devices and Macs. Feels magical.
Kevin WerbachNov 17, 2024
So many people generalize about social media platform engagement patterns from their own experience. What you see isn't necessarily what everyone sees.
Kevin WerbachNov 17, 2024
Hawk Falls at Hickory Run State Park. Nice hike.