New experts join Google’s AI & Economy team
Google hires Nobel laureate Philippe Aghion, economist Ajay Agrawal, and two research directors to lead its AI & Economy program.
Google expanded its AI & Economy Research Program by adding 2025 Nobel laureate Philippe Aghion as academic advisor and University of Toronto professor Ajay Agrawal as visiting fellow. Anu Madgavkar, formerly of the McKinsey Global Institute, and Wharton economist Daniel Rock join as program directors alongside DeepMind's Alex Imas in the Chief Economist's Office. The team will study AI's impact on work, productivity, growth and technology diffusion, informing future updates to the ATLAS v1.0 dataset and open-access site.
- Nobel laureate Philippe Aghion and Ajay Agrawal join as advisor and visiting fellow
- Anu Madgavkar (ex-McKinsey Global Institute) and Daniel Rock (Wharton) become program directors
- Research will inform updates to Google's AI & Economy ATLAS v1.0 dataset
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- ATLAS v1.0
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We are expanding our AI & Economy team with world-class academic advisors, fellows, and core internal researchers.
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