Articles

“The CEO’s Guide to Safely Reopening the Workplace,” (with Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb and Mara Lederman) MIT Technology Review, 28 May 2020.

“Adding ‘Real’ Value” (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), Indian Management, April 2019.

‘Google's Former CFO Is Returning To Oxford To Mentor Startups’ by Sam Shead, Forbes, published March 16, 2019.

‘U of T's Creative Destruction Lab to expand to University of Oxford’ by Chris Sorensen, University of Toronto, published March 12, 2019

‘Business Leaders Love AI. That Doesn’t Mean They Use It’ by Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg, published March 7, 2019.

‘Creative Destruction Lab Expanding to Oxford University’ by Catherine McIntyre, The Logic, published February 25, 2019.

‘Top Ten Technology Books Of 2018’ by Peter High, Forbes, published January 7, 2019.

‘Robo-doctors? How AI could do jobs we once thought couldn't be automated’ by CBC Radio, published January 4, 2019. Listen to Ajay talk about AI on Geoff Turner’s ‘The Current’.

‘Prediction Machines’ and Your Campus AI Discussion’ by Joshua Kim, Inside Hired, published December 5, 2018

Understand how AI can change your business with this simple trick’ by Brian Jackson, IT World Canada, published November 15, 2018

Why CDL's Ajay Agrawal Thinks Machine Learning Will Drive the Future’ by Indira Kannan, Business Standard, published November 10, 2018

Amazon HQ2, Iran Sanctions, Xi vs Trump: CEO Daily for November 5, 2018’ by Alan Murray and David Meyer, Fortune, published November 5, 2018.

CPPIB to Partner with Science-Based Seeding Platform’ by staff, Benefits Canada, published 5 November, 2018.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to Partner with Creative Destruction Lab’ News Release on Globe Newswire by CPP Investment Board, published November 2, 2018.

Rotman Hosts AI industry Leaders for Machine Learning Conference’ by Nikhi Bhambra, The Varsity, published October 28, 2018.

Competition for AI Complements is Heating Up’ by Berube, Kelleher, Macklem & Agrawal, Globe & Mail, published October 21, 2018.

From Agriculture to Art — the A.I. Wave Sweeps In’ by Steve Lohr, New York Times, published October 21, 2018.

TD Advances Innovation in Canadian Healthcare’ News Release on Newswire by TD Bank, published October 11, 2018.

Ottawa announces $25-million in funding for U of T’s Creative Destruction Lab’ by Sean Silcoff, The Globe & Mail, published October 9, 2018.

Government of Canada Invests in Artificial Intelligence and Start-Up Innovation Across Canada’ News Release on Newswire by Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada, published October 9, 2018.

‘Using AI To Improve Your Predictive Capabilities’ by Adi Gaskell, Forbes, published September 19, 2018

A Summer of Growth: Venture Day 2018’ by Next Canada Staff, IT Business, published August 23, 2018

"Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), VoxEU, 8 August 2018.

‘Five Hiring Problems AI Could Solve But Probably Won't’ by Thomas Chamorro Premuzik, Forbes, published August 12, 2018

'When Prediction Gets Cheap' by Theodore Kinni, Strategy + Business, published August 8, 2018

'5 must-read Harvard Business Review articles in August' by Carla Rudder, The Enterprisers Project, published August 1, 2018

'There’s Nothing to Fear From the Rise of the Machines' by Chris Carter, Moneyweek, published July 26, 2018

'Predicting A Rise In Predictive Technology' by John Crupi, Manufacturing Business Technology, published July 25, 2018

'Then They Came for the Lawyers' by Ryan Avent, Foreign Policy, published July 16, 2018

Professor Agrawal at Venture Day 2018. Read more here at IT Business

Professor Agrawal at Venture Day 2018. Read more here at IT Business

'Three Books Consider What Happens When the Robots Take Over' by Ina Fried, New York Times, published July 9, 2018

‘IA: The Ally that will Boost your Predictions’ in Business Digest Europe, published June 28, 2018

'How an Algorithm Might Decide Your Career' Bartleby, The Economist, published June 21, 2018

'Six Books Worth Reading' by Scott Duke Cominers, Bloomberg, published June 21, 2018

'Recommendations for Your Summer Reading List' by Blackrock, published June 17, 2018

'The Market for Driverless Cars Will Head Towards Monopoly', The Economist, published June 8, 2018

'The Predictive Power of AI' by Adi Gaskell, Forbes, published June 4, 2018

'Books: AI Strategy' by Kristin Clarke, Associations Now, published June 1, 2018

"Google’s AI Assistant Is a Reminder that Privacy and Security Are Not the Same," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldbarb) HBR Online, 30 May 2018.

'AI predictions may not always lead to better decisions' by Ragini Bhuyan, Live Mint, published May 26, 2018

'After years hidden in the background, artificial intelligence is getting pushy' by Don Pittis, CBC, published May 22, 2018

'Opinion: AI will change stock-market trading, but it can’t wipe out the human touch' by Joshua Gans, MarketWatch, published May 15, 2018

'Prediction machines: Why A.I.’s true potential is learning to read the future' by Ajay Agrawal, Big Think, published May 4, 2018

'Cheap Innovations are Often Better than Magical Ones' by Tim Harford, Finanacial Times, published May 3, 2018

Illustration by Delphine Lee for Forbes India Article on the CDL

Illustration by Delphine Lee for Forbes India Article on the CDL

'Artificial Intelligence is Here. Is it Time to Rethink Your Strategy?' by staff, UofT Magazine, 26 April 2018.

"Companies are suddenly declaring themselves 'AI First': Why it's a problem for their current customers," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), LinkedIn Pulse, 30 April 2018.

'India Could be the Data Hub for A.I. Arrilval' by Anirudh Bhattacharya, Hindustan Times, published April 27, 2018

'Toward a National Policy on A.I.' by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb, Policy Options, published April 25, 2018.

"A Simple Tool to Start Making Decisions with AI," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), HBR Online, 17 April 2018.

'Make sure AI is right for your business before taking the plunge' by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb, The Globe & Mail, published April 14, 2018

'The Economics of Artificial Intelligence' by McKinsey & Company, published April 2018 (from interview with Ajay Agrawal by Rob Kirkland)

"AI in the Boardroom," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), The Corporate Board, March/April 2018.

'The CDL is Home to the Greatest Concentration of AI Companies: Ajay Agrawal' by Karen Christensen, Forbes India, published February 22, 2018

"Is your company's data actually valuable in the AI era?" (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), HBR Online, 17 January 2018.

"How AI Could Change Amazon: A Thought Experiment," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), HBR Online, 3rd October 2017.

"Rise of AI will raise importance of good judgment," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), The Irish Times, 1 September 2017.

"How AI will change the way we make decisions," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), HBR Online, July 26, 2017.

"The Trade-off Every AI Company Must Face," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), HBR Online, 28 March 2017.

"Managing the Machines: The Challenge Ahead," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), Rotman Magazine, Spring 2017.

"What to expect from Artificial Intelligence," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), Sloan Management Review, Feb 7, 2017 (previous version: Managing the Machines (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), 2016.

"The Obama Administration's Roadmap for AI Policy," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), HBR Online, 21 December 2016.

'The Burgeoning Market for Artificial Intelligence' by Ajay Agrawal, The Globe and Mail, published November 24, 2016

 "The Simple Economics of Machine Intelligence," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Golfdfarb), HBR Blogs, 17 November 2016.