Costello College of Business News

Writing legislation is no easy task. Policymakers must translate big ideas such as improving climate change or issuing technology regulations into detailed, legally appropriate language. As policymakers strive to work smarter and faster, the use of AI to support policymaking has begun to increase. To what extent can artificial intelligence (AI) help?

As with any innovative technology, the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are only valuable if one knows how and where to use them. Academic research can play a vital role in finding and validating business use cases that help to justify the large investments of money and resources that AI entails.

Glassdoor data show pandemic-era disruption was especially hard on audit team leaders. Worse, the effects have likely lingered until the present day.

This year’s AGA Datathon—a nationwide competition challenging college students to apply their data science skills to solve real-world government accountability problems—drew talent from many of the nation’s top business colleges. The Costello College of Business at George Mason University was well represented by the team known as the Fiscal Patriots, who rose above the competition to capture first place.

Powered by nSpire AI, Career AI is the new agentic AI tool offered this semester by the Office of Career Services within the Costello College of Business at George Mason University.

Heather Baker is a CPA with 15 years of audit and tax experience at EY. She focused on the health care industry, and, in addition to client service responsibilities, she was involved in developing internal software programs and procedures. Throughout her public accounting career, she consistently recruited, mentored, and worked with newer staff members, developing her love for teaching. After encouragement from one of her old professors, Baker decided to make the career switch.

Whether ordering a pizza to split with friends or planning a family excursion, better communication can help reduce the anxiety that surrounds joint-consumption situations. Sharaya Jones, assistant professor of marketing at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, recently published research targeting this understudied area of consumer psychology.

Balancing and combining different kinds of intelligence may be even more important than how much you know, or how you think. In a recently published piece, Matthew A. Cronin, professor of management at Costello College of Business at George Mason University, deconstruct intelligence into three modalities, which they label the Scientist, the Artist and the Judge (or “SAJ,” pronounced “sage”).

Don Tapscott, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) and one of the world’s leading authorities on the impact of technology on business and society, recently led a town hall-style conversation on identic AI, an emerging era of AI where AI evolves from its use as a tool to an active participant in our lives. Identic AI is the subject of a new book he co-authored with Joseph Bradley, You to the Power of Two: Redefining Human Potential in the Age of Identic AI.

Student-run Mason Consulting Group is providing pro bono consulting support for local small businesses in Fairfax City.