New experts join Google's AI & Economy team
Google has expanded its AI & Economy Research Program with academic advisors, visiting fellows and two new directors, Anu Madgavkar and Daniel Rock. The team will study AI's effects on work, productivity, growth and scientific discovery, building on its AI & Economy ATLAS tool.
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On September 18, 2026 Google announced an expansion of its AI & Economy Research Program with academic advisors, visiting fellows and research directors. The aim is to deepen scientific understanding of AI's effect on economic activity worldwide. The program covers the future of work, productivity and growth, global technology diffusion and AI's impact on scientific discovery.
Philippe Aghion, a 2025 Nobel laureate in economics, becomes an academic advisor; Ajay Agrawal joins as a visiting fellow; Anu Madgavkar and Daniel Rock become directors, alongside Alex Imas and Zanna Iscenko. They will inform future updates to the recently launched AI & Economy ATLAS and study the practices, policies and training needed for AI to benefit workers broadly. The page gives no start dates for the new roles.
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