PUTTING AI TO WORK FOR PEOPLE
It was a tangible example, in real time, of AI’s potential as a tool to help humans achieve more— as well as its potential shortcomings. That balancing act was a consistent theme throughout the inaugural University of Indianapolis AI Summit. The all-day event on April 9 brought business leaders, technology professionals, and policymakers together to explore the real-world impact of AI and how to make it work for people, organizations, and society. According to a 2025 survey by McKinsey, 88% of organizations are using AI for at least one business function, a sharp increase of 10 percentage points in
The auditorium fell silent. Jaws dropped but, other than a few gasps, no noise came out as more than 250 people watched the power of artificial intelligence be put to work in front of their eyes by one of the world’s foremost authorities in AI. On the Christel DeHaan stage, Cognizant CTO Babak Hodjat—whose company is a global technology leader with 350,000 employees worldwide and $21 billion in revenue—was building an AI agent based on the suggestions and workplace needs of someone in the audience. A task that would have taken days or weeks, if not months, was complete in about a minute.
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