Name: AI doom or boom? Covering how AI disrupts and advances business
Start: 2026-05-09T10:00:00-0400
End: 2026-05-09T10:45:00-0400

AI doom or boom? Covering how AI disrupts and advances business

Saturday May 9, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am EDT

Ormandy West, lobby level

AI is seeping into every industry. Reporters share how they're holding AI tools accountable, covering tech companies, and how AI is changing every field of work. This panel showcases how to cover predictive and generative AI tools built by some of the largest technology companies in the world, as well as their impact on rapidly changing businesses.

Moderators

Hilke Schellmann

Associate Professor of Journalism, New York University

Hilke Schellmann is an Emmy award-winning investigative journalist and associate professor of journalism at New York University.

Her research focuses on algorithmic accountability and the societal implications of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly examining how AI systems... Read More →

Speakers

Henry Chandonnet

Business News Reporter, Business Insider

Henry Chandonnet is a reporter for the Business News desk at Business Insider. He covers consumer AI and tech culture. Henry previously wrote for Fast Company, where he covered trending tech news. He's also written for The Daily Beast, People Magazine, and Vulture.

Hayden Field

Senior AI reporter, The Verge (Vox Media)

Hayden Field is the senior AI reporter at The Verge. She's been on the AI beat for six years, regularly covering the biggest names in AI, the industry's shifting power dynamics and the tech's societal implications, as well as the AI arms race at large. Prior to The Verge, Field was... Read More →

Saturday May 9, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am EDT
Ormandy West, lobby level

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Hilke Schellmann

Henry Chandonnet

Hayden Field

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Hilke Schellmann

Henry Chandonnet

Hayden Field

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