Fed Governor Cook Addresses AI's Economic Impact at Oakland Tech Week
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook delivered remarks on artificial intelligence and the economy at Oakland Tech Week, co-hosted by the Kapor Center.
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook took the stage at Oakland Tech Week on Monday to deliver a keynote address examining how artificial intelligence is reshaping the broader U.S. economy, an event co-hosted by the Kapor Center in Oakland, California.
The speech marks one of the Fed's most recent public engagements on the intersection of emerging technology and macroeconomic conditions, reflecting growing central bank interest in understanding how AI-driven productivity changes may influence inflation, labor markets, and long-run growth potential.
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Oakland Tech Week, co-hosted by the Kapor Center — a venture firm and foundation focused on inclusive tech entrepreneurship — provided a forum that brought together technologists, investors, and policymakers, underscoring the widening conversation between Silicon Valley-adjacent communities and Washington's financial regulators.
While the full text of Cook's prepared remarks was not detailed in the source material, Fed governors' speeches on AI have broadly touched on themes including workforce displacement, productivity gains, and the difficulty of measuring technology's economic footprint in real time — topics of acute relevance as the central bank navigates its dual mandate amid a rapidly changing technological landscape.
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