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  A Future Built by the Curious For years, we’ve been hearing that “artificial intelligence is coming!” For most of us, artificial intelligence, or AI, is a hallmark of science fiction, and even before its popularity in the news cycle for the last five years or so,...

BLACK ENTERPRISE to Present its Highest Honor in Recognition of "The Best of Who We Are" at the XCEL Summit for Men, hosted by FedEx, in Orlando.  BLACK ENTERPRISE, the nation's premiere Black digital media brand, presented its highest honor in recognition...

Operation HOPE—and the HOPE AI Ethics Council co-chaired by John Hope Bryant and Sam Altman—was honored to serve as a bridge between The Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. (King, Inc.) and OpenAI after some users generated disrespectful depictions of Dr. King.  ...

Tonight at 9 pm ET, for one night only, the world gets to witness the story of one of America’s greatest living leaders, Ambassador Andrew Young, in the new MSNBC Films documentary, Andrew Young: The Dirty Work, from executive producer Rachel Maddow. This powerful...

Next Tuesday, October 14 at 6:15 PM, I’ll have the honor of joining a powerful conversation at Clark Atlanta University ahead of the world premiere of the new MSNBC Films documentary, Andrew Young: The Dirty Work, from executive producer Rachel Maddow. This special...

The headlines have been heavy. Tragedies, killings, and rising tension weigh on our nation’s spirit. It would be easy to lose faith in the Dream. But as my friend Michael Milken said for years, intelligence is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. When people...

There’s no denying it: right now, many Americans feel like we’re in a long night. Trust is low. Division is high. And belief in the American Dream is at historic lows. But if you’ve lived long enough, or looked back far enough, you know this isn’t the first time our...

Yesterday’s shooting of Charlie Kirk was a senseless act, and NOT the answer. Violence is never the answer. And it will only lead to more. We have to talk more and attack each other less; learn to disagree without being disagreeable. As Dr. King said, ‘Darkness cannot...

I was recently interviewed by ABC News’ Janai Norman to discuss troubling new data on Black homeownership. The Financial Times found that Black Americans are almost twice as likely to be turned away for mortgages as white applicants with the same income. LendingTree...

Atlanta showed out. A record crowd, 25,000+ strong, packed InvestFest this weekend, proving (again) that when knowledge meets access, people move. Our closing-session fireside chat, moderated by Dr. Jatali Bellanton, was fast, practical, and all heart. We talked...

The podcast, “Money and Wealth with John Hope Bryant” is regularly in the top 100 of all business and finance podcasts ATLANTA--In honor of National Black Business Month, Operation HOPE has joined forces with iHeartMedia to launch From Hustle to Holdings: A Black...

Robert Silvers, former Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary, and Richard D. Phillips, Dean of Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business, join the AIEC to strengthen its cross-sector mission to ensure ethical and inclusive AI development....

To my friend Commissioner Roger Goodell, the entire NFL family, and our colleagues at Blackstone, I am heartbroken by the tragic and senseless violence that took place at the NFL’s Midtown Manhattan office. Like so many, I am struggling to process the loss of life,...