Fed Governor Cook Addresses AI's Economic Impact at Oakland Tech Week
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook delivered a keynote 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 to deliver an opening keynote examining the intersection of artificial intelligence and the broader U.S. economy, in an event co-hosted by the Kapor Center in Oakland, California.
The speech, delivered under the Federal Reserve Board's public outreach mandate, reflects growing institutional interest among central bank officials in understanding how rapid AI adoption may reshape labor markets, productivity trends, and inflation dynamics — all variables central to the Fed's dual mandate of price stability and maximum employment.
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Oakland Tech Week serves as a regional convening point for technology entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers, and the Kapor Center's co-hosting role signals an emphasis on inclusive innovation — a theme that has increasingly drawn attention from economists and regulators alike as AI deployment accelerates across industries.
While the full text of Governor Cook's remarks was not detailed in the source release, speeches by Federal Reserve governors on AI carry particular weight given the central bank's role in assessing structural economic shifts that could influence monetary policy decisions in the months and years ahead.
Continue reading at FRB: Speeches for the full text of Governor Cook's remarks.
