How upcoming business leaders are using AI to prep for high-stakes deal negotiations—and everyday interactions 

At American University’s Kogod School of Business, students learning the art of negotiating are getting a little help from AI.

Over the past year and a half, Alexandra Mislin, professor of workplace diplomacy, has been incorporating AI into her curriculum increasingly each semester. Specifically, she’s guiding students in how to use AI chatbots to prepare for and practice negotiations big and small — both for current circumstances they’re facing now and situations they may encounter later on in business and in their careers. Every student at the school has access to Perplexity Pro, and she’s tapped ChatGPT as well, even creating a custom GPT for building negotiation skills that she continues to tweak and improve.

“I want my students to think about how these tools can help them to prepare