As Hollywood imagines our future, are brain and human microchip implants nearing a “ChatGPT moment” in 2026? Medical progress collides with privacy fears and state bans.
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California electric utilities plan to launch a program to help pay for electric vehicle charging, for income-qualified households that do not have charging at home. Other initiatives are already underway. -
The outgoing governor has signed a memorandum of understanding with tech company NVIDIA to support AI research, education and workforce development. The state has invested $25 million to support the work.
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Officials at the capital city this week approved a one-year moratorium on data center development. The suspension will provide time to review potential impacts and guide responsible development.
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Public agencies use software from Libera for vocational rehabilitation. CiviCore, once part of Neon One, has government clients that include courts, schools and health and human services departments.
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People are less worried about AI taking humans’ jobs than they once were, but introducing bots to the public-sector workplace has brought new questions around integration, ethics and management. -
As governments at all levels continue to embrace new developments in artificial intelligence, cities are using automation for everything from reducing first responder paperwork to streamlined permitting.
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Agencies report that critical IT positions remain hard to fill, but finding the right people takes more than job postings. States are expanding intern and apprentice programs to train and retain talent.
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The City Council approved giving OnLight Aurora, set up to manage the city’s fiber network, $80,000 via either a loan or grant. A key issue, an alderman said, is getting the organization back on track.
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JB Holston, the University of Denver's former dean of engineering and computer science, praised Colorado's quantum tech hub and said he hopes to promote the state's major research universities and technical colleges.
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Hiring a workforce development coordinator with deep industry knowledge and connections, and making it easier for CTE instructors to get licensed, helped an Arizona district grow its network of business partnerships.
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In the two years since the state released guidance for localities interested in speed or red-light cameras, fewer than 10 percent of its municipalities have submitted and won approval of plans.
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City officials are building a comprehensive artificial intelligence ecosystem to support economic growth, by incentivizing businesses and enabling experimentation in what they call "the capital of AI."
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The board of directors at The Woodlands, north of Houston, will reexamine usage of electric scooters and bicycles. It could define more specifically vehicles allowed on its pathways — or ban them.
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Torc, an autonomous long-haul truck company, received the money from the Michigan Strategic Fund. It will be part of what’s estimated at a nearly $5.6 million investment, to create the center in Ann Arbor Township.
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A class-action lawsuit alleges that a cyber criminal was able to access the data of faculty, staff and students in early 2025 because the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth did not sufficiently protect it.
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Ongoing work with Medici Land Governance has yielded a blockchain-enabled tool to aid in property searches and sales. The goal is to ease the transformation of thousands of vacant, abandoned or blighted properties.
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SoCal OASIS Park will cultivate industry partnerships and focus on six areas: clean energy, agricultural technology, sustainable transportation, natural resource management, community health and workforce readiness.
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