Artificial Intelligence
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Those stepping up to fill education’s new C-suite role say it's more than just understanding IT — it requires communication and skill-building across disciplines and comfort levels, and flexibility to create a road map. -
University System of Maryland students will have free access to Google Career Certificates in cybersecurity, data analytics, digital marketing and e-commerce, IT support, project management and UX design.
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The California Report on Frontier AI Policy lays out regulatory principles prioritizing transparency and risk mitigation. It arrives as federal lawmakers consider a 10-year moratorium on state artificial intelligence regulation.
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The state’s previous CIO resigned late last year after an "ethics violation." Cronin’s tech experience stretches back to 1998 with Microsoft, and he most recently worked for hotel operator Marriott International.
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Leaders in West Feliciana Parish have cleared the way to build the artificial intelligence data center, which is estimated to create “several hundred” jobs. It will likely be leased to a tenant who will buy equipment.
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A lawmaker who is among the nation's biggest legislative proponents of regulating AI is hopeful to see legislation this year to protect residents from potentially discriminatory and harmful uses of algorithms.
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The 2024 Republican platform declares the intent to repeal the AI Executive Order President Joe Biden enacted in October 2023. The technology sector foresees increased opportunities for innovation, but risks remain.
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When a blaze broke out last month in remote Black Star Canyon, the very first responder was a camera. After the device alerted the Orange County Fire Authority, firefighters contained it to under one acre.
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Blueline AI, based in Texas, uses AI for tasks involving body cameras, police reports and search warrants. The coming year promises to be a big one for AI in policing — even as backlash against some of its uses builds.
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As generative AI continues to develop, one expert predicts that state and local government officials will use it as a virtual sandbox for test driving infrastructure changes, among other applications.
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A new state law aims to ensure that a human’s perspective cannot literally be removed from health-care decisions by prohibiting coverage denials made on the sole basis of artificial intelligence algorithms.
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Municipalities around the nation are carefully using artificial intelligence to improve access to documents and public meeting materials, leaders said during the GovAI Coalition Summit in December.
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Leaders in Macon-Bibb County are working with a data-based assessment company to determine which of their roughly 1,200 miles of county-owned roads are in the worst shape and should be fixed first.
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The Spokane County Sheriff's Office is one of a number of agencies statewide and across the country turning to artificial intelligence to review law enforcement's single largest data set: body camera footage.
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The Kalamazoo County Consolidated Dispatch Authority is now using an artificial intelligence system to respond to some calls that come in through a non-emergency line.
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The bipartisan House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence has issued findings and recommendations in 15 areas including data privacy and national security. Humans, it said, should be at the center of AI policy.
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Nearly $2.3 million from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy will help Lawrence Technological University devise automated systems to disassemble consumer and electric vehicle batteries.
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The company and the Ohio governor’s office announced the plan, which will enable Amazon to enlarge its data centers outside of central Ohio to new sites around the state. Locations of new data centers have not been finalized.
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The Georgia city is the latest local government to set up an AI study group, which could lead to municipal improvements. But before that happens, the commission might have to make it through several hurdles.
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Artificial intelligence training should be mandatory for state employees to better prepare California for the anticipated growth of the new technology, a new report has recommended.
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City officials have approved a request from Missoula police for 120 new Tasers and a bundle of add-on services, including AI software that writes up to 80 percent of police reports.
