Artificial Intelligence
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The City Council approved a 60-day police department trial of bodycam software that uses AI to analyze video. It will automate the review and categorization of footage and evaluate officer performance on calls. -
The deal provides Motorola Solutions with HyperYou’s agentic AI for handling nonemergency calls, as well as real-time language translation. The general idea is that AI can help alleviate call center staffing shortages.
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Jackson County, Mo., could soon take steps aimed to ensure new data centers are not constructed in unincorporated areas of the county, at least temporarily.
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County supervisors have directed officials to study what updates should be enacted to deal with artificial intelligence as it takes further hold in everyday life. Leaders will develop a framework for how AI should be employed.
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As data centers are built to underpin the use of artificial intelligence, energy analysts have raised concerns that their power draw will outpace electricity generation. This could necessitate using a variety of energy sources.
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The state's central IT agency is rolling out Microsoft's Copilot Chat, aiming to boost employee productivity and streamline workflows while adhering to data protection and security standards.
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A report from the Center for Democracy and Technology provides suggestions for government in building an inclusive artificial intelligence ecosystem, to help ensure its tools serve people equitably.
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A bill under consideration by the state Legislature would require operators of companion chatbot platforms to remind users periodically that the virtual characters are not human, and address other safety concerns.
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Select faculty members at NAU will use grant funding from the Transforming through Artificial Intelligence in Learning (TRAIL) program to study potential uses for AI in higher education and how students interact with it.
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Bills now under consideration by lawmakers in Illinois and West Virginia would affirm the roles of existing task forces on artificial intelligence. In Alaska, a proposed law would create a joint legislative AI task force.
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The San Diego Community College District, San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego are combining the resources of large institutions with diverse insights of smaller ones in the Equitable AI Alliance.
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The technology company will not have to appear before state regulators as they consider its subsidiary’s request to power a planned $10 billion artificial intelligence data center with three new gas plants.
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Funded by $5 million from the state, the university's new academic department will offer undergraduate and graduate degrees and invest in high-performance computing and dedicated faculty for research in AI.
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Digital Promise’s AI literacy framework recommends that school districts promote basic understanding, practical use and evaluation of tools by working within goals and practices they already have in place.
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At the ASU+GSV Summit's weekend AI Show, the ed-tech company Element451 demonstrated how AI agents might help colleges and universities meet increasing demands for personalization and efficiency.
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A shuttered power plant east of Pittsburgh is slated to be rebuilt to generate electricity for artificial intelligence. The state Senate majority leader called the move “historic,” but observers raised concerns about strain on the grid.
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Custom GPTs, AI podcasts and AI agents have helped biologist and lecturer Tina Austin work across disciplines and universities, and she has found they are each useful in different situations.
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A new report from the comptroller’s office calls for more training, guidance and oversight of how state agencies use artificial intelligence. The state recently hired its first chief AI officer.
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The city and county of Denver’s Department of Technology Services has released a request for proposals from vendors using artificial intelligence to improve operations and the resident experience.
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A North Carolina Senate bill that would review state agency performance and staffing levels, relying in part on the use of artificial intelligence, cleared its first committee step this week.
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