Artificial Intelligence
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Amid all the attention around AI, Mississippi CIO Craig Orgeron said his state is focused on building the foundations state government needs to scale emerging technologies into 2026. -
The company has bought GrantExec, a young company that uses artificial intelligence to help match grant providers with recipients. The deal is not Euna’s first foray into grant administration technology.
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UW-Stout has received about $2 million of federal grants for special projects to promote civil discourse, enhance understanding of AI and expand short-term, non-degree training programs.
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The state has been an early adopter of artificial intelligence, and is now equipping staff with the skills and knowledge they need to leverage AI securely. Training is free and voluntary.
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ZeroEyes, a firm that is based in Pennsylvania, has created an AI-based gun detection video analytics platform that continues getting its technology into public organizations nationwide.
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Educators should welcome new conversations about academic integrity, and the chance to teach the concept as a positive, desirable principle to strive toward, rather than a litany of rules with negative consequences.
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As the federal government moves forward on assessing and using artificial intelligence technologies, three partners are working to ensure people with disabilities are engaged throughout the process.
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Longtime Silicon Valley tech investor Mary Meeker issued a report this week arguing that that the tech industry and universities need to partner up in order to maintain a lead on other countries.
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Some observers say generative AI could make homeschooling more practical and accessible, giving parents a useful organizational and instructional tool, and students the ability to explore complex topics on their own.
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I’m always looking for best practices and examples to share around government AI and cyber projects. Monty 2.0 is certainly praiseworthy and a GenAI project to watch and learn from.
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The state has created a new working group to study and assess artificial intelligence and make policy recommendations for the technology’s use. It will provide a report on its findings by December.
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State lawmakers are working to define key terms and address risks as AI gets integrated into everyday life. California state Sen. Thomas Umberg talks about balancing regulation and innovation.
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School districts should be establishing flexible guidelines for AI use, providing AI-focused professional development, looking at data-privacy policies of AI tools and considering what data they were trained on.
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Artificial intelligence tools trained on non-representative data have the potential to exacerbate inequities in the education system, unless developers train better ones and educators are strategic about using them.
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For all the opportunities generative AI brings to middle and high school students, it could also undermine their proficiency at reading and writing. Experienced teachers have some suggestions for how to make it work.
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A recent summit hosted by St. Cloud Area School District 742 put educators, business leaders and lawmakers in the same room to discuss the future of education policy in light of artificial intelligence.
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The group, announced in December, is co-chaired by Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Atlanta entrepreneur and nonprofit founder John Hope Bryant. Its first report is slated to arrive in December.
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A bipartisan bill now under consideration would require each federal agency to create a chief artificial intelligence officer position. The measure would also require systems be graded on risk, from low risk to unacceptable.
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Timing and cost are not yet clear, but the state is seeking bids from vendors to harness artificial intelligence to translate a range of documents and websites around “health and social services information, programs, benefits and services.”
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Washington state’s attorney general has announced the members of its Artificial Intelligence Task Force. Here's how Washington’s approach aligns with, and differs from, other state efforts.
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The founder of the Learning Engineering Virtual Institute makes the case for giving teachers structured guidance and ongoing support to experiment with artificial intelligence tools and incorporate what works.
