Artificial Intelligence
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The young firm, based in the U.K., uses AI to help utility and infrastructure field workers do their jobs more efficiently. The company’s CEO spoke with Government Technology about what’s coming next. -
Campbell County Public Schools in Virginia is giving the MagicSchool AI platform to four teachers and 15 students first, then using data from the pilot to inform best practices, training needs and division guidelines.
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Gov. Kay Ivey said the new Technology Quality Assurance Board will offer state leaders a way to collaborate on cybersecurity and newer forms of government technology. It’s the latest example of states trying to get a better grip on AI.
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Lawmakers in California have proposed legislation on everything from deepfakes to data transparency to large system safeguards. The big question: which bills could pass?
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From robocalls to deepfakes, misuse of artificial intelligence threatens to play a significant role in the upcoming presidential election. Legislation from lawmakers nationwide proposes to keep it in check.
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Tech leaders are being deliberate about the adoption of generative artificial intelligence and “trying to not follow the rush,” Government Operations Agency Secretary Amy Tong told a state commission.
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As agencies get more comfortable with new ways of analyzing data, UrbanLogiq is betting officials will prefer AI-powered tools over typical traffic-counting methods. Already one city has started using such a product.
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Two bills related to artificial intelligence governance were passed in the California state Senate on Thursday with unanimous support. Now, Senate bills 892 and 893 will head to the Assembly.
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Schools that had already embraced the imperatives of Internet access, digital literacy and 1:1 device plans fared better for it during the pandemic. AI could be a similarly urgent pragmatic concern.
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Market analyst Precedence Research estimates that the market for electronics containing AI has already hit more than $50 billion this year and could reach nearly $500 billion in a decade.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer recently released the Senate's long-promised bipartisan "road map" for the coming age of artificial intelligence, pointing to Western New York as a hub.
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Computer science majors aren't the only ones worried about how artificial intelligence could impact the value of their degrees, as automation could reduce blue-collar jobs and new AIs could affect knowledge-seeking ones.
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Artificial intelligence is yielding unprecedented benefits, battles, opportunities and fears — and advancing faster than ever. What is the latest on the global AI landscape?
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Signed by the state’s governor, the new law criminalizes distributing “materially deceptive media.” A first violation would be a misdemeanor, but subsequent violations would be treated as felonies. The law takes effect Oct. 1.
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UC San Diego's TritonGPT, a suite of AI assistants built in-house for data control and cost savings, is writing job descriptions and helping with grant accounting. It's part of UCSD's strategy for handling the mundane.
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AskCOS, the city of Colorado Springs’ new artificial intelligence-enabled chatbot, was trained using Colorado city government information alone. The virtual assistant can answer constituent questions in 71 languages.
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A proposal from the U.S. FCC would not ban AI-generated content from political ads, but require it be marked as such. If approved, rules would still have to be created.
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Police departments and emergency dispatch centers need more workers. Gov tech suppliers are rushing to the rescue, promising new software, data integration and other tools to make up for vacant positions.
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Western Maricopa Education Center school board member Robert Garcia recommends that school districts engage directly with employers to get a sense of what AI skills will be most important for students to learn.
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Two new tools from the public safety tech provider, fresh off an Innovation Day, offer AI assistance during emergencies and wider, unified views of data vital to first responders. The move reflects wider gov tech trends.
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The technology is intended to do a better job of scrutinizing lines — and to save money. It is believed to be the first such use of the combination in the state of Michigan, the Macomb County Public Works commissioner said.
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