Artificial Intelligence
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State governments are expected to deploy AI in 2026 with an increased focus on returns on investment as they face complex policymaking restrictions enacted by a recent executive order signed by President Donald Trump. -
To prevent students from relying on artificial intelligence to write and do homework for them, many professors are returning to pre-technology assessments and having students finish essays in class.
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Georgia regulators unanimously approved a massive expansion of the state's power grid Friday, approving Georgia Power's request for nearly 10,000 megawatts of new energy capacity.
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The state of New Jersey now has a new policy to guide the use of generative AI by state employees; this closely follows the state’s creation of the Artificial Intelligence Task Force last month.
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This marks the first ZeroEyes deployment in a state capitol building. The company, whose tools work with security cameras, recently raised $23 million and hopes to sell more often to public agencies, along with schools.
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A business professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign had ChatGPT write a script for his course, used text-to-speech AI to replicate his voice reading the script and a digital avatar speaking it.
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Some universities have developed their own on-premises generative AI tools for students and staff, which have the advantage of data privacy but may require considerable money and expertise to launch and maintain.
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The city is moving forward with its first chatbot, which will make it easier for residents to get answers to their questions and to request services. Officials have approved a three-year contract with South Carolina-based Citibot.
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The U.S. Education Department's assistant secretary for planning, evaluation, and policy development this week said students must learn about AI, it needs privacy safeguards, and teachers need to be the key decisionmakers.
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The guidelines, announced by leading venture capitalists with the backing of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, lay out how software developers should use the tech responsibly, in concert with moneyed backers.
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Iowa teachers are using artificial intelligence to draft emails, write individual educational plans and create rubrics, and they recommend students use it to check their work and come up with extra practice problems.
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AI is emerging as a critical tool to sort through record-breaking amounts of digital evidence in the fight against the online exploitation of children and teens.
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In a housing-starved market like the Bay Area, some property developers are turning to the promise of AI, hoping to cut down on design and building time and save money in the process.
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Associate Professor Shiqi Zhang and two of his students say the cost, efficiency and accessibility of artificial intelligence-powered seeing-eye assistants could improve quality of life for the hearing-impaired.
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Asked how they think artificial intelligence will their industry, several university administrators in Ohio said students are already using it, it's likely to transform a lot of jobs and will allow for more flexibility.
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Jim Schweizer, lead artificial intelligence researcher for Global Data Sciences Inc., has called on the city of Aurora, Ill., to develop an AI action plan, similar to what New York City unveiled in October.
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Mark DiMauro, an assistant professor of digital humanities at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, used AI to mimic the authorial voice of Sophocles and fill gaps in one of his imperfectly preserved works.
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Cheating at one school prompted teachers and administrators to form a committee, and some educators who tolerated text-based AI this year have become more wary of the advantage it gives dishonest students.
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Researchers at a private university in Atlanta, Georgia, are using artificial intelligence to make predictions about patient health outcomes concerning numerous diseases, including breast cancer and diabetes.
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has earmarked $9 million for new master’s degree programs in West Virginia, Arizona, Florida and South Dakota. The programs will launch in the fall of 2025.
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One of the only two states to provide schools with official guidance on artificial intelligence so far, Oregon published an explainer on its website with tips, definitions, references and links to helpful resources.
