Artificial Intelligence
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An executive order from the governor of the Show Me State calls for the development of a strategic framework to advance AI technology and related infrastructure, addressing workforce development and data centers. -
The Kansas City Council is beginning to rethink the city’s approach to future data center construction while striving to learn more about the booming industry’s impact locally.
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Construction on the facility in eastern Independence is set to start this summer and represents “a major, major investment,” a council person said. Work is expected to continue for three to five years.
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ZeroEyes, a Montgomery County firm that created an AI-based gun detection video analytics platform, has secured $23 million in capital — following growth over the last year that has surpassed 300 percent.
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Many educators and college faculty are OK with students consulting ChatGPT for help on admissions essays, but chatbots can't be a replacement for a student's own voice, subjective experience and thoughts.
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Rather than simply adding language about ChatGPT to her syllabus, a media-history professor at Cal State Northridge is teaching students about AI chatbots by incorporating them directly into interactive lessons.
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Research published in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports found that ChatGPT got a similar or higher average grades than students in 12 of 32 courses, with students outperforming AI in math and economics.
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Researchers will use artificial intelligence to analyze the tone and word choice that Los Angeles Police Department officers use during traffic stops, the department announced Tuesday.
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Language model AIs seem smart because of how they string words together, but in reality they can’t do anything without many people guiding them every step of the way.
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What began as a project to monitor the health of tunnel ventilation systems within the rail network of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, has evolved into a citywide upgrade of building infrastructure.
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Staff from several county school districts received training at the Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus on how to use AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and Bard to develop and personalize lesson plans.
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As the 2023-2024 academic year begins, a partnership of ed-tech nonprofits is launching a free crash course to bring educators up to speed on how AI works, what it can do for learning and how to use it responsibly.
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced yesterday that she has directed executive branch agencies to adopt a statewide policy on generative AI that outlines how the technology can be used safely.
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Some educators at both the high school and college levels are torn between the need to incorporate AI into their lessons and the need to be skeptical about its reliability, security and other trade-offs.
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Colleges and universities spent much of the past year adopting ad-hoc approaches to generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, and uncertainty remains about how to use it most effectively and where the constraints should be.
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Absent specific guidance from the state school board association and education department, Oregon school districts are crafting their own AI policies with input from faculty, students and cybersecurity experts.
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High schools in nine counties have adopted a three-year curriculum created by the University of Florida consisting of four courses that deal with identifying AI, solving problems with it and building basic skills.
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At a recent conference hosted by Empire State University, school administrator and former English teacher Bruce Henecker outlined how various AI tools can help educators overcome writer’s block and empower creativity.
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Thanks to years of updates, tools such as Power Point, Microsoft 365’s Present Live, Microsoft Immersive Reader and Google Translate have almost negated the need for extra teachers for English-language learners.
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SponsoredGovernment and education institutions are wrestling with the best way to reap the rewards — and minimize the risks — of game-changing generative AI. This list of resources is meant to share guidelines and emerging best practices.
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Pennsylvania's Legislature has not acted to regulate the technology, despite many lawmakers saying they're worried about potential misuse. Several AI-related bills have sat stagnant in their respective committee assignments.
