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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Along with OpenAI, San Francisco is home to Scale AI, valued at $7.3 billion, though the company cut its workforce earlier this year, and Anthropic and Dialpad, which have each raised hundreds of millions of dollars.
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"Class of 09,” which debuted earlier this month, grapples with questions about how AI may affect society through the eyes of a handful of FBI agents from the graduating class of 2009.
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Infinity Water Solutions and Quantum Reservoir Impact have announced a strategic partnership to develop, deploy and advance a water intelligence platform called SpeedWise Water, an AI and machine-learning software.
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Speaking at a Senate hearing in Washington, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed public concerns about the fast-growing technology and called for the creation of an agency to license leading artificial intelligence.
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Former ACLU of Idaho Legal Director Richard Eppink said at a U.S. Senate hearing that a lack of public transparency and other factors led to damaging effects when the state tried to use algorithms to determine Medicaid funding.
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Experts shared the benefits and risks posed by quickly emerging AI systems. In addition to the standard security concerns the technology brings, experts were quick to share some of the workforce efficiencies it provides as well.
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The Spokane school district in Washington state is trying out an artificial-intelligence powered instructional coach to help teachers evaluate and strengthen their classroom practices.
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The process, started in 2019, took a big leap forward last fall when the 177,000-student suburban Atlanta district opened what some experts call the nation's first AI high school.
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As the tech world continues to buzz about the potential of generative artificial intelligence tools, Massachusetts CIO Jason Snyder describes what may be one of the technology’s first uses in state government.
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The two agencies, which provide curriculum for advanced high school classes, published very different policies on their websites, with one banning the use of generative AI and the other welcoming it.
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Many online courses have low completion rates, and the new ed-tech platform Courus proposes to address this by tailoring lessons to each student's particular goals, interests and skill sets.
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The private research university in Pennsylvania will use federal funding to establish an AI Institute for Societal Decision Making and develop tools that can respond to uncertain or rapidly changing situations.
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There are now smaller, cheaper versions of the best-in-class AI models created by the big firms that (almost) match them in performance — and they’re available to share for free.
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S.A.F.E., a new software tool from AMSimpkins and Associates in Georgia, is designed to detect and remove fake student applications, recommendation letters and other fraudulent admissions documents generated by AI.
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College ought to be a prime opportunity for human connection, something that shouldn't be outsourced to AI. We’re not going to outcompete the robots on efficiency, so let’s get better at being humans.
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Researchers at a public university in Ohio are creating machine learning models for health care applications, including one that could analyze patterns of physiological symptoms and behavior.
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Coding boot camps and educational programs are adapting to generative AI tools like ChatGPT, which are poised to transform several industries, by incorporating them into coursework and teaching students how to use them.
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Virginia CIO Bob Osmond views innovative emerging tech like artificial intelligence as a means to enhance, rather than replace, the work of state IT staff.
