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This week, Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order to establish the Artificial Intelligence Strategic Task Force in order to better understand the potential impacts of AI and GenAI.

After a Kansas drinking water treatment facility was compromised through remote access on a former employee's cellphone in 2019, the state is launching a tool to assess the cybersecurity of the agencies in charge of keeping drinking water safe.

As weather and site conditions permit, convoys to allow trapped residents to travel through will resume. Previously scheduled twice-daily convoys from Saturday through Feb. 22 have been canceled due to the expected storms.

With help from a community foundation grant, a middle school in Wisconsin purchased 30 pairs of virtual reality goggles to take students on virtual field trips to faraway places and times in history.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday he would end the city’s use of the police surveillance tool after extending the city’s contract to use the technology through September.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman is working to secure U.S. government federal approval for a massive venture to boost global manufacturing of artificial intelligence chips.

The elected clerk of one of North Carolina’s highest-volume courthouses has urged state officials to delay the “rushed” expansion of new technology designed to modernize the judicial system.

Pearland Independent School District has proposed a $105 million bond election in May for infrastructure and technology, including wireless access points equipment, network updates and new devices.

The University of Pennsylvania will offers coursework in topics including machine learning, computing algorithms, data analytics, and advanced robotics, with electives in AI ethics and trustworthy AI.

Law enforcement agencies across the country are amping up their efforts to train for the chaos of a mass shooting event, mimicking the stress responders will encounter in real time.

The new machine learning method only needs 21 hours of input data to produce accurate air quality forecasts, while traditional models can require months’ worth of data.

More than 7,500 new electric Uber and Lyft vehicles have been approved by the Taxi and Limousine Commission since the start of the city’s Green Rides initiative, according to a lawsuit aimed at limiting the electric for-hire fleet.

In recently updated budget documents is a proposal that could potentially impact local governments’ ability to maintain and implement security measures.

Overseeing Florida’s SLED market for Pluralsight, Smatt said his previous public-sector experience helps him “know what it means to be a customer” and “how to navigate the procurement process and how decisions are made at a higher level.”

A West Orange town council meeting this week was interrupted by at least four people registered to make public comments under fake names. The group made racist and antisemitic comments before being cut off.

City officials have announced that they will join a California lawsuit against major social media companies over what Mayor Eric Adams is calling a “mental health crisis” facing young people.

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A new online resource for Ohio schools, compiled by the state, includes sections for parents, teachers and school districts with sample lessons, discussions about ethics, safety policies and other topics.

Denis Goulet plans to build up his state’s privacy, potentially using its cybersecurity program as a model. New Hampshire may also bring its popular “.Gov In a Box” offering to more local entities.

Plus, the state of Washington has appointed Aaron Wheeler to serve as the new broadband director, a digital navigator pilot program has been launched in the city of Cambridge, Mass., and more.

A Massachusetts school district replaced aging gas-powered vans for special education with six new electric-powered Ford E-Transit school bus vans acquired through a lease-to-own program over a five-year period.

Falling prices, increased availability and incentives are giving the secondhand electric vehicle market the thrust it needs to grow, introducing the vehicles to a wider cross-section of consumers.

The continual maintenance of roadways, culverts, and dams, as well as the enforcement of building and floodplain management codes, are some of the public safety measures included in Warren County's Hazard Mitigation Plan.

A Washington school district is putting $47,000 in state grants toward mobile translation devices and community classes for families on how to navigate the Internet and specific technology tools.

After a one-day delay, SpaceX managed a pristine launch early Thursday for Intuitive Machines, aiming to be the first commercial company to successfully make a soft landing on the moon.