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The deal provides Motorola Solutions with HyperYou’s agentic AI for handling nonemergency calls, as well as real-time language translation. The general idea is that AI can help alleviate call center staffing shortages. -
Jackson County, Mo., could soon take steps aimed to ensure new data centers are not constructed in unincorporated areas of the county, at least temporarily.
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San Jose, Calif., formed the GovAI Coalition in 2023 to bring technologists from different sectors together to collaborate on AI governance. After a unanimous vote, it will now go forward as a nonprofit.
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Louisiana’s most populous city is the latest government to have an AI agent answer 311 calls instead of a human. The shift will happen in coming months; the AI has been trained on three years of 311 calls.
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Iowa lawmakers are considering a deal with Tyler Technologies to use AI and public budget data to find cost savings by comparing the spending of school districts and local governments across the state.
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Jeff Cook, an expert on gov tech investment, lays out his thoughts on how AI will shake up the market — including possibly altering our understanding of what kinds of business are included in it.
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A bill lawmakers are considering would temporarily ban data centers in the state. But by limiting electric power, it could also constrict the scale of a facility slated for the former Loring Air Force Base.
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Third Coast Foundry, a collaborative effort between several major research universities, will start as a two-year pilot, hosting university-founded startups, workshops and investor events in San Francisco.
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Several student-created entrepreneurship initiatives have cropped up in recent years, and their members are being flown around the world, wined and dined, and written no-questions-asked checks by established VC firms.
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Free, teacher-vetted lessons offered online by the nonprofit CYBER.ORG are designed to support and re-establish the caregiver’s role as an active participant in a student’s tech-driven education.
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A recent conversation with the senior associate director of AI and teaching and learning at Northeastern University yielded advice about engaging students, upgrading lessons, trial and error, and helpful feedback.
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Starting this spring, a new state test called the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments-Adaptive for grades 3-10 will be “adaptive,” meaning students will get different questions based on their previous answers.
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Superintendent of Schools Michele Blatt cautioned against regulations that could quickly become outdated, as the West Virginia Department of Education has already revised its AI guidelines twice since January 2024.
