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New guidance and a national artificial intelligence action plan promote utilizing the technology in education. Some leaders, however, said resources levels must catch up for those strategies to be effective.
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As the newly appointed CSO, Stephanie Hedgepeth will work to connect AI, cloud, and strategy to help steer Mississippi’s modernization efforts. Officials announced the state’s AI Innovation Hub earlier this year.
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Plus, all 56 states and territories get approval to start the “bargain” round of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program, a new endeavor intends to teach Detroit high schoolers AI skills, and more.
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A law intended to prevent inappropriate sexual communication has complicated the ability of coaches, band directors and school mentors to reach students, and gave no specifics on how parents can provide consent.
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A new supercomputer being built at Georgia Tech is intended to make advanced computing more accessible and seamless by providing high-performance computing, AI, data analytics and visualization in the same system.
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University of Washington researchers developed a game that asks humans and AI to take turns solving simple puzzles. AI consistently fails, even when the user types in specific directions with hints on how to solve it.
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Launched by policy fellows at the Aspen Institute, the initiative aims to ensure ed-tech tools do not reinforce racial biases, offering a toolkit, a school procurement guide and a certification backed by Digital Promise.
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Officials in Indiana and Missouri said technologists remain watchful, but their states so far seem to have avoided compromise. The latter’s Office of Administration credited a layered security approach for helping deflect bad actors.
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A five-city tech collaboration led by Virginia Beach, Va., will connect it with four neighbors through computer-aided dispatch. It will replace manual call transfers with real-time emergency data sharing across jurisdictions.
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The City Council will this week consider a proposed bill requiring the police chief to adopt a strategic plan and procedures for “timely release of public information to the media and the public.”
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County commissioners announced the recent incident, which prompted the local government to shutter its network, has been resolved, in part by making a payment. Officials continue to securely restore systems.
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A bill signed by the state’s governor on Wednesday calls for the creation of digital driver’s licenses and other forms of identification. The state joins a growing club that has embraced digital IDs.
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The new federal AI Action Plan aims to secure U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence. Its policies address a range of issues, including worker displacement. Experts have concerns about its impact on state policy.
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The state Office of Innovation and Department of Agriculture used tech to identify children eligible for the NJ Summer EBT Program. Statistical pattern finding found kids who hadn’t previously been enrolled.
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The Pathogen Forecast Model launched this week by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego looks five days ahead at weather, tides, waves and river flows to calculate ocean water conditions hour by hour.
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The brand-new job went to data and AI expert Shreya Amin earlier this year, but she has departed. The job opening, which has received "promising" applicants, is designed to help the state spark more innovation.
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A school district in Maryland is among among hundreds of districts and state officials seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in compensatory damages for years of dealing with the harm caused by social media companies.
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A partnership between a recently established economic development organization and various credentialing and education programs in the region will promote cybersecurity, robotics, IT, STEM and other fields.
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Schools across the U.S. have had to reckon with cellphones, and next push, some education leaders say, could be for additional guidance or structure on how — or how long — devices are used in class.
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A new document from the nonprofit Complete College America highlights how three universities are innovating teaching and learning with artificial intelligence through scalable initiatives.
