Policy
-
Illinois lawmakers have so far achieved mixed results in reining in the burgeoning technology, a task that butts up against moves by the Trump administration to eliminate restrictions on AI. -
The state Attorney General’s office said apartment rents have been kept artificially high in the suit, which alleges antitrust act violations. Several major cities have banned use of software to elevate rents.
-
Lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom reached a spending plan that, by emergency proclamation, enables access to the budget stabilization account. The state’s approved technology spend is reduced from the previous fiscal year.
More Stories
-
With the $10 billion partnership to create a new research and development semiconductor center, tech companies IBM, Micron, Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron and others will partner to build the center in Albany.
-
A new resource from NASCIO offers 12 key considerations intended to serve as guidance for states as they work to develop road maps to guide implementation of artificial intelligence technologies.
-
An effort by Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs to track and refute viral online misinformation about elections has prompted loud objections from the state Republican Party.
-
The state already leads the country with regards to unmanned aerial system testing, but one state lawmaker is advocating for more of the technology and a new state agency to oversee it safely.
-
Ohio’s new policy aims to ensure AI accountability with human verification mandates, plus a council to set requirements for how agencies must use the new technology, among other considerations.
-
As New York City’s busiest tourist season approaches — with travelers visiting holiday attractions across the city and the famed New Year’s Eve ball drop — the options of where to stay are shrinking.
-
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gililbrand announced on Thursday that she is re-introducing legislation which aims to crack down on robocalls, robo texts and artificial intelligence scams.
-
A new executive order mandates that a council of representatives with backgrounds in IT, artificial intelligence, racial justice and cultural change will create a plan that outlines how government workers can use AI in a fair, equitable and transparent way.
-
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities is moving forward with plans for guaranteed high-speed Internet access for all residents of the state. Two draft plans have been released for public input.
-
The Newsom administration's new examination of generative artificial intelligence tools in state government identified significant areas of potential risk, including privacy, security and several others.
-
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has joined a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in introducing a bill that seeks to increase transparency and accountability of high-risk AI applications.
-
When Buffalo teamed up with Rochester and Syracuse to be named one of 31 "tech hubs" around the country by a federal agency, it proved that regional collaboration can pay off. But that was just the start.
-
How might California government make use of generative artificial intelligence? Officials suggest several ways that the technology could be introduced to state government functions.
-
The state will require all new car sales to be electric by 2035 with some requirements starting in 2026 as part of a series of new regulations, Gov. Phil Murphy’s office has confirmed.
-
As the top Republican appropriator for NASA in the Senate, Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas is set to play a key role in the emerging space race between the United States and China.
-
The state of New Jersey now has a new policy to guide the use of generative AI by state employees; this closely follows the state’s creation of the Artificial Intelligence Task Force last month.
-
Two Baltimore City Council committees this week heard discussion about a pair of proposals designed to regulate the growing use of facial recognition technology within city boundaries.
-
Strict rules were enacted by the City Council to limit speeds to 3 mph in much of the city – enforced using GPS tracking – and other restrictive measures that slowly pushed out operators of e-scooters.
Most Read
- ISTELive 25: 9 AI Ethics Scenarios (and What School Librarians Would Do)
- Interim Director On Board at Miami-Dade County IT Department
- Can Idaho Improve Its Bottom-Ranked Internet Speeds?
- Mississippi State University Launches AI Master’s Degree
- Disaster Planning Must Start Before the Event, Be Pervasive
