Artificial Intelligence

A recent cybersecurity incident narrowly averted with federal help emphasized the importance of training and standardized cybersecurity tools, the state CIO and chief information security officer said.

For some school districts searching for the right LLM, the most secure and cost-effective route may be to host their own on premises, then contract with a third party for enterprise services.

The small mountain town of Vail, Colo., has introduced agentic AI tools to aid in fire detection, public engagement and other areas. Being more efficient with mundane, everyday tasks is a key focus.

The tech company aims to help educators utilize its new ChatGPT for Teachers amid the rising deployment of technologies to classrooms. The tool will be available free to verified teachers through June 2027.

A $6 million partnership with Google will enable Georgia State University to provide daily AI and machine learning instruction to selected public school students on the university’s campus.

AI@UW, an initiative largely funded by a philanthropic donation, will include AI literacy, as well as establish an AI governance committee, scholarships for students, and investments in resources and equipment.

President Trump called for a federal standard governing oversight of artificial intelligence and warned that varied regulation at the state level risked slowing the development of an emerging technology.

Microsoft will provide $82,500 in grant money to assistant professors at Washington State University, to support them in developing an AI integration road map for rural K-12 schools in three northwestern states.

With some significant bills around cellphones and social media already signed, and the wide-open governor's race still looming, the next few years in California politics could be consequential for ed tech.

Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation has created a national map that highlights how governments are building capacity for 21st-century service delivery. Progress varies widely.

The program at the Western Michigan school is now accredited as a Center of Academic Excellence in Secure Artificial Intelligence. Students can specialize in cybersecurity, machine learning and language processing.

Tech and transportation officials are working to bring together GIS, artificial intelligence and other tools to develop a traffic management system that’s smarter and improves safety for all.

Governments and communities must work together to ensure AI data center projects meet residents’ current and future needs, experts said, and in order to realize their full economic benefits and mitigate harm.

A state Senate committee gathered input on a bill that would add AI-generated images to the types of child abuse incidents that people who are required to do so must report to authorities.

Investigators of major crimes have been using AI to transcribe victim, witness and suspect interviews. The policy is intended, in part, to help safeguard private data, a police commander said.

Save Our Sunsets convened a gathering to offer updates on potential transmission lines, wind, solar and data centers, and battery storage in Payne County. County commissioners were among those attending.

In his book Comfort Override: Future-Proof Your Life as AI Flips Your World, Ranan Lachman explores how we can prepare and adapt for unprecedented change and offers practical, hands-on help.

States are issuing new guidelines for artificial intelligence in school at a rapid pace, but ed-tech leaders say many of the policies lack the vision needed for deeper classroom transformation.