Artificial Intelligence

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.

During a recent briefing on Capitol Hill, leaders and members of national associations considered artificial intelligence use cases and topics, along with a new playbook guiding the technology’s ethical, scalable adoption.

Artificial intelligence places whole term papers and complex mathematical solutions within the grasp of today’s students. Rather than simply banning it, educators must train themselves and provide what it cannot.

A new Google and Muon-backed satellite wildfire detection system promises faster alerts and high-resolution fire imagery. But with false alarms already straining fire crews, its real impact may depend on trust.

The project, a collaboration between the North Central Texas Council of Governments' TXShare arm, the Alliance for Innovation and Civic Marketplace, provides an AI tech purchasing platform with already vetted vendors.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A new document from the nonprofit Complete College America highlights how three universities are innovating teaching and learning with artificial intelligence through scalable initiatives.

The project is under discussion, with a vote on approvals possible as soon as August. Comprising 20 parcels on just more than 1,000 acres, Project Cardinal would have two electrical substations.

Purpose-built AI learning platforms that don’t give students the answer, as opposed to tools that allow for direct answer generation like ChatGPT, are the way to avoid making students utterly dependent upon AI.

Colleges and universities know they need to get students comfortable with using artificial intelligence tools, but discussions should focus more on people and pedagogy than rules, regulations and specific brands.

The city is using a tool with artificial intelligence to respond to more than 40 percent of its nonemergency interactions — freeing public safety dispatchers from over 900 hours of talk time to focus on real emergency calls.

The 40,000-square-foot Helix AI and Medical Academy, which can house upwards of 600 students, will begin teaching K-5 students this fall how to utilize and prepare for AI in future job markets.

Chief Data Officer Christie Burris details how the state is building a data ecosystem where policy meets platform and AI can play a role in evolving traditional data life cycles.