Artificial Intelligence

Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence are in the process of revolutionizing education. Whether they do so for the better or worse will depend on educators.

The Greater Omaha Chamber and nonprofit Scott Data are working together in hopes of accelerating artificial intelligence use by local businesses. The latter maintains a 110,000-square-foot data center in the area.

North Carolina’s PATH NC platform will have features including AI-assisted tools. It will also digitally connect the state’s 100 counties for the first time in such a way, offering exponential change in case handling.

Job applicants have already started using AI to get ahead, so K-12 districts would do well to start experimenting with what the technology can do to attract and process applications — and what it can't.

Suburban school districts on the outskirts of Chicago are staffing technology committees, implementing guidelines, training teachers and planning pilot programs to embrace AI as a necessity in the coming school year.

County commissioners approved buying an AI-infused system to help review 911 calls and radio traffic for quality assurance. The new solution will also provide more detailed statistical data than is now available.

Amid all the possibilities and ethical questions raised by the growing trove of artificial intelligence tools at the disposal of professors and students, the technology's true impact will depend on how they use it.

Buried in the federal budget bill moving through Congress is a 10-year moratorium on states regulating the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence industry, and it has drawn ire from state legislators.

Gov. Greg Abbott has signed 10 tech bills recently, including the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act. In a statement, he addressed the possible federal moratorium on state AI regulations.

The city of more than 100,000 is vying for a digital innovation grant for a project involving the use of artificial intelligence to modernize the permitting process. Work would begin in September if it receives the funding.

City officials are building a comprehensive artificial intelligence ecosystem to support economic growth, by incentivizing businesses and enabling experimentation in what they call "the capital of AI."

A North Carolina school district is planning updated curricula, staff trainings and community engagement sessions with students, teachers and parents to iron out the specifics of its AI policies by this fall.

Senate Republicans added a provision that would ban states from enforcing any laws their state legislatures may have passed that regulate artificial intelligence to President Trump’s tax and budget bill.

The city’s police department is seeking funding for license plate reader cameras with artificial intelligence. If approved, the devices would be able to automatically alert those associated with a police report.

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Those stepping up to fill education’s new C-suite role say it's more than just understanding IT — it requires communication and skill-building across disciplines and comfort levels, and flexibility to create a road map.

University System of Maryland students will have free access to Google Career Certificates in cybersecurity, data analytics, digital marketing and e-commerce, IT support, project management and UX design.

The California Report on Frontier AI Policy lays out regulatory principles prioritizing transparency and risk mitigation. It arrives as federal lawmakers consider a 10-year moratorium on state artificial intelligence regulation.