Artificial Intelligence

Legislation with bipartisan support aims to safeguard the state’s climate goals, and water and household electric bills, while making developers pay for conservation projects. Most existing tax breaks, however, remain.

Starting this fall, a new AI Fluency initiative at Ohio State University aims to teach every student about AI's applications in their field. This includes offering a new course, Unlocking Generative AI, to all majors.

The Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would make it a crime to pass off deepfake AI images as real — just in time for the federal government to potentially spike the measure.

Effective prompting is key to getting the best results from generative AI. Government Technology tested two prompts, showing how specific instructions and promptathons could build skills in the public-sector workforce.

The proposed legislation would permit county courts to use “AI or other machine-assisted translation tools” with or instead of human interpreters in civil or criminal proceedings.

The Hammond Common Council signed off on a development pact for a planned $7 billion data center endeavor. Terms give owners a break on property taxes, and give the city a yearly “community impact payment.”

To find their way in a changing job market in which employers are replacing interns with AI, college grads must adapt faster than the technology trying to displace them, while jumping into more advanced work.

The San Francisco Police Department is experimenting with artificial intelligence software that can extract information from body-worn camera recordings to produce first drafts of incident reports.

The technology company will invest at least $20 billion to stand up multiple cloud computing and artificial intelligence innovation campuses statewide, Gov. Josh Shapiro said. Collectively, it is estimated to create 1,250 tech jobs.

A new training program from the ed-tech company Gruvy Education aims to help teachers save time on preparation and administrative tasks, and to educate students about the appropriate use of artificial intelligence tools.

The village is the latest among law enforcement agencies in its state to adopt a records management and dispatch system to let officers spend more time in the field and stay connected with neighboring agencies.

Acceptable uses of AI should not promote anti-intellectualism, which Richard Hofstadter described as "resentment of the life of the mind ... and a disposition to constantly minimize the value of that life."

The company's new Advanced Phishing feature is tailored to identify the kinds of phishing emails that impersonate school officials, parents or vendors, and learns from real-world attacks to improve its accuracy.

The company has raised $3.6 million as it emerges into the gov tech market, with a focus on artificial intelligence. A company co-founder hopes to win more business at the state government level.

At least three Santa Fe-area organizations are working together to install the camera on Tesuque Peak, where it will send a live feed to a California monitoring center with artificial intelligence to identify wildland blazes.

A survey on resident experience by the National Association of State Technology Directors shows states are making strong progress in advancing public-facing platforms, but momentum on incorporating user feedback is slower.

A technology conference hosted by Thompson School District in Colorado offered ideas for tools and lessons that teachers could take back to their classrooms, including how they might use AI to promote critical thinking.

Defunding the California Education Learning Lab would eliminate research and crucial support programs to help both K-12 schools and higher education in California adapt to artificial intelligence.