Artificial Intelligence

In the absence of comprehensive federal legislation on artificial intelligence, states have taken policymaking into their own hands, leading to a varied legislative landscape. Doing so, however, can clarify the rules of the road.

As South Carolina's educational sector evolves to serve its economic development, it won’t be long until all its universities offer degrees in AI and cybersecurity to complement traditional computer science degrees.

The state’s new LAUNCH portal brings together career resources, employers and job seekers. A collaboration with a national nonprofit, it uses artificial intelligence and data to supply targeted listings.

A bill proposed by state Sen. Saud Anwar seeks to amend state code to bar health insurance carriers from using AI to determine patient care. The aim is “to safeguard patient access to testing, medications and procedures.”

OpenAI has committed $50 million for research and technology to support AI breakthroughs at 15 institutions including the University of Michigan, the California State University system and Harvard University.

A private university in Maine is the first institution in the U.S. to go live with an artificial intelligence agent built by Agentforce, part of Salesforce's platform that helps organizations build and deploy AI agents.

As fraudsters exploit open-access policies and online learning, colleges are turning to artificial intelligence to reclaim student seats and safeguard financial aid.

Pennsylvania CIO Amaya Capellán and her team are focused on the overall experience of state employees, residents and businesses.

A professor of educational theory is creating an AI tool that records video and audio to determine whether a teacher addressed each section of the classroom, how often they used group work and other techniques.

Following an internal survey that exposed a significant lack of artificial intelligence policy awareness, Indianapolis and Marion County are providing AI training through a partnership with InnovateUS.

Eric Hayden, the city’s CIO and CTO, is helping oversee a refresh of emergency and fire response via artificial intelligence, which helps guide efforts and increase capabilities in the state’s third most populous city.

The number of AI-related job postings in the Grand Rapids area has increased 338 percent since 2022, so Grand Valley State University is expanding its College of Computing with new programs and concentrations.

Local IT leaders in California and Delaware wield innovation and collaboration to reimagine technology, integrating community dialog into modernization to deliver projects that reflect a variety of feedback.

State officials have made several changes to the IT procurement process in an effort to expand public-private partnership opportunities, increase efficiency for businesses, and save taxpayers money.

A new EDUCAUSE study reveals that while AI is becoming a strategic priority in higher education, cost and policy development, especially at small schools, still hinders widespread implementation.

Created by gubernatorial executive order, the state’s new Department of Governmental Efficiency team will work to “promote efficiency, maximize productivity and eliminate waste in state and local government.”

Leaders in the area, a regional industrial and manufacturing hub, have said the facilities cost too much and don’t employ enough people. Finding enough power to run them, regional officials said, could be tough.

A bipartisan group of senators in the state Legislature is currently pushing for more restrictions on convincing computer-generated sexually explicit images of real people.