Artificial Intelligence

A partnership between Boston Public Schools, the city, higher-education institutions and local industry will begin developing courses, support for educators and hands-on opportunities this summer.

If approved, the $41,000 system would not take emergency calls, but would automatically transcribe calls, identify trends and evaluate dispatcher performance, replacing a largely manual review process.

A new type of artificial intelligence is helping city governments spot problems like potholes faster and with more accuracy than ever before, but government must maintain traditional privacy standards.

Students are consulting artificial intelligence tools for their college searches, finding it useful for tracking down programs they might be interested in, flagging schools they hadn’t thought of and tracking deadlines.

Plus, North Carolina is investing millions in broadband, legislation has advanced in U.S. Congress to assess satellite broadband in the Appalachian region, AI is impacting wireless network demand, and more.

At a recent Board of Governors meeting, board members and university provosts expressed concern about how AI will transform the job market but optimism about what it might do for teaching and learning.

The launch of GrantWell, which offers free support to municipal governments, aims to expand their access to federal and state funding. A recent listening tour highlighted local needs.

At least 130 education bills were introduced this session, including one to restrict student use of personal electronic devices, and one requiring the state to develop guidance and best practices for AI use.

Making sure that regular utility customers don’t get stuck bearing the burden of paying to run data centers is a main goal as state regulators consider the impacts of the energy-intensive facilities.

In its second ed-tech acquisition this year, the nonprofit Lemnis purchased a company that makes AI-powered student support tools, endorsing a model in which AI tools improve, rather than replace, human interactions.

In office since Jan. 5, Mayor Corey O’Connor has been cold-calling CEOs of IT companies to invite them to move their operations to the city — part of his vision for its technology future.

New guidelines on acceptable AI use at New York City Public Schools feature a “traffic light” framework of red (prohibited), yellow (proceed with caution) and green (approved) use cases.

The company’s technology seeks to help public agencies, insurance companies and others craft safe driving programs via AI and other methods. Boston and Los Angeles are among the firm's customers.

Louisiana State University will offer an AI degree focused on the development and implementation of the technology, as well as accelerated 90-credit-hour bachelor's degrees in information technology and bioinformatics.

Addressing the Houston Independent School District luncheon this week, state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles talked about the need to "step up and do things differently" to prepare kids for the future of AI.

City CIO Zach Posner, who was previously CIO for Salt Lake County, will prioritize three things in his new role: governance, service delivery and AI. He was appointed in February.

Officials in Weld County, Colo., will consider code amendments that would allow data centers in industrially zoned areas. Interest could provide an “economic opportunity,” a commissioner said.

A dozen public agencies in Kansas will receive funding for projects that involve drones, AI, smart signals, digital twins and more. The spending reflects some of the hottest trends in gov tech.