Artificial Intelligence

Suma Nallapati, who was appointed to serve as CIO for the city and county of Denver earlier this fall, plans to take a human-centered approach to IT to help actualize the mayor’s vision for a vibrant region.

The White House unveiled a sweeping executive order that aims to minimize the risks of artificial intelligence while simultaneously maximizing its potential. AI policy experts have mixed views on the double-edged order.

The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) asks tech companies developing artificial intelligence tools for education to commit to equity and inclusion, transparency, privacy, and working with the educators.

Regulations around generative AI are rapidly evolving. This list will keep you up to date on what governments are doing to increase employee productivity and improve constituent services while minimizing risk.

Professors at Wilkes University, Kings College, the University of Scranton and others are exploring AI's potential to help students refine their writing, and to help multilingual learners and those with disabilities.

The Center for Emerging Artificial Intelligence Systems (CEAIS) at the University at Albany is a research initiative with IBM to study the next generation of AI and how supercomputing tech might improve its performance.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order to regulate artificial intelligence, but how are state and local governments handling it? Many are exploring how AI can enhance services, while others are temporarily banning its use.

The Cullman County Board of Education in Alabama approved a five-year contract with Spot.ai to integrate with the district's roughly 800 security cameras so administrators can access them from a centralized hub.

President Joe Biden is directing the government to take a sweeping approach to artificial intelligence regulation, his most significant action yet to rein in an emerging technology that has sparked concern and acclaim.

Although several uses of artificial intelligence in mental health are showing some success, experts say the jury is still out on the technology’s capabilities for more extensive use.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has announced the appointment of 30 members to serve on the Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence to guide state policy and investment decisions.

A University of Nebraska student invented an app that helped decipher the writing on ancient papyrus unearthed from volcanic ash, exemplifying what might come of a tech-savvy generation open to collaboration.

Startup companies looking to make inroads in the U.S. education market are eligible for $100,000 and free training under the new AWS Education Accelerator initiative. The application deadline is Nov. 17.

Dallas County Health and Human Services is continuing to enhance the public health platform that it centralized several years ago to monitor and improve the health of county residents and prepare for any future health crises.

The new HelpDesk AI from Springbrook Software is designed to help customers find information about HR, payroll, tax collection and other tools. This marks the latest use of ChatGPT in tech made for local government.

President Biden will sign a directive on artificial intelligence, according to people familiar with the matter, as part of a broader pledge to steer AI models away from potential misuse before release to the public.

Researchers at Northwestern University used artificial intelligence to create a program that designed, iterated and refined a new walking robot from scratch, based on a simple prompt, within 26 seconds.

President Joe Biden is expected to sign a broad executive order on Monday that is focused on regulating AI use. The order would come just before top officials gather for an international summit on the technology.