Artificial Intelligence

As radio, television and the Internet before it, generative AI is only the latest technology to transform the news business, and its implementation could prompt important conversations about credibility and authenticity.

As transit agencies brainstorm how to better serve communities that have been reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, they are taking a look at how technology can help to lower the barrier for ridership and deliver new outcomes.

A professor who led a course on the art and science of expertise says students will be less likely to cheat if they're supported and taught the importance of learning the material, and finding its meaning, themselves.

President Biden said that artificial intelligence has “enormous promise” but it also comes with risks such as fueling disinformation and job losses — dangers his administration wants to tackle.

An informal poll on social media found that teachers are encouraging students to use ChatGPT for test preparation or brainstorming project ideas, and using it themselves to append lessons in writing or technology.

Public comment could soon swamp government officials and representatives, thanks to AI, but AI could also help spot compelling stories from constituents.

Generative AI carries new potential for personalized education, which can take many forms. Even as schools customize the rate and style of learning for each student, they should also keep an eye on collective interests.

AI's potential to create personalized learning experiences, as well as reactive and proactive coaching and tutoring tools, could help institutions meet expectations of adult online learners and raise completion rates.

Ireland-based SoapBox Labs built a speech-recognition engine based on specific accents in 193 countries, using a “for kids, by kids” approach to reading and writing instruction to make it inclusive.

A consortium of major universities will research AI's cybersecurity applications as part of the National Science Foundation's new AI Institute for Agent-based Cyber Threat Intelligence and Operation (ACTION).

Congress is weighing whether new discoveries, like drugs and medical treatment, created with artificial intelligence systems can be patented. Currently, only human inventors have the power to patent their work.

Four students at Michigan State University have entered a statewide contest with an AI-driven tutoring platform called YouLearn.ai which asks the user how they're approaching a question, rather than just answering it.

Klir, which sells a water management and compliance platform, has launched a ChatGPT feature for utilities. The idea is to hand off tedious and data-heavy tasks to artificial intelligence while safeguarding data.

As government grapples with how to make practical use of generative AI, one avenue for the new technology could be helping cities ensure regulatory compliance from companies bidding for new construction contracts.

Chip-maker Nvidia joined the trillion-dollar club recently, and it’s eyeing AI’s transformative potential in life sciences, physics, climate, cybersecurity, data science, robotics and simulation.

The nonprofit AI4K12 provides free resources and activity guides on its website, including important angles from which students and teachers should study AI. It is also developing curricula for Georgia public schools.

Whether or not they agree with calls to halt innovation, many professors and computer scientists in higher education share the feelings of tech leaders that emerging AI needs oversight and regulation.

A new generation of AI-enabled classroom tools might help teachers and students move beyond the old “factory model” of education, which teaches all students at the same pace, to a more personalized model.