Artificial Intelligence

Though nearby township officials were not part of negotiations for the site of the university's planned $1.2-billion data center campus, they opposed it over concerns about the environment, health, safety and noise.

Starting next month, Modesto City Schools will host artificial intelligence training sessions for families, focusing on how parents can support their children in using the same tools their schools will adopt.

New degree programs at a public university in Oklahoma include a master's in cybersecurity and a bachelor's in artificial intelligence, the latter of which will focus on how large language models function.

Lawmakers are preparing four bills to amend Colorado’s first-in-the-nation artificial intelligence regulations, which seek to prevent discrimination when companies use AI to make various decisions.

The Polaris Forge 2 project in Harwood, near Fargo, is a 900-acre, 280-megawatt endeavor that would be an AI data center. It is being planned with concerns around its water and power usage in mind.

The information the cameras collect will be sent to Dallas’ code compliance office for independent review — by a human being rather than a computer, a city spokesperson has said.

Officials in local government are turning to technology to improve the physical accessibility of their city sidewalks. GIS tools can help staff monitor thousands of curbs more efficiently.

A new International Gaming Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has launched a new AI Research Hub (AiR Hub) to tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing the gaming industry's digital transformation.

The National Science Foundation announced a new partnership with NVIDIA this past week that will enable advances in scientific discovery through artificial intelligence.

A survey conducted by the Program for Public Consultation at the University of Maryland found that both Republicans and Democrats support government AI regulation. The new AI Action Plan could limit this.

As data center projects to power AI are on the rise and with a local power transmission line project proposed, the Luzerne County Council in Pennsylvania may consider a moratorium on tax relief plans.

Plus, the high rates of digital identity theft in 2024, what people really think about AI customer service agents, and saying goodbye to the Blue Screen of Death.

While Georgia educators still have concerns about the potential of artificial intelligence to enable cheating and data collection, many of them are implementing new parameters, tools and even career pathways for AI.

An analysis of 9,000 U.S. educators using SchoolAI shows that the more they use the platform, the more they gravitate toward teacher-facing features that support tasks like lesson planning and grading.

The state Department of Information Technology’s new 86-page road map details how officials intend to transform service delivery, boost security and modernize infrastructure. IT literacy will be key.

Plus, Massachusetts is investing more than $31 million to get residents connected, a Cleveland digital inclusion nonprofit is coming to Detroit, a new resource outlines a blueprint for AI literacy, and more.

Through its new Department of AI and Society, the university will allow students to enroll in academic programs that combine AI with traditional academic disciplines like communication, language and policy analysis.

Their initiative will make available a new platform combining AI tools, labor market data and student input. It’s intended to help University of Hawaii graduates identify job opportunities and start their careers within the state.