Artificial Intelligence

Matt Mahan, mayor of San Jose, Calif., politely pushed back on calls to slash government and cautiously answered a question about the planned federal Department of Government Efficiency, during the GovAI Coalition Summit.

After working with higher education institutions on their approaches to integrating generative artificial intelligence, consultants at KPMG think of their clients as trailblazers, synergists, mavericks or stragglers.

Hickman County, Tenn., is a sparsely populated county with a limited budget for law enforcement. But the deployment of new dashcams backed by artificial intelligence is giving fresh advantages to the police there.

A $100 million grant for a University of Michigan supercomputing and artificial intelligence lab, set up in partnership with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, is expected to create 200 jobs over 10 years.

John Toney, the state’s chief information security officer, has been appointed a visiting fellow by the National Security Institute. Through this position, he will learn from cyber execs, building his knowledge to better serve Vermonters.

For all the uncertainties of the near future, such as what industries and job titles will exist in the years ahead, experts are convinced artificial intelligence will continue driving change in work and education.

A new front in the battle over the benefits of AI versus its risks is opening up in law enforcement, where police are increasingly using the software to write up incident reports — to the concern of civil libertarians.

As the capital of Silicon Valley, San Jose has become a leading force in pushing local government agencies to be more efficient and deliberate by applying artificial intelligence.

A new graduate program launching in 2025 aims to help data scientists, educators and administrators make the most of AI in education settings, covering technical knowledge as well as ethical impacts and social contexts.

Carefully curated data sets and plenty of teacher testing are required to make artificial intelligence-based ed-tech tools suitable for K-12, experts said in a webinar this week organized by Leanlab Education.

The state’s unemployment office reports significant benefits from the new technology, which officials said could help government agencies in and outside the state avoid long-term contracts with vendors.

Officials in the Massachusetts city are contemplating augmenting law enforcement with artificial intelligence. A subcommittee will decide next week on funding a Real-Time Crime Analysis Center with staff.

Gov tech officials have joined the GovAI Coalition, formed late last year, to collectively shape policies and best practices for introducing AI-enabled tools. They're looking to flank the fast-moving technology.

An expert offers insights on how government agencies, frequent targets online, can safeguard critical infrastructure and future-proof their cybersecurity. Also under consideration: artificial intelligence’s dual role in security.

The environmental costs of using artificial intelligence tools is an area of growing concern for government technology officials. Transparency from vendors can shed light on their energy and water usage.

Mayor Melinda Barrett has discussed with the City Council taking maximum advantage of the state act signed last month. It includes $100 million for artificial intelligence research and $500 million for life sciences.

Officials in Austin, Texas, received a racially targeted public comment during a recent City Council meeting, generated by artificial intelligence. They are now working to ensure this time is reserved for actual constituents.

The national laboratory most famous for developing the atomic bomb will work with the university on national security AI challenges and multidisciplinary research projects involving high-performance computing.