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.

A new, federally supported framework outlines four key steps to help schools from preschool to college adopt AI responsibly and inclusively. Educators’ judgment is crucial, it said, to successful AI integrations.

As generative AI models progress and gain more attention online, Calhoun Community College and Athens State University are both working to update their AI policies for students.

The state has been fast-tracking the permitting process at the governor’s direction, following an executive order. Now, officials are leveraging these improvements to invite business growth.

The order from Gov. Greg Gianforte directs the state labor department to expand AI training opportunities, integrate such tools to support job seekers, and support small businesses’ AI integrations.

The state’s dominant electric utilities — DTE Energy and Consumers Energy — are both hurrying to line up deals to serve power-hungry computing facilities undergirding artificial intelligence.

Officials are making use of a new low-code tool and software to create efficiencies in processes and workflows across the enterprise, rather than individual departments making use of different platforms.

Tracking more than 80 educator-designed AI pilots, researchers from ASU and the Center on Reinventing Public Education found that teachers were more interested in problem-solving than efficiency for efficiency's sake.

I spoke at the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what I learned and a few takeaways to share.

City Council members voted not to proceed with the proposed project, due in large part to public pressure from residents with fears about its water usage. The project, a council member said, will likely still continue.