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California is supplementing its traditional process of navigating public comments with AI, to do a better job of gathering actionable insight. Its model may inform similar engagement efforts by other governments. -
A student at a prestigious private school in New York state says the culture of fear around AI and cheating is prompting students like him to change their writing style and avoid using AI for any purpose.
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Anthropic’s release of its Mythos AI model should be viewed as as a defining moment in the evolution of digital risk. For state and local governments, the question is no longer whether AI will shape cybersecurity — it already has.
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Grant County Public Utility District has filed lawsuits to take portions of land from nine owners to build electric transmission lines — part of a project to move more power to the state’s de facto data center hub.
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Days after a township meeting ended with police forcibly removing a speaker, Andover Township officials announced they plan to ban all data centers — including those that fuel AI.
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The Georgia Institute of Technology expanded its Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility into a larger, AI-focused manufacturing testbed for companies, researchers and students to develop and prove automation systems.
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District technology leaders say schools are not facing a sudden AI bandwidth crisis, but AI is steadily transforming the architecture of school networks, devices, cybersecurity systems and budgets.
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If OpenAI has an initial public offering later this year or next year, the University of Michigan's initial $20 million investment in the company could be worth $2 billion.
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Recent advances in artificial intelligence have exposed new vulnerabilities that place every cyber system at risk of disruption, and cybersecurity defenders are simply not prepared.
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After two years of task forces, collapsed deals and attempted overhauls, Colorado lawmakers are about to rewrite — and scale back — the state’s beleaguered AI regulations.
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The AI use policy at Boston Public Schools includes a list of explicit restrictions, including against deepfakes or entering student data into unapproved tools, and mandates a strict vetting process for any AI tools.
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Code for America is partnering with Anthropic on a new pilot intended to help staffers more efficiently administer public benefits by using an AI-powered tool to make policy information more accessible.
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San Diego CIO Jonathan Behnke said that despite some of AI‘s drawbacks, like a loss of knowledge among entry-level workers, most employees are seeing its upsides.
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With only a small tweak suggested by Danville City Manager Ken Larking, the City Council this week signed off on amending the municipal code to allow for data centers to operate in the city limits.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill to regulate large-scale data centers in Florida, promising consumers would not bear the burden of the AI boom with higher electric bills or more scarce water resources.
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Mayor Tom Watson said he has talked about the idea with municipal utility officials and a congressman. There is no definite plan, the mayor said, but a possible site has been considered.
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In Charlotte, CIO Markell Storay is making sure his team has the skills they need to stand up new tech. He's also putting policies in place to support their efforts.
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The pushback comes after the local government in Newburgh, a town of roughly 1,500 people, shared a new town logo on social media asking for feedback, admitting that it was made using AI.
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The 2026 CoSN State of EdTech findings mark a return to security and governance as priorities while districts grapple with integrating generative artificial intelligence into everyday operations.
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A widely read and frequently cited 2025 meta-analysis of 51 studies, which found positive effects of ChatGPT in education settings, has been retracted due to uncertainties about the studies and conclusions.
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A recent example from the National Association of State CIOs Midyear Conference showed how, for some use cases, government might be able to skirt some of the privacy concerns surrounding generative AI entirely.
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