Emerging Tech

Code for America’s 2026 Government AI Landscape Assessment evaluates states’ AI readiness, highlighting progress made within the past year, across four stages: readiness, piloting, implementation and impact.

Plus, Meta’s largest data center to date goes up in Louisiana, robots will soon work out at a gym in Germany, and Uber makes a $1.25 billion deal with Rivian.

Smart glasses are wearable computers designed to look like regular eyewear while offering hands-free access to information through audio, built-in cameras and, increasingly, artificial intelligence.

City leaders from Boston to San Antonio to Tokyo intend to shape how AI is built and governed. The group has the support of the Bloomberg Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University.

Mayor Vi Lyles cast a tie-breaking vote, leading a motion that could have fast-tracked a moratorium to fail. A data center discussion is on the May 11 meeting agenda, but the council won’t be able to vote on it.

Utah’s Director of AI Christian Napier on how piloting Claude Code at state agencies boosted developer productivity, saving 40 hours of work over a four-week period.

After a 2024 pilot, Merrimack Valley Transit in northeastern Massachusetts has piloted so-called mirrorless camera technology on 60 percent of its bus fleet. The three-camera system joins existing mirrors.

Massive data centers are rapidly being built all over the nation to provide computing power that tech companies need to train artificial intelligence or power other emerging technologies.

The Inland Empire city in Southern California is using mapping tools and other technology to help in wildfire reduction. The city fire department’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan is a template.

Before production, consider whether that method is repeatable, a panelist said at the California Public Sector CIO Academy. Others recommended identifying service challenges early, and ensuring leadership is set.

Breakthrough surveillance capabilities — drones and license plate readers — have played a pivotal role in catching Colorado Springs’ criminals and keeping law-abiding citizens safe.

Orange County, N.C., leaders approved a one-year moratorium Tuesday night on large-scale data centers that support artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.

With AI fueling a data center boom, Minnesota cities are confronting a rising number of development proposals – and concern from residents. The debate touches everything from energy use to noise pollution.

The chief state’s attorney, with support from the State Police and the Connecticut Police Chief’s Association, is pausing deployment of AI-powered tools to deepen understanding and set rules around their use.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping state departments of transportation, enabling them to create new processes and workflows around data governance — and make better use of information collected.

The organization’s new initiative — the AI and Emerging Technology Forum — aims to help cities, towns and villages to better understand what AI tools can do and how to use them.

Comprised of prominent people throughout the city, Midland of Tomorrow arrives in the wake of an AI data center approval. Its members hope to ensure AI is properly used.

Anthropic’s Mythos AI will further compress the time between vulnerability discovery and attack, the report says, pushing cybersecurity teams to rethink defenses and operational risk.