Emerging Tech

In an email Wednesday, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said it will revise the Florida Smart ID application, and asked users to delete it. The app has since been deactivated.

State and municipal agencies and one of the nation’s most populous counties are integrating AI and GIS into their permitting systems, adding automation and enhancing transparency to improve service and accountability.

The Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy at the Utah Department of Commerce has opened roughly four months after its creation. It will explore the most effective methods of AI regulation and guide development of responsible policies.

Officials at the Missouri Botanical Garden, a National Historic Landmark in St. Louis, are using artificial intelligence to digitize their herbarium; and to assess how changing climates nationwide may impact trees.

Backed by $50 million worth of rewards, this new push from the cloud operator aims to spark innovation in generative AI projects. The move comes as Amazon’s AWS keeps expanding in government.

The state has been an early adopter of artificial intelligence, and is now equipping staff with the skills and knowledge they need to leverage AI securely. Training is free and voluntary.

The Central Florida Expressway Authority is using four autonomous devices similar to dashcams to monitor road debris in real time while keeping drivers anonymous. Created in England, this is their first use on American roads.

Educators should welcome new conversations about academic integrity, and the chance to teach the concept as a positive, desirable principle to strive toward, rather than a litany of rules with negative consequences.

The region’s designation as a federal tech hub was dealt a blow as it missed out on up to $70 million in funding that business leaders hoped would spur additional investment and help create thousands of jobs.

Weather or technical glitches notwithstanding, the state of Maine’s inaugural research satellite was due to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California early Tuesday. Its aim? Collecting climate data.

As the federal government moves forward on assessing and using artificial intelligence technologies, three partners are working to ensure people with disabilities are engaged throughout the process.

The state has created a new working group to study and assess artificial intelligence and make policy recommendations for the technology’s use. It will provide a report on its findings by December.

State lawmakers are working to define key terms and address risks as AI gets integrated into everyday life. California state Sen. Thomas Umberg talks about balancing regulation and innovation.

The technology was taken off the table in 2021 for Minneapolis police and city agencies. But Minnesota’s Mall of America is using it for security, “identifying individuals of interest.”

Since the idea of electric air taxis emerged, Los Angeles has been vying to be one of the first cities to utilize the technology to help people avoid its infamous bumper-to-bumper traffic.

The group, announced in December, is co-chaired by Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Atlanta entrepreneur and nonprofit founder John Hope Bryant. Its first report is slated to arrive in December.

Washington state’s attorney general has announced the members of its Artificial Intelligence Task Force. Here's how Washington’s approach aligns with, and differs from, other state efforts.

Researchers will be comparing these measurements with those from an instrument on a commercial satellite last year that provided hourly daytime measurements of air pollution across North America.