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As tech titans invest billions into data centers and high-tech computer chips to fuel their AI ambitions, concerns are building over energy costs, especially in communities where data centers pop up.
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The website for VivaSLO.org launched in January after several months of development by Shower the People, an all-volunteer nonprofit dedicated to bringing free hygiene services to the county’s homeless population.
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Attorney General Dana Nessel is challenging state energy regulators' approval of special electricity contracts between DTE Energy Co. and the developers of a high-profile data center in Saline Township.
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A new executive order mandates that a council of representatives with backgrounds in IT, artificial intelligence, racial justice and cultural change will create a plan that outlines how government workers can use AI in a fair, equitable and transparent way.
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As artificial intelligence ushers in a sea change that touches all aspects of education, schools might keep up by convening a council of stakeholders to discuss good ideas and get district-level buy-in.
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Some legal questions around generative AI in schools have yet to be resolved, but in general, schools must vet their vendor contracts carefully and get parental permission for students to use the technology.
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The Newsom administration's new examination of generative artificial intelligence tools in state government identified significant areas of potential risk, including privacy, security and several others.
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The first trans-Atlantic flight by an airliner powered by pure sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has taken off, with Virgin Atlantic operating the flight from London’s Heathrow to New York’s JFK airport.
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Zencity CEO and co-founder Eyal Feder-Levy discusses the evolving ways in which government leaders can make informed, transparent and effective decisions to earn the trust of the communities they serve.
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U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has joined a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in introducing a bill that seeks to increase transparency and accountability of high-risk AI applications.
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The explosion of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and fears about where the technology might be headed distract from the many ways AI affects people every day – for better and worse.
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The Indiana city celebrated the launch of a new real-time crime center at the Gary Police Department this week. The center makes multiple surveillance technologies deployed throughout the city available to "virtual patrol officers."
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How might California government make use of generative artificial intelligence? Officials suggest several ways that the technology could be introduced to state government functions.
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The Ohio Federal Research Network has awarded $6.85 million to several businesses and colleges in the state to pursue national security-focused research. The hope is that the work will lead to new jobs and even new companies.
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Los Angeles police officers record roughly 8,000 interactions with the public on body-worn cameras, and most of that footage goes unseen. Artificial intelligence might soon be tapped to help.
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The state of New Jersey now has a new policy to guide the use of generative AI by state employees; this closely follows the state’s creation of the Artificial Intelligence Task Force last month.
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The business of sending humans into space has not yet risen to the levels seen during the famed space shuttle program, but 2024 could see the most U.S.-based orbital launches in 15 years.
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Two Baltimore City Council committees this week heard discussion about a pair of proposals designed to regulate the growing use of facial recognition technology within city boundaries.
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Officials have dedicated the new real-time crime center emergency mobile response van to Det. Joseph Paolillo, who passed away from 9/11-related cancer. The vehicle replaces an original unit which was initially unveiled in 2005.
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Some universities have developed their own on-premises generative AI tools for students and staff, which have the advantage of data privacy but may require considerable money and expertise to launch and maintain.
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Robotics have come a long way the past couple decades, and their potential to integrate with artificial intelligence and revolutionize industries could make them increasingly important in higher education.