Emerging Tech

According to a national survey of over 1,000 13- to 17-year-olds by research firm Big Village, 44 percent of them said they're likely to use AI to do their schoolwork for them, while 60 percent consider that cheating.

At least 1,400 police departments across the country are using drones in some fashion, but only 15 have obtained waivers from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly their drones beyond the visual line of sight. That is about to change, experts say.

Addressing a recent conference for the STEM Leadership Alliance, Norwalk Public Schools Superintendent Alexandra Estrella emphasized the need to prepare students for a world in which AI will be part of daily life.

The nonprofit International Society for Technology in Education is developing Stretch, an AI chatbot intended to be factually reliable, by training it only on information created or approved by educators.

As cities, counties and states deal with hacks, data leaks and other malicious attacks, the Seattle-based firm is debuting a security tool designed for public agencies. The company’s clients include Dallas County.

The kind of computing power needed to keep artificial intelligence running is significant, leading some to ask whether the technology is capable of finding new innovations to balance it all out.

Nearly 70 percent of 300 survey respondents said they were more interested in the quality of educational content than whether or not it was created by AI, a possible sign that skepticism about AI is waning.

For more than 10 years, researchers at the university and its affiliated medical center have been developing an artificial intelligence tool to identify heart attacks more quickly and accurately by analyzing EKG data.

Any sharks lurking just beyond the water’s edge will have to work a little harder to go unnoticed this summer thanks to drone technology. Lifeguards at Jones Beach in New York are using the tech to spot the aquatic predators.

The city's Public Safety Committee has voted to support the San Diego Police Department's controversial smart streetlight proposal this week. The technology, complete with license plate readers, was first pitched in March.

It’s difficult to see how artificial intelligence systems work, and to see whose interests they work for. Regulation could make AI more trustworthy. Until then, user beware.

Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, has released the latest iteration of its large language model, dubbed Llama 2. But how does the new tool differ from OpenAI’s wildly popular ChatGPT?

While states like New York, Illinois and Maryland have forged new legislative roads to regulate AI use in hiring and review processes, more than 20 states have no proposed or enacted AI-related hiring bills.

Researchers at SUNY’s Albany campus, its Downstate Health Sciences University and the international Health Innovation Exchange expect an AI supercomputer to become a key player in combating mental health problems.

The proposed voluntary program would let companies feature labels on consumer products that clear certain cybersecurity criteria, helping consumers identify and select items that are less prone to cyber attack.

The North Texas Innovation Alliance brings together public and private organizations in the region, offering a coordinated approach for technology implementations — such as drones and robotics.

Attorney General Dave Yost introduced new technologies that will help the Bureau of Criminal Investigation better connect the dots on firearm and drug crime. The tools will help investigators link firearms to past crimes.  

Researchers at the University of Georgia's Mary Frances Early College of Education are working on an AI system to more accurately rate open-ended responses on creativity assessments for children.