Emerging Tech

The gang database “typecast minority youths as gang members without evidence, putting them at risk of false arrest and wrongful deportation,” according to a report by the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project.

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Tools like ChatGPT are being heralded as a critical underpinning of a 21st-century education or feared as the death knell of creativity. Either way, educators increasingly realize they can’t ignore AI.

Arizona launched statewide sexual assault evidence kit tracking software in 2019. But Phoenix, the largest city in the state, has opted out of using it. The agency now faces a new sexual assault evidence backlog.

Juan Sequeda of data.world discusses key technologies and provides his perspective on how AI can be used to empower state and local governments.

Advances in artificial intelligence represent an opportunity to get students thinking about how to use the technology to solve problems, and what skills are disposable versus essential for the future.

The portable telecom units from Rescue42 are being used during wildfires when the you-know-what hits the fan — which it inevitably does — and communication is lost. They can last for up to 10 days.

Google’s cloud clients will be able to access Meta’s Llama 2 large language model, as well as AI startup Anthropic’s Claude 2 chatbot, to customize with enterprise data for their own apps and services.

The NYPD plans to start piloting drones over certain crime scenes across the five boroughs, in some cases pairing the technology with the department's ongoing ShotSpotter technology.

The company has announced plans to spend $1.7 billion to expand its three Ohio data center sites to boost artificial intelligence efforts and tools like Google search, Maps, and Gmail.

“What’s in a name?” As some government agencies make their chatbots more human than ever, explore a growing cast of AI characters.

ZeroEyes, a Montgomery County firm that created an AI-based gun detection video analytics platform, has secured $23 million in capital — following growth over the last year that has surpassed 300 percent.

Many educators and college faculty are OK with students consulting ChatGPT for help on admissions essays, but chatbots can't be a replacement for a student's own voice, subjective experience and thoughts.

Early warning capabilities are part of a new AI pilot project operated by Cal Fire in partnership with UC San Diego's ALERTCalifornia system, which maintains 1,039 high-definition cameras in strategic locations throughout the state.

Research published in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports found that ChatGPT got a similar or higher average grades than students in 12 of 32 courses, with students outperforming AI in math and economics.

The drone, estimated to cost around $30,000, was bought with a Federal Homeland Security grant. The Kalispell Fire Department was one of six hazardous material response agencies to receive the aircraft and specialized training.

Language model AIs seem smart because of how they string words together, but in reality they can’t do anything without many people guiding them every step of the way.

Oroville Police Chief Bill LaGrone said the 25 sets of police car cameras that were approved by the City Council amount to litigation protection by providing a log of what officers encounter both inside and outside of their patrol vehicles.