Emerging Tech

Virginia CIO Bob Osmond views innovative emerging tech like artificial intelligence as a means to enhance, rather than replace, the work of state IT staff.

A network of clean hydrogen plants and pipelines could by mid-century deliver carbon-free fuel around Texas and the world, generating $100 billion a year for the state’s economy.

Santa Clara County, Calif., is turning to drones to spray larvicide in non-residential areas. Recent wet weather has created the ideal conditions for a booming year for mosquitos and vector-borne diseases.

The company is working to erect guardrails to help mitigate the potential danger from AI tools, though the potential for them to be used by bad actors remains a significant concern in the wider space.

Advanced chatbots could be used as powerful classroom aids that make lessons more interactive, teach students media literacy, generate personalized lesson plans and even save teachers time on administrative tasks.

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin were able to successfully glean the gist of a person’s thoughts by pairing a brain scanner with an AI language model, generating concerns about ethical uses of brain data.

In what sounds like the start of a bad sci-fi movie, one company has added new processing capabilities to Spot that will make the robot dog easier to manage with a natural voice interface.

Lawmakers across the country are increasingly turning their attention to the quickly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. In this piece we run down some of the bills being considered in this space.

Public-sector CIOs and other tech leaders say making deeper human connections is increasingly vital even as artificial intelligence makes quick advances. Experts offered examples of how to proceed in this new world.

A new report advises the White House and Congress on how to push for responsible AI, noting that a public awareness campaign is also important to help residents make informed choices about the evolving technology.

Agencies and higher education institutions nationwide are experimenting with autonomous vehicles and robots to provide mass public transit, food delivery and on-demand transportation for people with disabilities.

A group of environmental organizations have filed suit against the Federal Aviation Administration for allegedly "failing to fully analyze and mitigate the environmental harms” from a SpaceX launch program.

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The City Council has approved the purchase of 38 license plate readers and four gunshot detection devices for the police department. The total cost is $499,300 and will come from the American Rescue Plan Act and Asset Forfeiture Funding.

Emergency service providers in Pennsylvania have pooled their resources in order to provide drone and unmanned services to other agencies upon request. The task force is dispatched as if they are responding with a firetruck.

The Brazilian digital services company Compass UOL announced a training initiative to prepare over 15,000 computer science students for work with AWS cloud platforms and generative AI tools.

As summer heat approaches, officials in the Texas city are planning on testing a water-based asphalt treatment in all 10 City Council districts. The pavement is supposed to reduce spikes in temperature.

The Connecticut Special Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has issued a report outlining the implications of the use of algorithms and the potential for discrimination.