Emerging Tech

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.

Plus, a Japanese research team designs a satellite made from wood, Ford and Tesla team up on EV Supercharger Access, and holoportation sounds futuristic — but it might be here now.

The group, Public Citizen, is behind a petition that calls for Federal Election Commission rules around the use of deepfake videos in political advertising. An earlier request deadlocked before the commission.

Multiple Minnesota law enforcement agencies face a civil rights lawsuit over the use of facial recognition technology in an arrest. However, the government denies facial recognition led to the arrest.

The history of artificial intelligence is rife with grandiose predictions, and while ChatGPT can help students organize large quantities of data or produce creative insights, it's still quite limited and prone to error.

The NASA Flight Dynamics Research Facility, a project some officials have been pursuing for 25 years, will replace two smaller wind tunnels that are around 80 years old.

As with any powerful new technology, the potential for artificial intelligence to analyze large volumes of data and automate processes comes with a risk that it will be used for nefarious purposes.

There are countless uses for unmanned aerial vehicles across New York City including public safety and inspections, among others. Unfortunately, the devices remain far too strictly regulated to realize their full potential.

The world may see California largely as home to Silicon Valley and Hollywood, but it’s agriculture technology where the state can most clearly outshine our competitors.