Emerging Tech

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office launched a program in March to prioritize selected first-time patent applicants for the examination process required when applying for a patent.

A new initiative at the private research university will design new courses and programs in artificial intelligence, integrate AI studies into existing courses and get students and faculty thinking about its potential.

Some teachers are requiring students to handwrite all their assignments while studying how to implement ChatGPT, others are already using ChatGPT to design quizzes, but the underlying concern about plagiarism remains.

A North Carolina Department of Transportation autonomous shuttle pilot project collects and shares performance data and insights, including the common factors that cause service interruptions.

Educators and tech CEOs at the annual ASU+GSV Summit this week stressed the need to adapt curricula and teach students to use artificial intelligence without devaluing important skills.

The Indiana university's latest investments in physical AI, where "bytes meet atoms," include more professors, Ph.D. grants and added degree programs, plus a commitment to online students in various technical industries.

A Colorado entrepreneur is bringing his smart gun to market in what could be the first weapon to break a decades-old political and manufacturing “logjam” that has kept smart guns from mass production.

A Tuesday webinar at the annual ASU+GSV Summit conference explored how ed-tech tools have transformed aspects of education such as instruction and academic support, and what they might yet do for the learning process.

AI chatbots are here to stay, so it’s time to get acquainted with them. Center for Digital Education Senior Fellow Jim Jorstad sat down for a one-on-one with ChatGPT recently and came away impressed.

Two separate entities conducted nationwide studies, one in the first week of February and another in the first week of April, showing that the AI tool is popular at school on both sides of the lectern.

Despite initially blocking access to ChatGPT on district devices shortly after its release, a school district in Washington state has convened a committee of 16 teachers to develop policies for using it.

The online learning platform has developed a slew of new AI-powered functions for grading, student feedback and lesson planning, as well as activities that focus on teaching students about machine learning.

The Amazon Web Services unit on Thursday announced two of its own large-language models, one designed to generate text, and another that could help power web search personalization, among other things.

Passwords are both annoying to use and vulnerable to hackers. Fortunately, big tech is moving to support stronger, easier-to-use passkeys.

Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD announced the new technological upgrades that will be coming to the police department, including a GPS tag system that tracks a vehicle's location remotely, and a robot K-9 that can be used in high-risk situations.

Government Technology’s Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer Dustin Haisler breaks down the present landscape with a comparative look at the latest tools, like ChatGPT, Google’s Bard and Bing AI chat.

The company, founded by Navy Seals, markets an AI-powered gun detection platform designed for first responders. Now, via a new subsidiary, ZeroEyes hopes to gain more revenue from federal agencies.

Adjunct professor Russell Crispell at Niagara County Community College in New York uses VR headsets and 360-degree YouTube videos to immerse students in different scenarios requiring first aid training.