Ohio

Ohio Homeland Security has launched a new AI-powered system to make it easier for residents to report suspicious activity. It facilitates the uploading of video, audio, photos and other information.

Ohio’s AI-specific regulatory proposal, Senate Bill 163, has accrued some support from across the aisle and strong advocacy from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, the state's top law enforcement official.

The TECH Mobile Initiative project will provide approximately 800 students at high schools and career centers with STEM education, training and credentials tailored to specific career pathways.

The library was targeted in 2024 by someone pretending to be a vendor, according to an audit. Since the incident, vendor verification measures have been instituted, and cybersecurity training for library managers.

As states like Ohio, Oregon and California modernize their unemployment insurance platforms, they're putting security at the forefront, as well as the ability to adapt quickly to future needs.

Coinciding with an explosion of AI in the health care industry, higher education programs like the college of nursing at the University of Dayton and Wright State University are using tech to modernize their courses.

After a spate of cyber attacks against its municipalities, that state is requiring all of its local governments to have cyber policies and to approve ransom payments to hackers in full view of the public.

The 2026-27 Ohio budget mandates that K-12 districts create policies to govern the use of artificial intelligence and cellphones, and offers a handful of $100,000 grants to community colleges for implementing AI.

Starting this fall, a new AI Fluency initiative at Ohio State University aims to teach every student about AI's applications in their field. This includes offering a new course, Unlocking Generative AI, to all majors.

The Ohio Institute for Quantum Computing Research, Talent, and Commercialization is unlikely to materialize after the state senate's latest budget rejected $14 million earmarked for the project.

The Dayton Police Department may soon use gunshot detection technology, drones and license plate readers to try to reduce crime in several hot spot neighborhoods in west and northwest Dayton.

The waiver would specifically target courses in engineering mechanics, electricity manufacturing, semiconductor fundamentals, and other technical fields where Ohio is experiencing workforce shortages.

The states’ departments of transportation are teaming up to test the autonomous driving technique, which uses technology to let the driver of the first truck control the speed and direction of the second.

Ohio lawmakers last year passed a bill requiring schools to limit phone use during the day, but Gov. Mike DeWine called on them to finish the job and pass a bill banning phones from use during school hours altogether.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has authorized the National Guard’s Cyber Reserve Force to help investigate a cyber attack on Cleveland Municipal Court. The court, its internal systems and website remain shuttered.

A pair of bills expected to be introduced to the Ohio House and Senate next week propose to make computer science a graduation requirement for all high schoolers by 2027-28.

The state has rolled out access to real-time aerial surveillance technology to all Ohio law enforcement agencies. The technology includes live video feeds and infrared capabilities, and could transform suspect searches.

More than five decades have gone by since Ashtabula County Sheriff Raymond Fasula started an ambulance service that eventually became the South Central Ambulance District.