Artificial Intelligence
Trump signs order targeting ‘cumbersome’ state AI regulation
The order instructs certain federal agencies to identify which state laws undermine federal efforts to help the U.S. lead globally in AI.
Still early days for state chief AI officers
The role is still being defined by its earliest incumbents, as states remain uncertain about the future of the technology and how to deal with its impacts.
‘AI Week’ crashed by Trump-DeSantis battle over regulation: What’s next?
Florida House plans comprehensive, multi-committee study of technology’s implications.
New House commission to scrutinize AI's impact on the economy
The House Democratic Commission on AI and the Innovation Economy will address policy issues like guardrails for AI and its economic, safety and health impacts.
Data centers for AI could nearly triple San Jose’s energy use. Who foots the bill?
AI’s planned data-center boom is straining California’s grid forecasts and raising fears that customers could pay for upgrades if projects never materialize.
As lawmakers push to regulate AI in advertising, this New York agency is running AI ads
The state's Office of Addiction Services and Supports is running television ads featuring AI-generated faces without disclosing the technology to viewers.
Trump plans to sign order preempting state AI laws
Congressional efforts to legally place a 10-year moratorium on state artificial intelligence regulation have thus-far failed to garner enough support.
Google data centers will bring nuclear power back to tornado country
A destructive storm in 2020 prematurely shut down Iowa’s only nuclear plant. With Google’s plans to reopen it to power nearby data centers, will extreme weather threaten the reactor’s safety?
AI as a thought processor: Implications for learning and understanding
COMMENTARY | The tech is helping us form ideas and test arguments, and so could change how we think. We must be intentional about how we integrate it into our lives.
‘Age of darkness and deceit’: DeSantis proposes ‘AI bill of rights’ in crack down
The legislative proposals come in sharp contrast to pro-tech push marking President Donald Trump’s second term in office.
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Maryland partners with tech companies to build an AI-ready workforce
The cross-sector collaboration will help state workers design and develop AI solutions that fit into Maryland’s broader goals of expanding AI adoption across agencies, one official said.
Medicare’s new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers
A new model will test AI prior authorizations in 6 states. Physicians fear more denials and delays for older adults.
As AI enters Pennsylvania classrooms, teachers and students face a learning curve
Pennsylvania schools are racing to determine the role artificial intelligence should play in education – and when.
Southeastern Virginia turns to AI to sort waste, recycling
The area’s sortation facilities will use the technology to extract recyclables and organic waste, an effort it said will extend the life of its landfills and double its recycling rate.
Pennsylvania businesses are all in on AI
With $90 billion in investments on the horizon, the commonwealth is positioning itself as a leader in artificial intelligence.
Threat of AI law preemption has states on edge again
The moratorium on state-level AI regulations, which failed to be included in the federal reconciliation bill this summer, has been floated to make a return as an executive order or in must-pass defense legislation.
Robotics, AI the answer to dwindling labor population, researcher says
‘We’re just seeing the start of what artificial intelligence and robotics can do in agriculture.’
A new era of urban mobility is within reach
COMMENTARY | The solutions to our biggest challenges already exist, and the data is available. What’s lacking among many cities is the will to put them to work.
A ‘digital front door’ helps New Mexico boost customer experience and staff productivity
The state’s Health Care Authority is looking to enhance its public assistance service delivery by streamlining residents’ access to program applications and call centers.
New York City will try (again) to regulate AI
The council passed a package of bills creating a new ‘office of algorithmic accountability.’ It’s not the first attempt to rein in AI use.
