New York State
Empire AI is already making rapid progress in drug discovery
A Q&A with the University at Buffalo’s Venu Govindaraju on the project’s long-term benefits to New York.
Report: How public safety agencies can tap drones to protect major events
The report highlights how public safety leaders can leverage tech and operational changes to strengthen their defense against drone-enabled threats during large-scale gatherings.
This data center is getting a $77 million tax break to create one job
No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.
Across New York, debate about the inevitability of driverless cars begins
Waymo is crouched at the gates, and labor and worker advocates are hell bent on keeping them out.
Hochul, DiNapoli want more information on AI’s threat and benefits to the workforce
A new commission is tasked with creating policy remedies to the potential rise in automation.
New York lawmaker wants moratorium on sale of AI chatbot-enabled kids’ toys
After passing the RAISE Act, state Sen. Andrew Gounardes is drafting regulation aimed at keeping ChatGPT out of teddy bears.
New York counties to roll out AI assessment tool
The new dashboard will help county tech and procurement leaders analyze and evaluate various products available on the market as they try to adopt them responsibly.
I was mayor when self-driving cars came to Austin. Here’s what New York should know.
COMMENTARY | The key question is whether autonomous vehicle companies view government as a partner or an enemy.
New York lawmakers want to keep AI out of news
State Sen. Pat Fahy and Assembly Member Nily Rozic’s NY FAIR News Act would require disclosures on AI journalism, among other protections.
New York lawmakers are ready to try regulating the AI industry again
Past bills attempting to rein in the powerful industry have been watered down, but lawmakers have ambitious plans to regulate AI in 2026.
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Data will be key to lead pipe removal efforts, nonprofit says
States have about a year to confirm their plans to remove lead service lines with the federal government. Preparing data now could help officials draw such plans more efficiently.
Hochul signs watered down AI regs, but New York lawmakers still got some wins
After Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed completely rewriting the bill with exact wording from a weaker California law, legislators negotiated back in measures that went beyond the West Coast version.
Whole-of-state strategy needs more ‘carrots’ than sticks, cyber leaders say
Partnership between a state government and its localities is crucial in making information-sharing work, rather than just being enforcement and auditing when things go wrong.
Hochul and legislative leaders play game of chicken with AI regulations
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to rewrite the RAISE Act with language nearly identical to a California law, a hard no for lawmakers.
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.
A data center could be coming to an upstate New York town, and residents are speaking out
The town board in Lansing is considering a temporary ban on large-scale development that could delay construction.
Preparing New York for evolving cyber threats
An interview with New York State Deputy Chief Cyber Officer for Operations Michaela Lee.
Here’s how NY plans to regulate kids’ use of social media
The state attorney general’s office released draft rules around age verification and prohibitions on showing algorithmic feeds to minors without parental permission.
California, New York could become first states to enact laws aiming to prevent catastrophic AI harm
The bills aim to define frontier AI models and regulate the developers that make them.
Does anyone answer New York’s unemployment hotline?
One week in June, only a third of the people who called the Labor Department’s unemployment help line reached a real person.
