On an unseasonably warm mid-November afternoon, members of the St. Albert High School robotics team Thunderstruck were hard at work tweaking their robot and honing their operating skills for the upcoming weekend’s match. Students flitted in and out of the “robotics lab” where the 11-member team has set up shop. A few students are gathered…
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont is at the forefront when it comes to keeping an eye on artificial intelligence and its use in state government. Legislation from 2022 created an AI Commission and a code of ethics. Now, conversations are happening about how state government will continue to regulate artificial intelligence. Josiah Raiche is the…
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma lawmakers are struggling to regulate the artificial intelligence industry even as interest in the technology and its availability continues to grow. Experts say AI is now present in everything from cell phone apps and facial recognition software to ChatGPT, which allows users to ask questions and receive human-like replies based on…
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown is set to open a center for advanced manufacturing, engineering, automation, and training to support the semiconductor industry in downtown Johnstown by 2025, project leaders say. The Pitt-Johnstown project could be the keystone of a downtown that has made leaps and bounds in development in recent…
Have you ever lost your phone or did you recently loose your phone? There is a rampant rise of phone theft incidents in Kenya, which makes it even more stressful because smartphones are increasingly holding sensitive data that includes contacts, passwords and accounts. Being indispensable for communication and everyday tasks, the need for enhanced protection…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency is starting an artificial intelligence security center — a crucial mission as AI capabilities are increasingly acquired, developed and integrated into U.S. defense and intelligence systems, the agency’s outgoing director announced Thursday. Army Gen. Paul Nakasone said the center would be incorporated into the NSA’s Cybersecurity Collaboration Center,…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Just a few years ago, artificial intelligence got barely a mention at the U.N. General Assembly’s convocation of world leaders. But after the release of ChatGPT last fall turbocharged both excitement and anxieties about AI, it’s been a sizzling topic this year at diplomacy’s biggest yearly gathering. Presidents, premiers, monarchs and…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Artificial intelligence, and how and whether to regulate it, has gotten a lot of discussion in and around this year’s U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders. With a U.N. advisory group on AI set to convene this fall, the world organization’s top tech-policy official, Amandeep Gill, sat down with The…
