Legislator eyes high tech’s economic potential for ND

North Dakota might be the next big player in technology, thanks to the vision of Rep. Josh Christy from Fargo. With a 25-year tech industry background, Christy is pushing for AI and computing initiatives that not only draw talent but also harness the state’s natural gas to power energy-thirsty data centers. He’s proposing a $10

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As ‘smart cities’ tools grow nationwide, so do privacy and ethical concerns

After nearly a week of searching for a suspect in the hit-and-run death of an 81-year-old St. Helena, California, woman this summer, Florida’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan from 2021 identifies monitoring speed as a proven way to reduce traffic fatalities, and outlines that it will use ITS infrastructure as a countermeasure. The technical systems allow

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AI is a game changer for students with disabilities. Schools are still learning to harness it

Meet Makenzie Gilkison—a 14-year-old who’s rewriting what it means to learn with dyslexia. Imagine wrestling with words like “rhinoceros” and finding them transformed by a robot friend into something manageable. Thanks to AI, Makenzie has gone from feeling “stupid” to joining the National Junior Honor Society. Schools nationwide are fast-tracking AI to support students with

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Welcome to the Truth Terminal, AKA the AI Rabbit Hole

If you didn’t know you were here already, welcome to the rabbit hole. In an age where artificial intelligence seems to be taking center stage in unexpected ways, Truth Terminal is a testament to the unpredictable marriage of machine learning and human quirkiness. Created by New Zealand developer Andy Ayrey, this AI wasn’t just another

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Happy Halloween: Now You Can Generate Your Own Nightmare!

In the this-is-totally-appropriate-for-Halloween category, artificial intelligence scientists at MIT developed a deep-learning algorithm that takes the mundane and makes it really scary. I could write a thousand words or more on the subject, but none of it would compare to checking out the results. For more on the project, check out the website dedicated to

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