Chatbots may give students quick answers when they have questions, but they won’t help students form relationships that ...

When asked if the Ranch Fire, a 4,293-acre fire in San Bernardino County, was contained, the chatbot said that the “latest” update as of June 10 showed the fire was 50% contained. At the time ...

Director of Special ProjectsRamsey Isler is director of special projects at CalMatters and The Markup. He focuses on strategy and tactics for optimizing the delivery of the newsroom’s work, including ...

Wisconsin uses a computer model to predict how likely middle school students are to graduate from high school on time.

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In the end, both Republicans and Democrats helped doom a 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation after it cleared the House ...

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Native Americans are far less likely than other racial groups to gain a spot on the national liver transplant list, despite having the highest rate of death from liver disease, according to an ...

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Pacific Gas and Electric, which runs Diablo Canyon, announced a deal with artificial intelligence startup Atomic Canyon —a company also based in San Luis Obispo—around the same time, heralding it in a ...

An illustration of a Taser-equipped drone, taken from Axon’s patent application. Axon In the wake of the board’s dissolution, Axon halted its Taser-drone program temporarily. Former board members, ...