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Maryland’s Department of Information Technology (DoIT) has rolled out Google Workspace with Gemini across 59 agencies, giving almost 43,000 state employees access to generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and 12,500 are active users, according to a press release.

Everyone knows that artificial intelligence (AI) can improve efficiency and productivity – but how do you get started and get your team excited about it? Several city and state officials have an answer: Get your team trained and find those who are excited about it.

Old Dominion University (ODU) partnered with Google Public Sector to launch MonarchSphere, an artificial intelligence (AI) incubator that will embed AI across research, teaching, operations, and workforce programs. According to university officials, the effort aims to accelerate discovery, personalize learning, and expand micro-credentials tied to in-demand skills.

The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is launching one of the nation’s first bachelors of fine arts degree programs in creative computing – saying it will center on emerging technology as a method of storytelling and cultural critique. 

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David Sacks, the White House’s artificial intelligence “czar,” said he wants to preempt a patchwork of state AI regulations, saying that current legislation may push diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) requirements onto developers.

Users of OpenAI’s ChatGPT can now use certain apps that run inside ChatGPT, including Coursera for education use cases, the artificial intelligence company said on Monday, explaining that users can bring course content into a live conversation. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law regulations that will require artificial intelligence developers to make their safety protocols public, marking a first-of-its-kind effort to regulate AI. 

While 57% of school districts report using AI in their network environments, most are still in the early stages of implementation for their back-end systems, according to a new survey from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN).

The mayor of St. Louis, Mo., has signed an executive order to develop a framework for developing artificial intelligence data centers after previously considering a temporary ban on the development of those centers.  

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