Technology

Educators can learn caution from AI mistakes in Los Angeles and San Diego. But they also face pressure to adopt the technology quickly.

During early COVID lockdowns, a teen worked with his family to raise $1.8 million in venture funding and built a web filter with a team of data scientists and psychologists that he now hopes will help students safely surf the web.

Benchmarks used to rank AI models are several years old, often sourced from amateur websites and, experts worry, lending automated systems a dubious sense of authority.

Nearly $2 billion in broadband funding is at stake in the next 30 days, but advocacy groups say the challenge process is designed to fail.

The California Public Utilities Commission rejected the telecom’s bid to stop providing service in many parts of the state.

State regulators propose rules on evaluating workers and job applicants with AI.

Three men falsely arrested based on face recognition technology have joined the fight against a California bill that aims to place guardrails around police use of the technology. They say it will still allow abuses and misguided arrests.

Panel of lawmakers and experts said discussions about regulating AI should center people first and foremost.

California schools are using more chatbots, and teachers are using them to grade papers and give students feedback.

Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin may be the Legislature’s top tech industry expert and its occasional champion. Now, she’s taking on tech over artificial intelligence.