The Denver Department of Public Health and Environment (DDPHE) is partnering with Biobot Analytics as part of its mission to combat the opioid crisis through a wastewater testing program for high-risk substances, including fentanyl.

The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) has inked a deal with Amira Learning to roll out the company’s AI-powered reading assistant to 25 school districts across the state. Beginning this month, more than 100,000 students in Louisiana will benefit from the reading assistant that helps students improve reading fluency and comprehension.

Two of the biggest threats to the smooth functioning of the upcoming U.S. elections stem from potential misuse of artificial intelligence technologies along with ongoing efforts by foreign adversaries to sow distrust and confusion about election processes.

New bipartisan legislation from Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., aims to improve the quality, usability, and completeness of grant recipient audit data.

Rasmussen University, a hybrid university with locations across the country, is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to help its students prepare for their job interviews.

New Jersey’s Artificial Intelligence Task Force is consulting with workers in the state about generative artificial intelligence (GenAI).

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched a new Mobile Speed Test app that will help consumers ensure the accuracy of provider-reported mobile coverage data, as well as improve the accuracy of the National Broadband Map.

The Department of Treasury sanctioned two members of a Russian nationalist hacktivist group on July 19 over an incident in January that led to the overflow of water storage tanks in Texas.

The Biden-Harris administration announced actions this week from government, academia, and civil society that aim to grow and enable the public interest technology ecosystem through bolstering the workforce.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on July 17 released a supplementary guide to the agency’s existing Infrastructure Resilience Planning Framework (IRPF) that aims to help state, local, Tribal and regional planners protect their technology infrastructure.