A quarter of public K-12 teachers say using AI tools in K-12 education does more harm than good, according to new research from Pew Research.

The University at Buffalo (UB) has tapped Heath Tuttle – the associate vice president for IT at the University of Nebraska system and chief information officer (CIO) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) – as its next CIO, effective Aug. 1.

St. Tammany, a rural parish in Louisiana, will expand high-speed internet access to nearly 1,000 homes following a $3 million infrastructure investment. 

The Chicago City Council has voted to confirm Nick Lucius as the new chief information officer (CIO) for the City of Chicago Department of Technology and Innovation. Lucius previously served as the chief technology and data officer for the Office of the Mayor.

California vs Hate – the state’s first-ever multilingual statewide hotline and online portal the provides an anonymous reporting option for victims and witnesses of hate acts – has just wrapped its first year in operation with solid results.

The city of Colorado Springs, Colo., has launched a new development tracker webpage to provide increased transparency and clearer communication around land development projects that are submitted to the city for review.

The Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Southern Nevada has completed a new pilot program to study if artificial intelligence (AI) can help improve transportation safety.

As part of a broader initiative to improve mental health care and treatment statewide, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the launch of MentalHealth.CA.gov, a website for people seeking mental health resources available to state residents.

The California state Senate unanimously passed two pieces of legislation on May 28 that would create an AI risk management standard and a research hub focused on harnessing AI’s full potential.

The St. Vrain Valley School District in Longmont, Colo., has become the first school district to adopt Avantis Education’s virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) content platform districtwide.