The New York State Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) announced on Aug. 13 a new enterprise agreement with IBM that will expand access to artificial intelligence (AI) and hybrid cloud tools across participating state agencies while delivering an estimated $6 million in taxpayer savings over the next three years.

New York University (NYU) is teaming up with IBM in a new postdoctoral program for quantum computer science research that is aimed at accelerating quantum algorithms and applications development.  

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced a partnership with several tech-sector giants to give students and teachers in the state’s high schools and colleges access to artificial intelligence tools and training. 

California State University (CSU) is using a public-private initiative to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) tools and trainings to a total of 523,000 people including 460,000 students and 63,000 faculty and staff.

A group of 20 leading technology companies signed a pact at the Munich Security Conference Friday to help combat the use of harmful AI-generated content, such as deepfakes, meant to deceive voters in the 2024 elections.

New York state announced that one million passes for its Excelsior vaccine passport program have been issued since the program launched in March.

Today, IBM announced that it would be introducing in-kind grants to six school districts valued at $3 million to boost cybersecurity in schools. The grants will be for the school districts to sponsor teams of “IBMers” to assist in proactively preparing for cyberattacks.

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), the Center for Digital Government (CDG), and IBM released a study today on artificial intelligence (AI) trends among state IT executives.

Rep. William Hurd, R-Texas, stressed at IBM’s Think Gov event today that America needs to lead the world in developing 5G wireless networks and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, especially with China on the rise as a voracious international competitor, and said successful development and application of the two technologies are inextricably linked.

After President Donald Trump signed a computer science education memorandum on Sept. 25, IBM called for Congress to continue the push for better STEM education by renewing a bill to increase technical education standards.