ZeroEyes is selling technology to help law enforcement agencies detect firearms, people, vehicles and maritime vessels from drone footage.| StateScoop
Texas has appointed Tony Sauerhoff, the state's cyber chief, as its first chief AI and innovation officer. He'll lead a new AI division.| StateScoop
The Silicon Valley hub is looking to buy a software that will allow its staff to create their own digital assistants, before they burn out.| StateScoop
The author of New Jersey's generative AI guide said she hopes it will help keep others from "trudging through mud in the same ways."| StateScoop
Andrew Cuomo said his administration would create a chief innovation officer role to lead the city's adoption of artificial intelligence and blockchain.| StateScoop
The New York arm of the ACLU says the XSponse system was installed without public disclosure and risks student privacy.| StateScoop
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have tightly restricted minors’ access to companion chatbots.| StateScoop
New York plans to provide tens of thousands of employees with tools and training to more competently use artificial intelligence tools.| StateScoop
“If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”| StateScoop
While the number of state AI bills introduced this year has jumped, experts said AI hasn't entirely crowded out important discussions about data privacy.| StateScoop
Sophia Fox-Sowell reports on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and government regulation for StateScoop. She was previously a multimedia producer for CNET, where her coverage focused on private sector innovation in food production, climate change and space through podcasts and video content. She earned her bachelor’s in anthropology at Wagner College and master’s in media innovation from Northeastern University.| StateScoop
Keely Quinlan reports on privacy and digital government for StateScoop. She was an investigative news reporter with Clarksville Now in Tennessee, where she resides, and her coverage included local crimes, courts, public education and public health. Her work has appeared in Teen Vogue, Stereogum and other outlets. She earned her bachelor’s in journalism and master’s in social and cultural analysis from New York University.| StateScoop
Colin Wood is the editor in chief of StateScoop and EdScoop. He’s reported on government information technology policy for more than a decade, on topics including cybersecurity, IT governance and public safety.| StateScoop