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Trump Is Creating a Deportation Army of Local Cops

The number of state and local ICE partnerships has spiked this year—especially in Florida

April 16, 2025 08:00 ET

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Tools

Here’s Every Local Police Agency Enforcing for ICE

Partnerships more than doubled during the first months of Trump's current term under a program known as 287(g)

April 16, 2025 08:00 ET

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Artificial Intelligence

For the First Time, Artificial Intelligence is Being Used at a Nuclear Power Plant: California’s Diablo Canyon

Some lawmakers think additional guardrails are needed for future uses. For now, the facility will use AI to comply with regulations

April 8, 2025 08:30 ET

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Artificial Intelligence

Are AI Models Advanced Enough To Translate Literature? The Debate Is Roiling Publishing

Major publishers are experimenting with automated translations, hundreds of which have already been produced

April 2, 2025 08:00 ET

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Hello World

Rethinking Security from the Ground Up

Professor Rikke Bjerg Jensen explores how social context shapes security

March 29, 2025 08:00 ET

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Can Rip You Off. Here's How California Lawmakers Want to Stop Price Discrimination

AI can help businesses charge you more based on how it evaluates your personal history and desires. California lawmakers want to end that price discrimination

March 13, 2025 08:30 ET

Illustration of an outline of CA showing a golden microchip pattern, set against a background of pixelated blocks that show the text to Assembly Bill 1018

Artificial Intelligence

California Is Considering 30 New AI Regulations. Trump Wants None

President Trump is taking a very different approach to AI than the Biden administration, and it could affect how California regulates artificial intelligence

March 13, 2025 08:30 ET

A poster hung up on the wall of a high school classroom with information on how students can use ChatGPT, an AI platform, for schoolwork. The poster is titled: "Can I use ChatGPT?" next to a thinking emoji. English teacher Jen Roberts can be seen in the foreground of the frame.

Hello World

A High School Student Explains How Educators Can Adapt to AI

We need more live student assessment, more emphasis on critical thinking—and less homework, William Liang writes

March 8, 2025 08:00 ET

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Machine Learning

AI Chatbots Can Cushion the High School Counselor Shortage — But Are They Bad for Students?

The more students turn to chatbots, the fewer chances they have to develop real-life relationships that can lead to jobs and later success

March 4, 2025 08:33 ET

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News

Crackdown on Power-Guzzling Data Centers May Soon Come Online in California

A spate of new bills in California and other states would protect consumers from electricity rate hikes that subsidize data centers

February 21, 2025 16:15 ET