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The White House released a new legislative framework for artificial intelligence creating a federal policy to prevent states from making their own.

Physics departments chairs around the country have expressed feelings of demoralization, decreased productivity, and a reduced capacity for graduate students as a result of policy changes. These ...

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The use of artificial intelligence can go well beyond a search engine, lesson template, or calendar organizer—but many teachers still use AI mostly for those kinds of surface-level tasks. As AI models ...

The state used about $1 million in federal COVID emergency funding to purchase and outfit the mobile forensic service.

Despite world-class AI-biotech research, a Nobel Prize-winning protein design lab and proximity to global AI expertise, Washington's life sciences sector is still learning to tell its story.

The White House on Friday released its long-awaited national artificial intelligence legislative framework, a move to prevent states from enacting their own laws and enforce the Trump administration’s ...

The policy document outlines suggestions for congressional action on artificial intelligence, highlighting protections for children and limiting liability for AI developers.

White House advisers aim to codify policies to protect AI companies’ interests, despite past opposition from many Republican ...

When clinicians and distributors search for the Top 10 Factories of Medical Tape and Bandages in the World, they are not merely looking for manufacturers; they are seeking strategic partners capable ...

Nuclear fusion energy could become commercially viable by the early 2030s as scientists work to replicate the sun's power, potentially transforming energy.