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Artificial intelligence is bringing nuclear power back from the dead — maybe even in California
Energy demands from big tech, including for AI, has elected officials giving an old power source a second look.
California’s AG Tells AI Companies Practically Everything They’re Doing Might Be Illegal
According to a recent legal memo, Silicon Valley's hottest business may be entirely based around criminal activity.
Fact Check: AI-generated rainbow fire hydrant is shared by critics of LA fire response
A rainbow-colored fire hydrant presented as a real image of California's state government supposedly prioritizing inclusive policies over providing water was AI-generated, not authentic.
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California Passes Flurry of Year-End AI Legislation
In 2024, the California legislature passed 17 laws related to artificial intelligence (AI). These new laws cover various themes and
The Cause of the LA Fires Might Never Be Known—but AI Is Hunting for Clues
The source of more than half of all wildfires in the Western US remains unknown, so the US Forest Service has teamed up with computer scientists to create tools that can find answers.
California better wake up to the DeepSeek threat
Released last week, the Chinese company’s website claimed its new R1 artificial intelligence model sported “performance on par with OpenAI-o1.” OpenAI is the San Francisco-based company headed by Sam Altman. Its main product is ChatGPT.
Fact Check: Image of blue-roofed house spared in California fires is fake
An image showing a house with blue-colored roofing with its surroundings on fire is likely AI-generated, experts said, contrary to online posts suggesting it showed a house with a blue roof that withstood the wildfires in California.
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California wildfires raise questions of AI's environmental impact
The raging California wildfires have sparked conversation about Artificial Intelligence's role in harming the environment. With the exponential growth of AI and increasing usage in college-level students,
AI predicts breast cancer risk years before diagnosis, Norwegian study finds
Norwegian Institute of Public Health says AI use could improve early detection, reduce costs, and better target at-risk populations.
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California AG Issues Legal Advisories on the Application of California Law to the Use of AI
California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued two legal advisories on the use of AI, including in the healthcare context.
An AI-Powered Robot and Gaming Are Helping Scientists Identify New Deep-Sea Species
Nearly a dozen miles off the California coast on a foggy October morning, a crane lifts a boxy yellow robot off the deck of the research vessel Rachel Carson and lowers it into Monterey Bay’s choppy gunmetal-gray waters.
AI research team claims to reproduce DeepSeek core technologies for $30 — relatively small R1-Zero model has remarkable problem-solving abilities
PhD-candidate Jiayi Pan led a team at UC Berkeley that reproduced the core technology of DeepSeek R1-Zero for just $30, showing how AI could become affordable to just about anyone.