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Mount Shasta officials say they'll reject a proposed AI data center at the former Crystal Geyser site, citing concerns about water use and limited economic benefits.

The court also struck a response to a petition in a separate case over AI-generated falsehoods. The cases are the first time the state’s highest court has addressed legal fabrications created by artificial intelligence.

In an AI executive order, the governor called on state officials to study everything from job subsidies to stock compensation policies to mitigate tech-driven layoffs.

Conversations about educational technology are kicking up in districts across Oregon.

As record-breaking heat and an abysmal snowpack raise concerns about severe wildfires, states across the fire-prone West are adding AI to their wildfire detection toolbox, banking on the technology to help save lives and property.

California State University’s $17 million contract with ChatGPT’s maker OpenAI is up for renewal. Some students and faculty say equal access to AI is important for preparing students for the workforce. Others say the implementation of AI tools has been confusing and opens the door to cheating. Some faculty have banned AI from their classes altogether and even started a petition to end the contract deal.

The top judge in Oregon’s Court of Appeals on Wednesday warned of “rapidly escalating” legal filings that likely contain fake information created by artificial intelligence.

In his 2005 book The Singularity is Near, futurist Ray Kurzweil predicted artificial intelligence would surpass human intelligence in 2045, triggering “the singularity”—that cosmic inflection point when machine intelligence becomes so advanced that it fundamentally and irreversibly transforms human civilization.

After ‘missing the boat’ on social media regulation, an Oregon senator cites mental health concerns, youth access as key issues with unregulated AI use.

Attorney General Rob Bonta said it is a violation of California law to create and distribute of nonconsensual sexual AI images as xAI has done.

ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Common Sense Media had rival ballot initiatives designed to protect kids from chatbots. Now, they've merged their efforts.

As talk of a possible AI bubble grows, so does uncertainty around an important source of California tax money.