Artificial Intelligence

AI in schools

Schools spend billions on AI, but some officials struggle to figure out what tools are worth buying

Teens are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support — here's how to keep kids safe

AI Chatbots Teens

AI is getting remarkably good at diagnosing health issues, but doctors are still better at weighing treatment options

AI Doctors Diagnoses

An AI chatbot posed as a licensed mental health provider, and Pennsylvania is suing the company behind it

Shapiro Lawsuit CharacterAI

The new 'Dr. Google:' 1 in 4 Americans use AI to answer health questions

AI Chatbots Health

New AI tool that predicts 5-year breast cancer risk should be available to women at 35, NCCN guidelines say

mammogram artificial intelligence

Can I opt out of having my doctor take notes with AI?

AI Scribes Doctors

State trooper pleads guilty to secretly filming women to create AI-generated pornography

State Police corporal Stephen Kamnik

Pa. lawmakers advance bill to give state additional oversight of water use at new data centers

Data center

Millions of CT scans are done every year – most leave important data behind

CT Scan Data

As many as 1 in 5 COVID-19 deaths went uncounted during the pandemic's first 2 years, study finds

COVID-19 Deaths Undercount

Philly high school students seek to give classmates tools to spot internet lies

Class computers

Doctors increasingly see AI scribes in a positive light. But hiccups persist

Doctors AI Scribes

Pa., N.J. attorneys general join push to halt nonconsensual sexual deepfakes on Grok

Grok AI Deepfakes

AI tools fail at most real-world jobs, but workers still fear being replaced

Open AI ChatGPT

Data centers are straining N.J.'s power grid. A bill would make them pay for it.

nj data center

Deepfakes leveled up in 2025. Here's what's coming next

Deepfakes

The ChatGPT effect: In 3 years the AI chatbot has changed the way people look things up

Chat GPT Search

'Like a David versus Goliath fight': Communities take on Big Tech, government over AI data centers

Patients deploy AI bots to battle health insurers that deny care using similar technology

AI Medical Claims

AI is decoding whale communications. Could that advance their legal rights?

Trump administration approves $1 billion loan for restart of nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island

1 in 8 young Americans use ChatGPT or other AI bots for mental health issues

Pa. and N.J. want data centers to guarantee their own power supply

Murphy conditionally vetoes NJ's data center transparency bill, pending changes

The use of AI in health care is evolving in ways that require regulations, Pa. lawmakers say

City Council committee holds first hearing on artificial intelligence use in Philadelphia

AI Hearing protestors

Health Insurance

AI will soon have a say in approving or denying Medicare treatments

Gov. Shapiro warns Pennsylvania may 'go it alone' if power grid operator doesn't change

pa energy shapiro

As electricity bills climb due to AI boom, Pennsylvania lawmakers struggle to find solution

'How will we be protected?' Residents question Three Mile Island restart plans

AI in health care could save lives and money − but change won't happen overnight

AI has become ubiquitous in online search results, and Americans are using it to answer their health questions

AI trust health care

A couple that tried to get pregnant for 18 years finally conceived with the help of a new AI procedure

AI Infertility Conception

Sen. McCormick backs increased NIH funding, new Russia sanctions and AI regulation limits

Three Mile Island to be restarted earlier than expected for Microsoft data centers

Amazon commits $20 billion to build data centers in Bucks, Luzerne counties

Could AI replace your therapist? New research suggests the technology could play a role in mental health care

ai therapy.jpg

New Jersey criminalizes malicious deepfakes with law inspired by student victim

College students caught between professors' AI bans and employers' growing demand for AI skills

Three Mile Island owner seeks $1.6 billion federal loan to restart nuclear plant for Microsoft AI facility

Plan would power new Microsoft AI data center with electricity from Pa.'s Three Mile Island nuclear reactor

AI will contribute to election misinformation in 2024, but experts are trying to fight back

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