Pennsylvania’s state chief information officer (CIO) and chief technology officer (CTO) have stepped down.

David Sacks, the White House’s artificial intelligence “czar,” said he wants to preempt a patchwork of state AI regulations, saying that current legislation may push diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) requirements onto developers.

Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., said Wednesday that getting the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program off the ground – along with key permitting reforms – is his “top priority” this Congress.

Brig. Gen. Linda J. Riedel with the South Carolina National Guard, who currently serves as assistant adjutant general for the Army, has been selected as the incoming deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence.

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) released a new case study on Oct. 6 that details how Illinois is using CoSN’s Trusted Learning Environment (TLE) State Partnership Program to accelerate district progress on student data privacy and security.

Users of OpenAI’s ChatGPT can now use certain apps that run inside ChatGPT, including Coursera for education use cases, the artificial intelligence company said on Monday, explaining that users can bring course content into a live conversation. 

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has okayed a request from 23 state attorneys general to allow state correctional facilities to use cellphone jamming technology. 

The government shutdown and Congress’s failure to reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 15) have put cyber defenses at risk, cybersecurity experts are warning, saying the pressure is now on state and local governments and industry members.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law regulations that will require artificial intelligence developers to make their safety protocols public, marking a first-of-its-kind effort to regulate AI. 

Syracuse University has launched a new partnership with Anthropic, an artificial intelligence research and safety company, to provide campuswide access to Claude for Education, an AI platform designed specifically for academic use.