Santa Cruz writer Liza Monroy’s new novel, “The Distractions,” is an uncanny and plausible look into the near future, in which she meditates on technology’s influence in the realm of dating, relationships and love. She’ll discuss it next week at Bookshop Santa Cruz.
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California students want careers in AI. Here’s how colleges are meeting that demand
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent deal with Nvidia will boost artificial intelligence education at community colleges and open the door to similar deals for public four-year universities in California. Meanwhile, computer science programs are adding AI concentrations and majors to prepare students for a range of “blue collar” and technical AI jobs.
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Newsom vetoes California’s bold bid to regulate AI
The legislation would have required tech companies to test artificial intelligence for harm to society. It attracted opposition from numerous members of Congress and major AI companies including Google, Meta and OpenAI.
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Santa Cruz Comedy Festival to decide who’s funnier: AI or a human standup?
The Santa Cruz Comedy Festival begins Tuesday with an intriguing premise: Can human stand-up comics out-roast artificial intelligence in a head-to-head matchup? Harmon Leon’s game-show-style throwdown seeks to find out.
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‘Steam engine’ or cautionary tale? Experts weigh in on AI role in California elections
At its 50th anniversary event, the state’s campaign finance watchdog looked to the future with a discussion on artificial intelligence. On Wednesday, Attorney General Rob Bonta warned AI companies about state laws against voter deception.
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California’s two biggest school districts botched AI deals. Here are lessons from their mistakes.
Educators can learn caution mistakes with artificial intelligence in Los Angeles and San Diego. But they also face pressure to adopt AI technology quickly.
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Losing his voice? Voice-over master Dean Compoginis sounds an alarm about AI
Aptos resident Dean Compoginis has made a handsome living as a voice-over narration artist. But, he says, with its increasingly realistic mimicking of the human voice, artificial intelligence now poses an existential threat to people in his field.
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Could AI reject your resumé? California tries to prevent a new kind of discrimination
State regulators have proposed rules on evaluating workers and job applicants using artificial intelligence. “This new technology can obscure responsibility and make it harder to discern who’s responsible when a person is subjected to discriminatory decision-making,” one analyst says.
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Bill package takes aim at AI and elections
A suite of five bills introduced this week seeks to protect election integrity from bad actors using artificial intelligence, especially on social media.
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Ron DeSantis or ChatGPT? When is it cheating? UCSC chancellor on artificial intelligence in education
The emergence of ChatGPT and other generative AI applications has marked an inflection point in education, technology and beyond. UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Cynthia Larive sat down with local tech heavy hitter Guy Kawasaki for an insightful conversation about education in this new era, what Larive considers cheating and the role of a teacher in a world when knowledge sits at the tip of our keyboard.
