Two sanitation workers load discarded furniture into a Toronto waste truck as a woman adds more items to the curb. (Roberto Machado Noa / LightRocket via Getty Images)
Dallas City Council has voted to arm its waste collection vehicles with AI-powered cameras, what one official called a "smart-city approach to an everyday challenge.”
President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order beside Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and White House artificial intelligence and crypto czar David Sacks in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)
Many lawmakers and advocacy groups criticized President Donald Trump's executive order banning state AI laws as a threat to states' rights and a handout to Big Tech.
An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store on Oct. 30, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)
The nonprofit Center for Civic Futures is awarding grants to states and their partners to advance work that organizers hope can be scaled across the country.
President Donald Trump attends the signing ceremony of a peace deal with the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)
Lilian Coral, vice president of New America's technology and democracy programs, and Neil Kleiman, urban policy professor at Northeastern University’s public policy school, review a recent report…
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at a press conference, flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel, following the fatal shooting of political activist Charlie Kirk, during an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 12, 2025 in Orem, Utah. (Michael Ciaglo / Getty Images)
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced a $10 million project to improve the AI skills of the state's workforce. He also spoke out against federal efforts to preempt…
The moon rises behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City on October 7, 2025, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Lokman Vural Elibol / Anadolu via Getty Images)
The New York City Council unanimously passed a collection of bills that are designed to provide a heightened level of oversight for the city's use of artificial…
Tai Phan, Oklahoma's chief technology officer, has joined the small but growing cohort of state officials whose responsibilities center around AI technologies.