Inver Grove Heights officials pass 1-year moratorium on data centers
On Monday evening, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, officials hit pause on a proposed data center.
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On Monday evening, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, officials hit pause on a proposed data center.
A man from the Chicago suburbs lost $69,000 of his savings to a scam by a thief using an AI-generated U.S. Marshals badge to intimidate him.
A Minnesota county is turning to artificial intelligence to help answer non-emergency calls.
Anoka County, Minnesota, is turning to artificial intelligence to ease the workload on dispatchers, while keeping humans ready for true emergencies.
As AI-generated music spreads, Spotify says it wants to help users "trust the authenticity" of what they're listening to.
Swift has filed for three trademark applications, including one covering her voice speaking the phrase, "Hey, it's Taylor."
The Minnesota House has passed a bill to ban apps and websites that create fake, sexualized pictures of individuals.
A Lakeville-area software engineer created CivicLoon to turn complex legislation into plain-language summaries in multiple languages, aiming to help voters understand what lawmakers are doing at the state Capitol.
"Personal finance and investing is personal for a reason, and AI is pretty generic," said University of St. Thomas' Dr. Manjeet Rege.
A majority of investor-owned utilities surveyed by PowerLines said data centers are a top driver of capital spending.
Leaders on the board that oversees the Universities of Wisconsin say that the fired president of the system was slow to address pressing issues like artificial intelligence and feared upsetting policymakers, faculty and staff.
Children under 18 would no longer be able to use chatbots if a bill at the Minnesota Legislature passes this session. It's one proposal among several targeting artificial intelligence with new regulations.
At a time when politics feels polarizing, one issue still gets strong bipartisan support: putting guardrails around artificial intelligence. Caroline Cummings reports on several proposals at the Minnesota State Capitol aiming to do just that.
President Trump said he will give federal agencies six months to phase out their use of Anthropic's AI products.
The Pentagon may decide to officially designate Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" to push them out of government, sources say.
On the first day of the Minnesota Legislature, artificial intelligence is giving visitors and lawmakers at the State Capitol a new sense of security.
For the past year, an artificial intelligence camera has captured images of people driving distracted on Highway 7 in Minnesota between St. Louis Park and St. Bonifacius. In 2024, there were five fatalities on Highway 7 alone, one of the deadliest years on record, but since the AI technology was added, there have been zero.
New traffic tech along a dangerous stretch of road in Minnesota is showing life-saving results. An artificial intelligence camera is catching distracted drivers by the hundreds. It's a problem the state and community members have been working on for years along Highway 7 between St. Louis Park and St. Bonifacius. Jason Rantala shows us how it works.
Resurgent technology stocks drove the rebound after a volatile week, while bitcoin also recouped losses.
The image, which an expert said was likely altered with AI, sparked backlash online. The White House doubled down, saying, "The memes will continue."
Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk's company xAI, said it is fixing "lapses in safeguards" after social media users said it was generating sexualized photos of minors.
Every day, millions of people use AI applications like ChatGPT that require power from data centers where chips and servers run the digital world. The process generates massive amounts of heat.
One of Minnesota's younger public companies is in the right place at the right time. It plays a key role keeping things cool in the red-hot world of AI and data centers. Frank Vascellaro introduces us to nVent and the woman who runs it.
The world of artificial intelligence is exploding. The industry is becoming more advanced, and that can leave many feeling unsure or nervous. Dr. Manjeet Rege, a data science and software engineering professor at the University of St. Thomas, stopped by WCCO on Friday to discuss the pros and cons of the rapid evolution of AI.
Shoppers may be unaware they're paying as much as 23% more than others for the same grocery items on Instacart, a new analysis says.
