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In partnership with the county assessor’s office, the King County, Wash., IT team has used artificial intelligence (AI) in a prototype redaction service that can remove sensitive information that may appear in application documents submitted for the senior property tax exemption program. It has worked successfully on 96% of documents, says Director of Data Strategy and Operations Grace Preyapongpisan. The IT office also uses the software to read through documents and populate a database with information on how people have died. Keep Reading This Article at StateTech

Shadow AI—the use of unauthorized or unmonitored AI tools within organizations—is an escalating concern, particularly in sectors like healthcare where data privacy and compliance are critical. This phenomenon arises when vendors or employees deploy AI tools without the knowledge or approval of an organization’s IT or compliance departments. “Many applications now include AI in some form,” Jason Adams, MD, Director of Data and Analytics Strategy at UC Davis Health told Becker’s. “Often, even the individuals requesting the technology aren’t aware that AI is embedded in the product. It’s an ongoing challenge.” Keep Reading This Article at Becker’s Hospital Review: Health IT

Artificial Intelligence is helping UC Davis Health predict which patients may need immediate care and eventually keep them from being hospitalized. The population health AI predictive model created by a multidisciplinary team of experts is called BE-FAIR (Bias-reduction and Equity Framework for Assessing, Implementing, and Redesigning). Its algorithm has been programmed to identify patients who may benefit from care management services to deal with health problems before they lead to emergency department visits or hospitalization. Keep Reading This Article at Medical Xpress

Connect Labs Sacramento, located at Aggie Square, opened a facility in March designed to support early-stage startups in digital, life science and health sectors. The 50,000-square-foot space features pre-built and furnished labs, office and support spaces with a curated set of amenities, services and shared equipment for emerging and growth companies. “It’s an awesome opportunity for life sciences and health companies building their products, especially those coming out of universities and looking for a place to land,” said Monique Brown, Wexford Science and Technology’s new Knowledge Community Director of Connect Labs. “It’s a huge capital expense to purchase these things on your own, especially when you’re a small company.” Keep Reading This Article at UC Davis

Can you predict whether a passenger would have survived the sinking of the Titanic based on factors like gender and income? How do you know if a mushroom is poisonous or safe to eat? What separates a cancerous cell from a typical one? Students in Clayton Dagler’s machine-learning class at Franklin High School in Elk Grove, Calif. near Sacramento, Calif., puzzle over such complex problems by pairing a computer-coding language commonly used in artificial intelligence technologies with math concepts. Their assignments mirror how professionals increasingly look to AI to inform everything from disease diagnosis to fraudulent credit charges. Dagler developed the course after a short conversation with the parent of one of his students, an Apple executive. Keep Reading This Article at Education We...[Read More]

The next time you’re due for a medical exam you may get a call from someone like Ana: a friendly voice that can help you prepare for your appointment and answer any pressing questions you might have. With her calm, warm demeanor, Ana has been trained to put patients at ease — like many nurses across the U.S. But unlike them, she is also available to chat 24-7, in multiple languages, from Hindi to Haitian Creole. Keep Reading This Article at MSN.com

Back in 2019, Diana Gamzina presented her powerful amplifiers at a space agency. The feedback was direct: At about $1 million per device, they were just too expensive for real-world infrastructure. It was a hard truth, but instead of giving up, she doubled down. One year later, Gamzina launched Elve, a Davis-based startup to manufacture high-performance amplifiers that customers could also afford and buy at scale. The goal of the company is to serve as a “middle mile,” she says, filling in the connectivity gaps beyond densely populated areas. Keep Reading This Article at Comstock Magazine

When an El Dorado Hills tech company went public earlier this year, it pushed the region closer to a goal held by some Sacramento-area civic boosters. In a region that has relied upon the state government’s presence for economic stability, the chip industry has become a new focus for officials looking to draw jobs and investment here. They point to a “corridor” of semiconductor companies stretching northwest from Sacramento. Keep Reading This Article at MSN.com

Lee Miller vividly recalls the day in 2021 when he met a woman who had lost the function of her vocal cords. In hoarse, whispering tones she explained how her voice had been instrumental to her vocation. Losing it, she said, undercut her life’s purpose. Her words were faint, but the lesson was powerful. “Our voice is so important to our sense of identity and empowerment,” said Miller, a professor of neurobiology, physiology and behavior in the University of California, Davis College of Biological Sciences, a professor of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery at the UC Davis School of Medicine and technical director of the Center for Mind and Brain. Keep Reading This Article at UC Davis

California’s Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) will begin issuing citations to vehicles parked illegally in bus stops. The announcement marks the next phase of SacRT’s Bus Stop Enforcement Program, which launched in December 2024 to improve rider safety, accessibility, and the reliability of bus service across Sacramento. Impact of SacRT’s Bus Lane Program Since the start of the program in December, 2,740 warnings have been issued to vehicles obstructing bus stops between Dec. 19, 2024, and February 11, 2025. The enforcement program, powered by advanced AI-enabled camera systems provided by Hayden AI, ensures clear and accessible bus stops for all passengers, including those with mobility challenges. Keep Reading This Article at Metro Magazine

California State University (CSU) will make generative artificial intelligence technologies like ChatGPT available to students, staff and faculty across its 23 campuses at no personal cost to them in anticipation that AI will reshape higher education and the state’s workforce. Seeking to train students in AI skills and boost their career prospects, CSU will also be part of a new body, called the AI Workforce Acceleration Board, according to an announcement Tuesday at San Jose State University. That panel will include CSU academic leaders and representatives from the governor’s office as well as firms like Microsoft, IBM and artificial-intelligence chip manufacturer Nvidia. Keep Reading This Article at Local News Matters

If you’ve used ChatGPT to write a breakup text or figure out how to not burn the Christmas roast, you might’ve actually helped create jobs and profits in California, where the artificial intelligence tool was born. Unfortunately you’ve probably also contributed to climate change. Artificial intelligence is an energy hog, and every query to ChatGPT is like running a lightbulb for 20 minutes, a research scientist recently told NPR. Keep Reading This Article at Comstock Magazine