Artificial Intelligence

AI data centers use large amounts of water for cooling. And many are being built in the drought-stricken Mountain West, sparking concerns over water supplies.

Maybe, but even the ones that want to be environmentally friendly face energy challenges.

A student reporter for the Branding Iron wrote that AI use is harming the classroom experience and needs rethinking.

Bitcoin mining, tokenizing real-world assets, monetizing carbon dioxide and AI investments are just some of the many topics discussed during a recent week-long tech gathering in Jackson Hole. Wyoming also launched the first state-backed stablecoin.

Mayor Patrick Collins is confident that the project’s backers will be “good stewards.” He bets on it bringing more technology and business to help build a more diverse state economy.

The Idaho National Laboratory is one of four sites selected to develop AI data centers because of their existing energy resources.

Though they decided current statute works for now, they raised questions about the positives and negatives of AI usage.

One of the big themes at the Western Governors’ Association conference in Santa Fe, NM, this week is artificial intelligence.

The Trump administration wants to speed up data center construction to support the rise of the artificial intelligence industry.

Doctors in the Mountain West are recommending a new method to test kids for autism, and it involves downloading an app.