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Alabama is getting a financial boost when it comes to supporting science, technology, engineering and math projects in the classroom. Dozens of schools will receive $246,500 in funding from Tennessee Valley Authority's STEM Classroom Grant Program, impacting more than 16,000 students and educators.

Alabama's Artificial Intelligence Task Force will hold its next meeting in July. The meet up tentatively set up for June has been pushed back. The task force was created by Governor Kay Ivey to promote responsible use of generative artificial intelligence in state government back in February.

Governor Kay Ivey is launching the Artificial Intelligence Task Force’s first meeting. Following her 2024 State of the State address, Ivey signed Executive Order 738 to create a task force to recommend policies for the responsible and effective use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in state executive-branch agencies.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and GEOHuntsville will co-host the GeoResilience Summit, “Why Where Matters,” on Wednesday, April 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Jackson Center. The summit will showcase experts from government, industry and academia about national security and technological innovations in Huntsville.

Governor Kay Ivey has signed Executive Order 738 to create a task force to recommend policies for the responsible and effective use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in state executive-branch agencies.

The University of North Alabama will be the home of the spring 2024 statewide Esports competition. This event will bring in high school students and coaches across Alabama.

In this week's Keepin' It Real commentary, Cam Marston relays the feeling of frustration that his manufacturing clients are feeling trying to find new employees to do the work.

Alabama lawmakers have advanced anti-pornography legislation that would require phones and tablets to automatically block sexually explicit content or pornography until the purchaser changes the device settings.

There's been an explosion in apps designed to help people stay healthy and manage chronic diseases. The Food and Drug Administration has announced plans to regulate some of these apps to make sure they're not putting patients at risk. But that's triggered a debate over whether government regulation may end up doing more harm than good.

Triple-digit heat and summer storms that left millions without power help mark the upcoming anniversary of engineer Willis Carrier's 1902 breakthrough. So how did ordinary people endure the heat before A.C. became a necessity?