“The message has been very clear that the city wants to work together with businesses to revitalize downtown, to invest in great conferences, to bring people here and see the city,” said Patrick Wendell, co-founder and vice president of engineering at Databricks.
“We’re the tech capital of the country, and yet we’re unable to buy the software that makes it possible for us to function in the 21st century,” said Supervisor Bilal Mahmood.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced a new digital democracy initiative to connect residents with government officials in times of disaster and allow them to express their concerns.
The cameras are powered by artificial intelligence from the California-based software company Hayden AI. Evidence of violations, including video, photos and location data, is intended to be reviewed by the city before citations are mailed.
Sheriff Jeff Dirkse wants his department to leave a regional joint-powers authority and use an Oracle computer-aided dispatch system in an expanded Ceres dispatch center.
The 2,086 layoffs of Bay Area tech workers that have been disclosed over the first five weeks of 2025 are already approaching the totals for each of the last two quarters.
The adjustment was relatively painless for the dozens of California prosecutors’ offices that already use a case management system that offers the race-redaction technology.
“The market is becoming more competitive,” Michelle Johnston Holthaus, one of the company’s interim co-CEOs, told analysts. “We’re using it as motivation to up our game even more.”
The AI platform will include research, professional development and teaching tools and will be available to the entire CSU community at no cost. ChatGPT, one of the most popular generative AI tools, will also work with CSU to deploy ChatGPT Edu.
Billboards from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and speed camera warning signs on freeway off-ramps and in bus shelters are intended to caution drivers as more than 50 of the devices arrive in March.
“What I learned most from this event is that Mother Nature continues to outpace us. Just when you think you've got it figured out, Mother Nature kicks you in the face and says, ‘No, you don’t.’”
“We were just mind-blown that something like this existed,” said Police Chief Nick Borges. “This is going to help us have better interactions with our community members with disabilities.”
The program is part of an initiative that also updated the null, which makes telecom and information services more affordable for eligible schools, in order to support Wi-Fi hot spots, Wi-Fi on school buses and libraries in tribal communities.
In December, professor Jeff Hancock admitted in a court filing that he had used ChatGPT, blamed the bot for an error and two other AI “hallucinations” he had subsequently discovered in his submission, and apologized to the court.
Experts say schools and their vendors are increasingly being targeted by professional criminals overseas who seek money through ransomware attacks or by stealing personal data that can be sold on the dark web to be used for identity theft.
A spokeswoman for the Sonoma County Health Services Department said the local contract resulted from a “competitive process” through the National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance, a government purchasing cooperative.
Watch Duty, which counted 7.2 million yearly active users at the end of 2024, has already added 600,000 new users since the fires began in Los Angeles County, according to CEO John Mills.
California cities will receive significant funding for EV chargers in underserved areas, including $15 million for 300 ports in San Francisco and $14.35 million for 44 sites in Santa Cruz. San Jose will also get $12 million to install 237 chargers at public facilities across Santa Clara County.
“We’re definitely behind on some technology,” one official said after the New Year’s Eve crash. “It is an antiquated system and we have recognized that for some time.”
Up to 700 manufacturing and tech jobs are expected to be created, along with 1,000 temporary construction jobs, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. Bosch is also in talks for up to $225 million in proposed loans from the CHIPS program.
San Jose also has expressed interest in working with Nvidia to pilot AI programs to further its sustainability goals, including reducing the carbon footprint.
Police departments in Fresno, San Mateo, East Palo Alto and Campbell are using Axon’s Draft One technology and have praised its speed and time-saving capabilities. Critics cite concerns about accuracy and fairness.
The operation would save time by cutting out the need for a driver to hook up a vehicle to a charging port and would also offer flexibility for charging times. That would be especially beneficial during moments when the grid is heavily impacted, such as on a hot summer day.
A county technology official has enlisted the assistance of the null and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, as well as submitting a report to the FBI.
Big Tech’s stock prices boomed in 2024. Bay Area-headquartered Nvidia, Apple, Google and Meta were already humongous companies at the start of the year — as of Thursday, they had grown in value by 199 percent, 19 percent, 19 percent and 59 percent, respectively.
Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber directed state elections officials to release cast vote records only as PDFs. Alameda County Registrar Tim Dupuis has agreed to release the records in a JSON file, allowing easy analysis.
The grant, from the Department of Justice, will fund the Yuba County Regional Interoperability and Encryption Communications Project to enhance emergency radio communication.
