State public Service Commissioner talks data center power usage
Mississippi is in a data center boom. Multibillion dollar investments from tech companies like Elon Musk’s X-AI to Amazon Web Services have brought massive AI centers to…
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Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez push bill to impose AI data center moratorium
By MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON (AP) — Two high-profile progressive lawmakers are introducing a bill Wednesday that would pause new data centers in the United States until national safeguards are in place to protect workers and consumers and ensure the technologies don’t…
An AI-rendered Val Kilmer will posthumously appear in a new film
By JAKE COYLE NEW YORK (AP) — A year after the actor’s death, a generative AI version of Val Kilmer will co-star in an independent film, in one of the boldest uses yet of artificial intelligence in moviemaking. First Line Films announced Wednesday…
AI company Anthropic sues Trump administration seeking to undo ‘supply chain risk’ designation
By MATT O’BRIEN Artificial intelligence company Anthropic is suing to stop the Trump administration from enforcing what it calls an “unlawful campaign of retaliation” over its refusal to allow unrestricted military use of its technology. Anthropic asked federal courts on Monday…
Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic technology in dispute over AI safety
By MATT O’BRIEN and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he was ordering all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s technology following the company’s unusually public dispute with the Pentagon over artificial intelligence safety. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also said…
AI opportunities for Mississippi college students
Artificial Intelligence is changing the way we work, live and play. Mississippi is ahead of most states when it comes to AI because of the Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Network, headquartered…
Fitch, other attorneys general ask for AI guardrails
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office is warning tech companies to stop predatory AI interactions with kids. Fitch has joined 44 other attorneys general in the U.S asking…
Creating realistic deepfakes is getting easier than ever. Fighting back may take even more AI
By DAVID KLEPPER Updated 6:17 AM CDT, July 28, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The phone rings. It’s the secretary of state calling. Or is it? For Washington insiders, seeing and hearing is no longer believing, thanks to a spate of recent…
Kids get hands-on tech experience at Geek Squad Academy
D'IBERVILLE, Miss. (WXXV) -- Best Buy here on the Coast hosted a Geek Squad Academy, a tech camp for local youth interested in learning about the latest…
MGCCC receives grant for AI program
The future is now at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Dr. Kollin Napier, director of Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Network or MAIN, is here to tell us about the program.
MGCCC receives $7.1 Million RESTORE Act Grant to advance nation’s first statewide AI initiative
Today, the Mississippi Governor’s Office announced an award of a $7.1 million RESTORE Act grant to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College to expand the Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Network (MAIN). As the nation’s first statewide AI initiative, MAIN is a collaborative…
Tech Byte - AI Voice Technology
Patrick explores the legal uses of AI Voiceover technology with special guests Scott Innes (voice of Scooby Doo) and Rob Paulsen (voice of Pinky & Yacko "Animaniacs") in this week's…
Tech Byte - Upword AI
Everywhere we turn now, there's a new AI for something to make life simpler. Or take care of some arduous task that we don't want to do. Parents and teachers and…
Tech Byte - Paint Ball Cam
On this week's "Tech Byte" brought to you locally by Rogers Technology Solutions, Srecko Dumanic explains how a home invasion and the movie "Home Alone" inspired him to invent EVE,…
Tech Byte - AI & Photography
In this week's "Tech Byte," Patrick Moates is joined by Nino Batista and Renee Robyn to discuss the impact artificial intelligence is already having on photography and what may be possible…