artificial intelligence

As data centers proliferate across the Great Lakes, driven by AI’s soaring demands, communities face a dual reality: economic growth and environmental challenges.

The project announced Thursday would encompass a 250-acre site in Saline Township as part of a multi-billion dollar project called Stargate, spearheaded by digital industry giants OpenAI and Oracle.

New Zealand plans to eradicate millions of invasive animals that threaten its rare birds. The goal may be out of reach unless new technology makes it possible.

Bipartisan bills making it a criminal offense to create and distribute deepfake videos showing a real person in imagined sexual situations were signed into law by Governor Gretchen Whitmer this week.

Today, new safety rules for Michigan schools, four years after Oxford. Also, a Michigan perspective on recent big developments in AI. And artist Jarod Lew’s warm, intimate photographs catch facets of family experience and Asian American life.

Today, the spat over solar development on state lands. Also, a blast from the past: the celebrated 70s Ann Arbor art collective, La Raza. And, what an AI future may mean for demand on Michigan’s water supply.

The state House adopted a bill Wednesday to offer big tax breaks to data centers. Supporters say it will help Michigan attract companies in the growing AI field.

The new monitoring system keeping Detroiters and others in Wayne County aware of what’s in the air. Also, a new security system at Eastern Michigan University looks to AI to identify gun incidents on campus. And learning to sit quietly in your own skin - with nothing on. What two Michiganders learned taking on a side job posing for life drawing classes.

County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller said a small drone will fly through sewer pipes and artificial intelligence will help identify potential problems underground.

What climate change is doing to Michigan's allergy season, two scientists team up to find ways to help kids living with autism sharpen their social skills, and the Great Lakes sailing adventure that changed writer Jerry Dennis’ life.