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Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, as opposed to the natural intelligence displayed by humans or animals. Leading AI textbooks define the field as the study of “intelligent agents”: any system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of achieving its goals.[a] Some popular accounts use the term “artificial intelligence” to describe machines that mimic “cognitive” functions that humans associate with the human mind, such as “learning” and “problem-solving”, however, this definition is rejected by major AI researchers.

What Would It Take To Make Michigan America’s AI Arsenal?

WASHINGTON DC - As artificial intelligence and autonomous warfare reshape global defense, Michigan faces a new question: Can it compete for the next industrial revolution? Michigan helped build America’s automotive empire. It helped power the Arsenal of Democracy during World War II. And today it remains home to one of the nation’s largest concentrations of

By |2026-05-14T17:39:35-04:00May 14th, 2026|Artificial Intelligence, Industry 4.0|
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AI Layoffs May Not Be Delivering The Payoff CEOs Expected, Gartner Study Finds

ANN ARBOR - A new Gartner study is raising serious questions about one of corporate America’s biggest assumptions surrounding artificial intelligence: that companies can rapidly replace workers with AI systems and dramatically improve profits. Instead, Gartner analysts found many organizations pursuing AI-driven layoffs are discovering the financial returns are far more complicated than expected. The

By |2026-05-13T11:18:36-04:00May 13th, 2026|Artificial Intelligence|
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AI Data Centers Are Creating a New Climate Challenge — And Michigan Could Be Part Of The Next Wave

ANN ARBOR - The artificial intelligence boom is fueling an unprecedented global race to build massive data centers. But while most of the public discussion has focused on electricity demand and water usage, researchers now say another environmental issue is rapidly emerging: heat. In some cases, that heat may be raising temperatures for miles around

By |2026-05-09T18:29:13-04:00May 9th, 2026|Artificial Intelligence|
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Michigan Is Racing To Retrain Workers Before AI Reshapes The Economy

LANSING - For decades, Michigan feared factory layoffs. Now economists, technology executives and workforce experts increasingly warn the next major employment disruption may hit office workers instead. Artificial intelligence is beginning to automate tasks once performed by accountants, programmers, marketing specialists, administrative assistants, customer service representatives, analysts and even some engineers — and some of

By |2026-05-07T17:05:12-04:00May 7th, 2026|Artificial Intelligence, ESD, Industry 4.0|
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Michigan’s White Collar Recession Has Started — And AI May Accelerate It

ANN ARBOR - For decades, white collar workers believed college degrees and office careers offered protection from the economic disruption that devastated factory towns across the Midwest. Automation was supposed to threaten assembly lines — not office cubicles. But economists, labor researchers and major national publications are increasingly warning that artificial intelligence could reshape professional

By |2026-05-06T17:13:51-04:00May 6th, 2026|Artificial Intelligence, Auto Tech, ESD, Featured, Industry 4.0|
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AI Is Coming for These Jobs First—Is Yours on the List?

ANN ARBOR — Artificial intelligence is no longer just a futuristic concept—it’s beginning to reshape the workforce in real time. While much of the attention has focused on factory automation and robotics, the next wave of disruption may hit a different part of Michigan’s economy: office jobs, service roles, and digital work that can now

By |2026-05-05T11:19:26-04:00May 3rd, 2026|Artificial Intelligence, Featured|
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GM Just Flipped the Switch on AI in 4 Million Cars—And Drivers May Not Be Ready

DETROIT — General Motors is about to fundamentally change what it means to “talk to your car.” The Detroit automaker is rolling out Google Gemini — the same class of advanced artificial intelligence powering next-generation chatbots — directly into millions of vehicles through its OnStar system. The move instantly transforms roughly 4 million GM vehicles

By |2026-04-29T14:33:25-04:00April 29th, 2026|Artificial Intelligence, Auto Tech|
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Agentic AI in Action: How One Operator Built 17 Websites to Fight a Hemp Industry Shutdown

ANN ARBOR — A new wave of artificial intelligence is moving beyond chatbots—and it’s already reshaping entire industries. It’s called agentic AI: systems that don’t just respond to prompts, but plan, act, and execute complex tasks on their own. Think less ChatGPT… and more autonomous digital workers. That’s exactly how self-described “domain junkie” David Crabill

By |2026-04-26T11:13:12-04:00April 26th, 2026|Artificial Intelligence, mitechtv|
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Cybercrime Is Becoming a “Hidden Tax” on Michigan Small Businesses—And AI Is Making It Worse

ANN ARBOR - Small businesses across Michigan—from auto suppliers in Oakland County to cannabis retailers in Detroit—are facing a growing and costly threat: cybercrime. A new national survey by the Public Private Strategies Institute (PPSI), conducted by Morning Consult, shows fraud, scams and ransomware are draining an estimated $131 billion annually from U.S. small businesses,

By |2026-04-16T18:00:47-04:00April 11th, 2026|Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Defense, ESD|
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AI ‘Oversight Gap’ Raises New Risks for Michigan Businesses as Workers Skip Reviewing Output

A new survey reveals many workers are using AI without reviewing the results—raising new risks for businesses as adoption outpaces oversight and governance. ANN ARBOR - A national survey is raising concerns about how artificial intelligence is being used in the workplace—but the bigger story may be what it reveals about how quickly businesses are

By |2026-04-10T15:26:49-04:00April 10th, 2026|Artificial Intelligence|
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