How rural Wise County got smart about high-speed internet

How rural Wise County got smart about high-speed internet

Here is a fact worth celebrating: rural Wise County to our northwest now has 99% broadband internet access. Smart government decisions, federal funding and the right partnerships made this happen. This is a transformational project for a mostly rural county northwest of Dallas. Broadband access remains a challenge in Texas, and local governments must find …

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What Parkland can teach other hospitals about AI in health care

What Parkland can teach other hospitals about AI in health care

Parkland Health has been helping legislators craft guidelines around the use of artificial intelligence in medicine, one of the few public hospitals doing so among private institutions like Duke and Stanford universities. Parkland’s diligence in trying to harness this new technology helps us all in Dallas County. Hospital officials told us Parkland recently began using …

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Is bipartisanship dead in Austin? Not on artificial intelligence rules.

Is bipartisanship dead in Austin? Not on artificial intelligence rules.

Artificial intelligence technology is exploding into all facets of life, and while the technology has great promise in a wide variety of applications including medicine and science, it also poses serious dangers to businesses, privacy and personal data. The challenges would be less daunting had the federal government gotten ahead of this technology with clear …

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