Tennessee Governor signs bill that protects musicians against artificial intelligence

Tennessee Governor signs bill that protects musicians against artificial intelligence

Tennessee became the first state to protect its residents’ voice rights on Thursday when Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed the ELVIS Act, designed to protest musicians from artificial intelligence replication. “There are certainly many things that are positive about what AI does,” Lee said. “It also, when fallen into the hands of bad actors, it …

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Learn the sneaky ways scammers work

Learn the sneaky ways scammers work

Hillary Stalker  |  Special to Nashville Tennessean With the rise of artificial intelligence, scammers have more creative ways than ever to lure people into fraudulently giving them money. With data pointing to rising numbers in scams of all shapes and sizes, Americans are losing billions of dollars in alarming rates year over year. Most people …

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Verónica Melesse Vergara, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Verónica Melesse Vergara, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Introducing the Knox News 40 Under 40 class of 2023 Knox News is proud to reveal the 40 Under 40 class of 2023, presented by the Lincoln Memorial University School of Business. Verónica G. Melesse Vergara, 37, Group Leader, System Acceptance & User Environment, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Verónica Melesse Vergara leads a team that …

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Qubitekk-Powered EPB Quantum Network Adds Qunnect as First Customer For Quantum Collaboration

Qubitekk-Powered EPB Quantum Network Adds Qunnect as First Customer For Quantum Collaboration

Insider Brief EPB Quantum Network, powered by Qubitekk, announced that it will host Qunnect, for a series of on-site collaborative validation runs. The collaboration will gauge the interoperability of key quantum technologies across a quantum network. Officials billed the collaboration as the first time two commercial quantum networking companies have operated their hardware to jointly support …

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Lessons on Atmospheric Physics in the Great Smoky Mountains

Lessons on Atmospheric Physics in the Great Smoky Mountains

Smokey Mountain National Park on May 7th, 2023 Dr. Marshall Shepherd The wonders of nature are exemplified in the Great Smoky Mountains. I am fortunate to experience them occasionally through my children. My daughter played volleyball tournaments in Sevierville, Tennessee, and this past weekend, my family attended my son’s basketball tournament in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. On …

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