Currently, the chatbot is unable to provide information about evacuation orders associated with fires. When asked who issues ...

California's Cal Fire chatbot, designed to provide wildfire information, faces criticism for inconsistencies and outdated data. Despite its potential, the AI tool struggles with evacuation info, ...

Concern over microplastics and forever chemicals could lead to California banning cosmetic products with glitter and ...

The chatbot, "Ask CAL FIRE," is available on their website and is supported in 70 languages. The website's goal is to provide "near-real-time emergency information." Advertisement ...

Billionaire Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was under fire Wednesday, for antisemitic comments, praising ...

People looking for information on California wildfires can now get help from artificial intelligence. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the new 'Ask CAL FIRE' chatbot, which is now live on Cal ...

California relies heavily on PHOS-CHEK fire retardant to battle wildfires. But as toxic metals are found in the drops, and ...

Highly trained K-9s can sniff out the smallest traces of accelerants as fire danger rises ahead of the Fourth of July holiday ...

"The fire continues to burn at a moderate rate," Cal Fire said, adding that hundreds of firefighters were working through the ...

California firefighters are faced with the state's largest wildfire of 2025, the Madre fire, which has consumed over 52,000 ...

Cal Fire, California's lead state firefighting agency, on Thursday April 24, 2025 unveiled a new C-130 tanker plane, shown here in April at McClellan Airtanker Base near Sacramento, ...

California lawmakers are trying to address safety concerns surrounding AI chatbots but they're also facing pushback from the tech industry.