The chatbot, which Cal Fire says is independent of Newsom’s order, is meant to give Californians better access to “critical ...

An AI chatbot designed to provide information about wildfires can’t answer questions about evacuation orders, among other ...

High hopes for AI: Following Gov. Newsom’s 2023 executive order, state agencies have begun rolling out AI tools in areas like ...

Newsom is pushing AI for traffic, housing, and services, but Cal Fire’s chatbot problems raise concerns about agency ...

California's Cal Fire chatbot, designed to provide wildfire information, faces criticism for inconsistencies and outdated data.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, ...

The top line is that California list prices are down 1% this spring compared with two years ago following a 50% increase in ...

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

The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge ...

And Southern California’s costs of “durables” – those big-ticket items such as cars, appliances and furniture – slipped at a 0.4% annual rate in the past year. That’s not 2024’s best discounting: 4.7% ...

On this episode of "Uncanny Valley," our senior politics editor discusses the spread of disinformation online following the ...

Photos posted June 9 on X by California Gov. Gavin Newsom had been published by the San Francisco Chronicle the same day. Generative artificial intelligence chatbots ChatGPT and Grok mistakenly ...

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