Policy Brief: As Wildfires Grow More Intense, AI Could be the Next Great Tool for Oregon’s Firefighters
Dr. Douglas Toomey, who leads the Oregon Hazards Lab, writes about an AI tool that could make it easier to detect and combat wildfires.
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Policy Brief: Why Your Organization Needs an AI Policy
Having an AI policy can help shape the development of the technology — thereby increasing the chances it will be the ‘best thing ever to happen to humanity.’
Suitable Tech
How Macro Law Group is using AI — and automation — to upend the way law firms do business
Second Sight
Portland’s Synaptiq started by training AI models but is now helping businesses build AI-driven products, especially those that deploy computer vision — a technology that enables computers to derive information from images.
AI Is Here to Stay. What Are Its Promises? What Are the Threats?
Oregon Business convened a group of thought leaders in the field to talk about what we know (and don’t know) about artificial intelligence — and what business leaders and policymakers should be thinking about as the tech accelerates.
OHSU Raises $596M for Research, Breaking Previous Fundraising Record
The university’s Knight Cancer Center received largest share of funding in the 2022-23 fiscal year.
OSU To Launch Aquatic Technology Chair with $20 Million Gift
The Gaulke Center for Marine Innovation and Technology will focus on an interdisciplinary approach, combining AI, robotics and oceanography to solve pressing climate challenges.
University of Oregon Partners with Dialect-Based AI Startup SoabBox Labs
The Irish tech company’s software will enable the College of Education to better identify struggling readers of different dialects.
Oregon State University Announces $200M Semiconductor Research Center
The Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang Collaborative Innovation Complex will include a supercomputer and will focus on the semiconductor industry, artificial intelligence and robotics.