Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence could help scientists and state conservationists count waterfowl more quickly and accurately, according to a new study.

Ameren Missouri is courting AI data centers by building new power plants and offering them lower bulk electric rates, but their unprecedented energy demands could drive up everyone’s electricity bills.

Missouri’s utility regulator’s staff says the Public Service Commission should reject a new proposal from Ameren.

St. Charles officials signed nondisclosure agreements as they considered a proposed data center project in their city. The agreements were with a company with links to Google.

Oliver Roberts of the WashU Law AI Collaborative was a guest on the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air.

Large data centers are coming to Missouri, and they need a lot of power. Right now, there aren’t regulations governing how they will use energy, so Ameren is working to develop new rules.

After a proposed data center spurred public outrage in recent weeks, the St. Charles City Council held a special session to put in place a moratorium on data center applications.

The secretive plans for a new 440-acre data center have attracted strong opposition from St. Charles residents.

Prognosia Breast was developed by Washington University School of Medicine researchers as a cancer prevention measure.

Local leaders are addressing AI’s impact on water, surveillance, transparency and more. A mostly hands-off approach at the federal level means regulating complex AI issues is–so far–evolving in a patchwork of laws.