The rise of AI has tangible effects — data centers and the physical infrastructure needed to run them use large amounts of energy, water and other resources, experts say.
A bill working its way through the Montana Legislature would close loopholes in the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act and strengthen online data protections for children over the age of 13.
The red states’ brief says the president has broad authority to authorize executive branch employees to access the computer systems of an executive branch agency.
Montana’s Legislature only meets every other year — a practice shared by just three other states. It’s yet another hurdle for making laws that concern a light-speed industry.
Dr. John Chandler, a clinical professor of marketing in the College of Business, wanted to give students in his Telling Stories with Big Data class a real-life data set to analyze.