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Priestley: Artificial intelligence doesn’t wait. States can’t either.
On the White House executive order targeting state AI laws.
Klar: MAHA’s war on ultra-processed foods was just vindicated
The medical journal The Lancet has just released three companion studies that vindicate this MAHA message.
Small farmers turning to new tech tools
A new wave of agritech tools — from maple monitors to virtual fences — is revolutionizing how small farms manage labor, costs, and climate challenges.
Steidler: Senator Sanders’ doom campaign on AI and jobs
Simply put, there is no real-world evidence to back up the Senator’s claims. It also appears he is using fear about AI to jump-start his socialist economic agenda.
Copter landing on Causeway BETA’s latest incident
The recent emergency landing of a BETA Technologies chopper in Colchester was just the latest in a string of hiccups plaguing the company.
Researchers deliberately create motherless human embryos from skin cells
IVG is a process by which adult skin cells are used to create human gametes (eggs and sperm). The egg or sperm are generated through the use of pluripotent stem cells (iPS), in a process of “reprogramming” or stripping adult skin or blood cells back to an “embryonic-like” state where the cells can then be indefinitely duplicated.
DOE axes $5.2 Million in Vermont grants
Inside the national purge hitting BETA and UVM
“People vs. Big Tech” town hall series starts October 1
A new statewide town hall series, People vs. Big Tech: Vermont, will raise the issue of data privacy, digital advertising, and artificial intelligence to communities across the state.
Bio-tech incubator started by RNAi developer opens at UVM
“America, if you look at it, who went to America? It’s not the people who were allset in the country. It’s not the aristocrats, right? It’s the people who had a hard time, who had their back to the wall, but reacted by doing something,” Fruehauf said.
UVM-trained physician joins newest NASA astronaut class
From Vermont to the stars! Muller’s class marks the 24th group of astronaut candidates since NASA introduced the legendary “Mercury Seven” in 1959.
Page: AI hallucinations and digital mirages
Unpacking the hype, limitations, and the dawn of the human comeback.
What that big thing in the sky was Monday night
Given the timing and novelty of the event, two primary explanations quickly gained traction online: a rocket launch and the Perseid meteor shower, which was expected to peak that same night.
The data broker surveillance economy and the path forward
The Privacy Paradox – Part 2
The data broker industry represents a massive and growing surveillance economy, valued at $270.40 billion in 2024 and expected to reach $473.35 billion by 2032.
The privacy paradox – Part 1
How America banned TikTok for data collection while leaving data brokers untouched
Bernie Sanders warns of AI’s dangers
From job losses to doomsday scenarios, not all risks are created equal
The untold history of genetic modification
The artificial split between “genetically modified” and “natural” foods obscures reality: all domesticated species result from human-directed genetic change. The choice isn’t between “natural” and “artificial” foods, but between different methods of genetic modification.
Dawson: The role of AI in the office
Implications for Vermont’s public agencies and private businesses
Digital wildfire: NotPetya, the most destructive cyberattack in history
How Russia weaponized America’s hacking tools to burn down the internet, and how Vermont lays vulnerable
Bean: Mad River devastation and the growing geoengineering dilemma
In conversation over the weekend many Vermonters pointed out that it seems to be rainy every single Saturday! While this may seem like a classic complaint during mid-May, this recent flood in the Mad River Valley certainly triggers memories of floods in Vermont in recent years.
State IT projects face closer oversight under bill
It comes from the House Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure, newly formed this session in part to prioritize digital technology initiatives that had been overshadowed.
Bill on AI political ads passes into House, awakens First Amendment concerns
Most witnesses have supported the bill, but a few concerns have come up about free speech and news media’s liabilities.
UVM achieves Carnegie R1 designation, joining highest level of U.S. research institutions
“Attaining R1 status will extend UVM’s ability to attract the best talent, secure groundbreaking grants, and contribute to solving global challenges.”
Shelburne Farms tests biochar’s potential to reduce methane emissions
Shelburne Farms is experimenting with a charcoal-like material known as biochar in its dairy operations as part of reaching a net-zero emissions goal.
Trio of online privacy bills see mixed success in Legislature
The bills focus on age-appropriate design, more guards on consumer data and stricter regulations for data brokers.
State takes abuse survivor, ‘protected’ address substitution online
Participants can vote, obtain a driver’s license, get married, register births, and receive their mail without fear that those publicly available records will put them at risk.
Vermont would take ‘first logical step’ with new AI bill, says Secretary of State
“I don’t think it’s a partisan issue,” Copeland Hanzas said. “It’s really just to make sure that elections are honest and accurate and fair.”
Steidler: U.S. is the global AI leader
J.D. Vance must tell EU to not mess with us.
Grant: Slam the backdoor on China but keep American global business, allies in AI
The battle against China in AI is crucial. The U.S. has a narrow lead but cannot become complacent.
Champlain College research on machine learning & data science gets noticed
Mentored by their professor, two Champlain College students gain international recognition for groundbreaking research that helps secure privacy in big data.
Spider brain research leads VT neuroscientists to groundbreaking Alzheimer’s discovery
The scientists’ report outlines possible underlying causes for neurodegeneration that may offer a promising new avenue for treatment.
UVM maps the brain of a fruit fly
“If we want to understand how the brain works, we need a mechanistic understanding of how all the neurons fit together and let you think,” remarked study co-lead Gregory Jefferis, Ph.D. “For most brains we have no idea how these networks function. Now for the fly we have this complete wiring diagram, a key step in understanding complex brain functions”
Lake Champlain researchers pin murky plumes on flood-induced runoff
Researchers also announced the Lake Champlain Sea Grant was awarded just under $300,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
NASA-funded studies explain how climate is changing Earth’s rotation
Researchers used over 120 years of data to find how melting ice, dwindling groundwater, and rising seas are nudging the planet’s spin axis and lengthening days.
Klar: Furor over fake-meat bans?
Banning and labeling cell-cultured meats take a political controversy to boiling point.
Klar: Social Justice ideology compromises “real” science
Scientific inquiry jeopardized by ideological taint
Angwin: The unknowns of offshore wind power
It is clear to me that offshore is not as steady as the pro-wind rhetoric would have you believe.
Evslin: Human-in-the-loop artificial intelligence
Teams of humans and AI agents will be the model for the organization of the future.
Robots invade the MINT with Rutland expansion
The building now has sections for woodworking, pottery, a variety of glasswork, textiles, metal machining, welding, printing and metal engraving.
Evslin: AI can help deal with misinformation
Turns out that it is very easy to use AI for fact-checking. It can even be made to check its own assertions.
Biden mandates that A.I. advance ‘equity and civil rights’
Biden signed the order this week, putting more regulatory guidance in place for A.I., a rapidly developing technology that some experts warn could be used for harm for everyday Americans.
New electric school buses lose up to 80% range in winter
New busses fall short on planned benefit to the environment and to the community.
Bean: Geoengineered Transhumanism influences our lives
Modifying the weather locally and “making it rain” is just a piece to the puzzle. Here’s another one: transhumanism.
