Ahead of the 2024 state elections, California is looking to combat deepfakes and other deceptive digitally generated or altered content in election campaigns.

California is using a new mental health website – mentalhealth.ca.gov – as an accountability tool to track implementation progress of Proposition 1 and other behavioral health initiatives to expand access to care and supportive housing.

California wants industry’s innovative generative artificial intelligence solutions to help the state combat its housing and homelessness crisis. 

Chris Mattmann has been named University of California, Los Angeles’ (UCLA) first chief data and artificial intelligence officer. Mattmann is not only the first chief data and artificial intelligence officer at UCLA, but the first at any University of California campus.

The Carbon Mapper Coalition, a California-based coalition that includes the state government and philanthropic organizations, has launched a methane-detecting satellite that will help track dangerous pollutants including methane.

California residents will soon be able to keep their driver’s licenses and state ID cards in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet.

In a letter to all school districts in his state, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom called on school leaders to restrict student smartphone use in classrooms as the new academic year begins.

The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, Calif., (AC Transit) announced that 100 buses will be equipped with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cameras to detect vehicles illegally stopped or parked at bus stops.

California has released fundamental and technical generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) training for state employees. The new training is the result of California Gov. Gavin Newsom signing the Executive Order (EO) on Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in 2023.

The California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) announced earlier this month it will invest $27 million to enhance data system development and interoperability among California’s five containerized ports – the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, San Diego, and Hueneme.