(AP Photo/Jenny Kane)Secaucus spill and Vineland fine add to pile of worries, alongside energy costs, national security and lack of transparency
(AP Photo/Jenny Kane)Secaucus spill and Vineland fine add to pile of worries, alongside energy costs, national security and lack of transparency
(AP Photo/George Walker IV)At least two dozen municipalities lean on a powerful Jersey tool to keep high-tech warehouses from draining water, power
(Office of Governor / Tim Larsen)Measures involving solar, nuclear designed to broaden electric grid supplies and contain costs as data centers raise demand
(Meta Platforms Inc.)Who benefits from faster computing, and who shoulders the burden? Some towns have no answers amid building boom
(Elise Young/NJ Spotlight News)Palantir Technologies, whose AI is useful to immigration agents, remains in portfolio as critics insist on divestment
Courtney Baynes/NJ Spotlight NewsAssembly panel releases bill to compel twice-yearly reporting as Sierra Club says such information is scarce
(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)Lawmaker seeks disclosures on content, would allow people to sue over misuse of voice or likeness
(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)We can shun artificial intelligence in schools, or we can consider it a tool and show kids how to use it responsibly and creatively
(AP Photo/Darryl Webb)Proposed revisions to boost information literacy at all grade levels so students can ‘identify fact from fiction'
(Office of Governor / Tim Larsen)Job losses, artificial intelligence, Middle East war make for a hazy picture as state treasurer and legislative experts testify on Sherrill's spending pitch
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(James C. Barrood)We should regulate this sophisticated technology just as we do alcohol and gambling, with access only to those 21 and older
(AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)Political ads and companionship services among the areas targeted
Fred FastiggiWe're all paying for one industry to use huge amounts of electricity, and lawmakers and regulators have the ability to relieve that burden

Boosted by legislative approval of $25 million for research partnerships
(Courtesy of Greta Jennings)It’s easy to blame students for using AI, but it’s harder, and far more useful, to write transparent legislation for the infrastructure
AP Photo/Jenny KaneIn NJ, advocates, lawmakers and business grapple with surge in server farms and the power they need
AP Photo/Jenny Kane
Amid rising energy costs, large data centers have been singled out for using huge amounts of electricity
(NJ Spotlight News)Lawmakers consider the growing energy demands — and costs — of artificial intelligence