Crossville Council Halts Development Of New Data Centers
Crossville City Council approved the second reading of an ordinance Tuesday to establish a 24-month moratorium on the development of new data centers. Mayor R.J. Crawford said the temporary halt serves as a protective measure while the Planning Commission works with Cumberland County to develop unified standards for the facilities. Crawford said the city chose […]
Expert: Data Centers A Result Of Growing AI Demand
A local technology expert cites the massive demand for artificial intelligence as the driving force behind the construction of large-scale data centers across the nation, including Warren County. Residents spoke for some 90 minutes last week, speaking against the center. Vol State Dean of Technology Kevin Blankenship said these facilities consist of vast collections of […]
Tech Hosts Statewide Artificial Intelligence Summit This Week
Tennessee Tech is partnering with UT Knoxville and the AI Tennessee Consortium to host a statewide summit focused on AI uses Tuesday. Tech Acting Vice President for Research and Economic Development Michael Aikens said the event will bring together representatives from multiple universities, private businesses, and government entities. “What our focus is, is how are […]
AI Leads Data Center Growth, TN Water Avail Leads To Interest
With reports of data center developers interested in the Upper Cumberland, a Tennessee Tech expert said artificial intelligence driving roughly 90 percent of the center’s creation. Computer Science Professor Dr. Anthony Skjellum said data centers are optimized spaces with large racks of computing. Skjellum said the right combination of servers and graphical processing units can […]
White County Implements New School AI Policy
The White County Board of Education has a new policy regulating artificial intelligence usage throughout the district. Schools Director Kurt Dronebarger said the policy handles various cases such as if a student writes a paper with AI or creates a bot that sends harmful messages to other students. Dronebarger said the main goal of the […]
FBI: Sextortion On The Rise Across UC, Nation
An FBI expert said sextortion, in all forms, continues to increase among Upper Cumberland young people and nationally. Supervisory Special Agent Beth Kreppein said sextortion happens when a criminal coerces a minor to share sexually explicit images or videos. Then, the criminal threatens to release those items if they do not receive more explicit materials […]
Tech’s New Center Dedicated To AI Study Across Industries
Tennessee Tech has a new center dedicated to coordinating the study of artificial intelligence throughout the university and in the community. The Machine Intelligence and Data Science (MInDS) Center aims to work with people and departments all across the university. Co-Director Dr. Bill Eberle said everyone on campus is being affected by AI regardless of […]
Tech Outlines New Academic Policies To Deal With Artificial Intelligence
Tennessee Tech has adopted new academic policies designed to deal with Artificial Intelligence in classroom work. Provost Lori Bruce said she tasked two groups to study the issue earlier this year, made up of faculty, students and university leadership. One focused on how to harness artificial intelligence to improve the academic process. The other focused […]
Artificial Intelligence Becoming More Common In Schools
Artificial Intelligence has been making its way into the classroom recently. Tennessee Tech Professor Bill Eberly said the biggest trend in AI currently is chat GPT, a program that can accurately answer questions and generate writing based on machine learning. He said there are pros and cons to this rise in technology, that it can […]
