Wearable AI improves safety and outcomes for both first responders and the public they serve. Broader adoption of wearable AI for the emergency services industry will protect the health of first responders, improve emergency response, and create safer communities.

The Promise of Wearable AI: Opportunities Across Emergency Response

At the current pace of AI growth, compute demand is projected to increase by a factor of 125 by 2030, requiring more and larger data centers that consume large amounts of energy. In fact, data center capacity will need to grow by 130 percent by 2030 to meet this demand.

Fact of the Week: Data Center Capacity Will Need to Increase by 130 Percent by 2030 to Meet the Demand for AI

With technologies like cloud computing and big data now more widespread and better understood, firms can discover new ways to leverage them, leading to increased productivity growth.

Fact of the Week: 84 Percent Of Global Firms Plan To Accelerate Digitalization In The Next Five Years, and 50 Percent Plan to Increase Automation

In 2025, more than one-third of individuals (36.8 percent) used generative AI tools such as ChatGPT or Claude.

Fact of the Week: 36.8 Percent of Individuals in OECD Countries Used Generative AI Tools in 2025

A report finds that firms that are 125 miles from the closest AI hotspot, defined as an area with over 1000 AI publications or patents, experienced 17 percent lower AI job growth between 2007 and 2019.

Fact of the Week: Commuting Areas Far From AI Hotspots Experienced 17 Percent Lower Growth in AI Jobs

A recent paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research found customer support agents using an AI tool to guide their conversations saw a nearly 14 percent increase in productivity.

Fact of the Week: Customer Support Agents Using an AI GPT Tool Saw a Nearly 14 Percent Increase in Productivity 

In 2010, image recognition algorithms outputted a false positive 30 percent of the time, with this error margin decreasing to less than 5 percent by 2016, writes John Wu in Innovation Files.

Fact of the Week: Image Recognition Algorithms Decreased Their Error Margin From 30 Percent in 2010 to Less Than 5 Percent in 2016

In an op-ed for The Dispatch, Daniel Castro argues that banning superintelligent AI is misguided because it’s based on speculation, would undermine U.S. innovation and security, and should be replaced with strong oversight—not restrictions on advancing knowledge.

Banning AI Superintelligence Would Be a Historic Mistake

The Internet of Things is transforming how we work and live.

Fact of the Week: In 2026, One-Third of Emergency Calls Will Be Made by Smart Devices

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The Promise of Wearable AI: Opportunities Across Emergency Response

Fact of the Week: Data Center Capacity Will Need to Increase by 130 Percent by 2030 to Meet the Demand for AI

Fact of the Week: 84 Percent Of Global Firms Plan To Accelerate Digitalization In The Next Five Years, and 50 Percent Plan to Increase Automation