Artificial Intelligence /tags/artificial-intelligence Artificial Intelligence en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 13 May 2025 10:03:00 GMT In Texas, insurers are watching your home from above. It could cost you coverage. /housing/2025-05-13/austin-texas-homeowners-insurance-coverage-drone-surveillance-renewal-offers Insurers in Texas are partnering with aerial imaging and AI companies to assess homes from the sky. Computer models parse these photos to flag moldy roofs, askew tree branches and missing shingles. Tue, 13 May 2025 10:03:00 GMT /housing/2025-05-13/austin-texas-homeowners-insurance-coverage-drone-surveillance-renewal-offers Audrey McGlinchy Austin wants to improve its AI policies � and protections /austin/2025-04-25/austin-tx-city-council-artificial-intelligence-study-technology-policy As artificial intelligence grows, local governments and companies are trying to figure out how to work with the technology. Fri, 25 Apr 2025 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2025-04-25/austin-tx-city-council-artificial-intelligence-study-technology-policy Luz Moreno-Lozano New UT Austin lab will use AI to create diagnostic medical tools /health/2025-01-14/university-of-texas-austin-dell-medical-school-ai-artificial-intelligence The Center for Computational Medicine arrives as the university prepares to build a new academic medical center where the cutting-edge technologies could be used. Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:51:46 GMT /health/2025-01-14/university-of-texas-austin-dell-medical-school-ai-artificial-intelligence Olivia Aldridge UT Austin professor uses AI to turn soundscapes into landscapes /science/2024-12-12/university-of-texas-research-artificial-intelligence-sound-images Different senses, from sight to sound, help us establish our sense of place. With that in mind, researchers wanted to find out: Can artificial intelligence translate the sounds of a country road or a bustling city into accurate images of those places? Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:01:00 GMT /science/2024-12-12/university-of-texas-research-artificial-intelligence-sound-images Becky Fogel Questionable call raises fears that AI could push out real people from addressing City Council /austin/2024-12-12/austin-tx-city-council-meetings-ai-generated-call-public-comment Signing up to speak during a certain public comment period is competitive. How can Austin prevent bots from clogging up the system? Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:01:00 GMT /austin/2024-12-12/austin-tx-city-council-meetings-ai-generated-call-public-comment Luz Moreno-Lozano UT Austin researchers help predict local weather during 2024 Paris Olympics /science/2024-08-07/ut-austin-researchers-help-predict-local-weather-during-2024-paris-olympics The team is part of an international project using the Games to develop tools for making hyperlocal climate predictions. UT researchers plan to apply what they learn in Austin. Wed, 07 Aug 2024 18:46:18 GMT /science/2024-08-07/ut-austin-researchers-help-predict-local-weather-during-2024-paris-olympics Becky Fogel How dirty are Texas beaches? Researchers are using AI to better track bacteria levels. /energy-environment/2024-07-01/texas-beach-bacteria-levels-meadows-center-texas-state-university In 2022, Environment Texas reported 55 Texas beaches were unsafe to swim in. Now, The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment is stepping in with the help of AI to detect bacteria in waterways. Mon, 01 Jul 2024 09:00:00 GMT /energy-environment/2024-07-01/texas-beach-bacteria-levels-meadows-center-texas-state-university Lucciana Choueiry Recycling, trash or compost? An Austin sixth grader is using AI to sort his school's garbage. /education/2024-05-10/recycling-trash-or-compost-an-austin-sixth-grader-is-using-ai-to-sort-his-schools-garbage Cyril said sorting trash left something to be desired, so he's writing a computer program to help his classmates determine which bin to use. Fri, 10 May 2024 10:01:00 GMT /education/2024-05-10/recycling-trash-or-compost-an-austin-sixth-grader-is-using-ai-to-sort-his-schools-garbage Becky Fogel How AI Technology Discriminates Against Job Candidates With Disabilities /texas/2020-02-11/how-ai-technology-discriminates-against-job-candidates-with-disabilities From Texas Standard:Impressing a potential employer is becoming harder than usual thanks to software that evaluates candidates' facial expression, tone of� Tue, 11 Feb 2020 22:56:55 GMT /texas/2020-02-11/how-ai-technology-discriminates-against-job-candidates-with-disabilities Shelly Brisbin