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The executive order comes two years after Healey said she plans to make Massachusetts into a hub for development of AI technology, but one expert says it's too early to say whether the two efforts will conflict with each other.

President Trump said the dire warnings about AI were exaggerated and that "negative forces" are making claims about things that won't happen. This comes after leaders in the industry called for putting the brakes on AI development.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Attorney General William Tong are seeking answers after OpenAI disclosed that autonomous AI agents breached Hugging Face and tried to conceal their actions.

Schools in Springfield, Massachusetts, remain closed through the week, as the city continues an investigation into an apparent widespread cyberattack on the district's computer system that began sometime before Labor Day.

Will artificial intelligence nibble around the edges of the economy or upend it altogether? A new, interactive model from Anthropic lets people tests their assumptions.

Milford police say traffic cameras and license-plate readers are essential to their safety. That comes as the city has backed down a little on their use, after becoming the center of the debate over the cameras in Connecticut.

Devices made by the company Minut can monitor noise levels or smoking, without a camera. The ACLU says they are akin to continuous warrantless searches by the government, and an invasion of privacy.

Residents across the state want the cameras taken down, while police departments say the license plate readers help solve crimes.

Dozens of cities have canceled their contracts with Flock. Some are switching to other companies, but privacy experts say they're no better than Flock.

Four states are suing the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, alleging that the platforms were designed to hook kids and that Meta hid the mental health risks.