Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear joined a coalition of Democratic state officials in suing to block the Trump administration from getting access to sensitive data of families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits. Filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., the lawsuit said that the Administration for Children and Families had issued a notice to authorizing […]
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Should Erlanger change its open records regulations?
What you need to know Erlanger has formed a task force to consider whether to change its public records request regulations. The task force is chaired by Council Member and former Mayor Tyson Hermes and met for the first time Tuesday afternoon. No official actions took place at the meeting. Task forces are recommending bodies […]
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To compete, region must lean into assets
What you need to know America’s economy is rapidly changing, and Northern Kentucky’s business leaders don’t want to be caught with their heads in the sand. Automation, artificial intelligence, educational changes, trade wars and other looming challenges threaten to upend the status quo, as transformative technologies and geopolitical conflicts become part of everyday life. While […]
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Are robots coming for your job? Probably.
What you need to know Are robots about to overtake everything, including McDonald’s? “In my professional work lifetime, do I think I’m going to get my Big Mac from a robot?” asked Dan Cahill of HSD Metrics in Covington. “I’m 100 percent sure I will. Because there will not be another option. There won’t be […]
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Covington is using AI, here’s how
What you need to know The Covington Board of Commissioners voted this week to establish an in-house AI policy for city staff and city operations as one of the first steps in an institution-wide AI initiative dubbed Covington Operational Vision- Advance Innovation, or COV AI. Essam Elgusain, the city’s IT manager, traced the effort back […]
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Community Voices: The top 5 AI tools every small business should try
This Community Voices column is written by Dawn Winterhalter Parks, Director of BizAccessHub at NKU’s Haile College of Business and an AI strategist. Ever feel like tech changes faster than you can finish your morning coffee? You’re not alone. If you’re a small business owner of a certain age, you might feel like the younger generation got handed the tech […]
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Community Voices: What AI really is (and what it isn’t)
This Community Voices column on AI is written by Dawn Winterhalter Parks, the director of BizAccessHub at Northern Kentucky University. “When I say peanut butter, what do you say?” Most people respond, “Jelly.” That’s prediction at work. It’s not emotion. It’s not intuition. It’s pattern recognition. Based on years of experience—or in the case of artificial intelligence, […]
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Community Voices: How do I go from overwhelmed to out of office?
This Community Voices column on AI is written by Dawn Winterhalter Parks, the director of BizAccessHub at Northern Kentucky University. Ever grown tomatoes? They ripen slowly, then all at once. One day, you’re checking every plant for a sign of red. The next, you’ve got 40 pounds of fruit, and no idea what to do with all […]
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Community Voices: We’re still in the flip phone era of AI
This Community Voices column on AI is written by Dawn Parks, the director of BizAccessHub at Northern Kentucky University. Most small business owners I know are swamped. They’re trying to keep clients happy, make payroll, send invoices, post on social, follow up on leads — and somewhere in there, try to sleep. So when they […]
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Bridging the gap: How NKY is preparing for an AI-driven future
What will jobs look like in the future? Northern Kentucky’s economic and political leaders are asking themselves this question. Artificial intelligence and automation are rapidly integrating into the local economy, with workers in white—and blue-collar fields increasingly incorporating the technology into their daily work schedules. In 2023, consulting firm McKinsey & Company published a report […]