AI

Joanna Stern's experiment is chronicled in the new book, I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI To Do (Almost) Everything.

While a four-year degree focuses on critical thinking, and trade schools emphasize essential manual expertise, the rapid advancement of AI now threatens to automate roles in both sectors.

Ohio State University professor Jeff Dotson said that people should be familiar with artificial intelligence and how those tools can make them stand out as employees.

About 70% of college students see AI as a threat to their job prospects, according to a 2025 poll by the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, while recent Gallup polling finds U.S. workers are increasingly concerned about being replaced by new technologies.

Melody Lin took home second prize at the National 4-H in Agriculture Challenge for her project assessing spotted lanternfly risk in different areas of Ohio.

Proponents say AI is a necessary game changer, perhaps leading to lower costs. Others are more cautious, pointing to AI-related lawsuits, and questions about how it will be regulated.

A group of rural Ohioans concerned about huge data centers popping up around the state want voters to decide whether they should be banned.

Proponents say AI is a necessary game changer, perhaps leading to lower costs. Others are more cautious, pointing to AI-related lawsuits, and questions about how it will be regulated.

The Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation is backing bipartisan legislation that would impose penalties on AI models that suggest self-harm or hurting another person.

Ohio lawmakers have a bevy of bills to deal with artificial intelligence and data centers.