Artificial Intelligence

Jason Edward Lewis and Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada founded the Hawaiian and Indigenous Future Imaginaries Lab, or the HIFI Lab, to direct thought and art around emerging technologies.

Gabriel Yanagihara, a computer science teacher at ‘Iolani school, is the man behind the local viral videos. The Conversation spoke with Yanagihara about the unconventional class assignment that led to the videos.

Fernanda Camarena with the Poynter Institute discusses the implications of the Trump administration's restrictions on the media's access to public officials; ‘Iolani School teacher Gabriel Yanagihara uses generative AI to make viral videos of snow on top of Lēʻahi and whales swimming in the Ala Wai Canal

Major defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton has had a presence here on the islands for three decades and leaders say it is the largest provider of artificial intelligence services for the U.S. military. The Conversation talked to Heather Fortuna Bush and Ed Barnabas of Booz Allen Hamilton about the use of AI in the military.

A recent artificial intelligence program piloted in Hawaiʻi public schools produced outcomes that not only impressed education leaders but also got some of them emotional. The Conversation talked to Ian Kitajima, the co-creator of the program, about the outcomes and what he hopes for the future.

Followers of the legacy Kauaʻi newspaper The Garden Island were recently introduced to two AI broadcasters named “Rose” and “James.” A technology journalist said this is the first time he has seen this type of AI used by a U.S. newsroom. The Conversation's Maddie Bender has more.

Retired University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa journalism professor Gerald Kato talked with HPR's Catherine Cruz about the use of artificial intelligence in journalism.

Genie.gg seeks to create a safe experience for children using the internet. HPR's Russell Subiono learns more.

Artificial intelligence will start helping farmers water their crops under a new University of Hawaiʻi project. An AI irrigation management system called CropManage will be connected to 14 participating farms.

A Hawaiʻi Island teacher has created an AI tool that allows teachers to quickly give feedback to their students via a Google Docs add-on. He said tasks that would have taken up to 10 hours now take less than one. Other schools are adopting practices for using AI as a teaching tool. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports on the status of technology in the classroom.