Smoke and Mirrors

Like nearly any emerging technology in the course of human history, artificial intelligence (AI) presents many opportunities, but also challenges. As tech companies have raced to develop the most intuitive language learning models, they have also raced to create the infrastructure to support this technology. But such facilities always come at a cost.Concerned about how much of a drain these facili...

In preparation for a possible business development in Abbotsford’s western industrial park, an engineering company will be taking soil samples from a plot of city-owned land later this month.On Monday, the city council approved a $6,600 agreement with American Engineering Testing, which will drill four soil borings, each 20 feet deep, and then test the soil samples in a laboratory to determine h...

Voters on both sides of the Clark-Marathon county border will have new representatives on their respective boards following the April 7 election. On the Clark County side, District 2 supervisor Ray Mulderink, town of Mayville, decided not to run for re-election, and David Martin, also from the town of Mayville, filed paperwork to be on the ballot, so Martin will run unopposed to replace Mulderink....