When Max Keenan joined Y Combinator’s summer 2022 batch, he was working on Aurelian, a company that automated appointment bookings for hair salons. But less than a year later, a conversation with one ...

By mirroring the life-saving impact of flight simulators, which have trained generations of pilots to navigate crises safely, the 911 Call Simulator addresses a critical gap in dispatch training. It ...

Lately, pranksters online have been using AI to put a fake image of a stranger in a home photo. They then send that image to a parent or partner as a “warning.” As you might expect, the result is that ...

John Jokantas, the head of communications for the county’s 911 center, requested funds to get AI training for his dispatchers. Most people know pilots spend hours on a flight simulator before they ...

As 911 call centers struggle with staffing, suppliers of government technology are rushing to help. That’s the case with the latest product from RapidSOS. The company, which sells an emergency ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains audio clips and descriptions of 911 calls that may be distressing. Listener discretion is advised. Heartbreaking pleas for help poured into the Kerrville, Texas, ...

Billie Shepperd was planning her daughter Sheila’s 60th birthday party in June 2020 when the phone rang. She had been imagining family members traveling from Washington, DC, to celebrate at the beach ...

The police department in Salem, Massachusetts, is warning residents about a viral TikTok prank that uses artificial intelligence to create fake images of people attempting to break into homes, ...

Fairfax County, Virginia, is testing the use of artificial intelligence to triage nonemergency 911 calls, with the hope of getting residents and visitors experiencing an urgent situation through to a ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated on Oct. 24 after city officials clarified the definition of the terms in the records they provided The Oregonian/OregonLive. In the first nine months of last year ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify the death toll at Camp Mystic included 27 campers and counselors, in addition to the camp owner. AUSTIN (KXAN) — Newly released 911 calls from ...