Artificial intelligence (AI) is an umbrella term for technologies which complete “human-like” tasks. This Science and Technology Note considers opportunities and challenges associated with the potential economic impacts of AI on West Virginia’s economic development and workforce. Generative AI (gen-AI) is a newer class of AI algorithms that can generate highly non-trivial content (text, videos, images, computer code, etc.) in response to user requests. Advances in generative AI’s capabilities could contribute to significant economic development and disruption, both through specific organizational applications and enhanced labor productivity.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is technology that can “simulate human intelligence and problem-solving capabilities.” Generative AI uses newer algorithms that generate complex output in response to user input. This Science and Technology Note considers opportunities and risks of using AI in West Virginia state government operations and services.

This Science and Technology Note considers opportunities and challenges associated with efforts to develop a clean hydrogen industry in West Virginia.

"The Cloud" refers to computing and data storage services accessed over the internet and managed by a third party, in contrast to in-house ownership and management. This Science and Technology note discusses challenges and opportunities associated with the West Virginia government’s adoption of cloud-based information technologies.

The Environmental Protection Agency defines resilience as the “capability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover [from disasters] with minimum damage to social well‐being, the economy, and the environment.” This Science and Technology Note discusses existing efforts and policy options for enhancing flood resilience in West Virginia.

This Science and Technology Note covers the availability of satellite broadband in West Virginia and offers policy options for expanding West Virginians’ access to satellite-based internet service.

This Science and Technology Policy Note provides an overview of West Virginia’s current regulatory sandboxes. A regulatory sandbox is a framework that allows companies to be exempted from specific regulations to test a new product that otherwise wouldn’t be allowed by law.