Technology & Artificial Intelligence (AI)

🔒 Other places have better power grid technology. Here’s why we lag behind  

Of the many challenges confronting the nation’s aging, straining electric grid, the need for...

🔒 Emergent Method expands downtown headquarters

Baton Rouge-based Emergent Method is expanding the footprint of its downtown headquarters at the corner of Laurel and Lafayette streets. 

🔒 Companies find digital loopholes in NIL rules to allow direct payments to college athletes

Two years after the NCAA cleared the way for college athletes to earn money...

🔒 LSU professor touts commercial potential of faculty’s AI research

LSU faculty are doing “amazing” work in artificial intelligence that has significant commercial potential, a university business professor says. 

🔒 See why this LSU researcher just landed a $2M NIH grant

An LSU chemical engineering professor has received $2 million in funding from a National...

🔒 New tech is overwhelming your sales team

For years, sales leaders have driven a “just one more” strategy with their teams—asking...

🔒 Will the PSC unplug Louisiana utilities from components made by foreign adversaries? 

It’s either a rushed but genuine attempt to solve a legitimate issue, or part of a larger political strategy to oppose Louisiana’s transition to renewable energy.

🔒 Speedy Eats expands automated vending plans with Pressed Juicery partnership

Baton Rouge startup Speedy Eats is partnering with California-based juice brand Pressed Juicery to carry their products in its 25 existing indoor fridge units as well as its upcoming automatic vending concept. 

🔒 How companies can ‘stay ahead of the game’ to avoid hacks like MOVEit

The recent cyberattack on MOVEit servers that resulted in some 6 million records at the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles being compromised should prompt local businesses to invest in more robust cybersecurity measures, experts in the field say.

🔒 What your company needs to watch out for when using AI

The cacophony of alarms around generative AI has left business executives disoriented and concerned, particularly given that the technology is available to anyone within their organizations, not just data scientists.