Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to help us solve the greatest challenges of our time from health care, agriculture, and education to transportation, energy, and national security.
When guided by ethics, transparency, and fairness, responsible AI can spark creativity and help usher in a more prosperous and sustainable future.
See how AI is improving our lives, growing our economy, and keeping us safe.
AI in Action
RapidSOS is bringing AI-powered insights for faster, smarter emergency response
RapidSOS has developed an intelligent safety platform that connects life-saving data from over 540 million devices — such as smartphones, wearables, vehicles, and connected buildings — directly to more than 16,000 emergency agencies and nearly one million first responders. By integrating precise location, health profiles, crash details, building layouts, and other critical information, the platform enables faster, more informed emergency responses. RapidSOS is leveraging AI to help predict incidents, translate languages in real time, and streamline verification workflows. With near-nationwide coverage and partnerships with technology leaders, RapidSOS is transforming how emergency services anticipate, understand, and act in moments when every second counts.
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Google provides advanced AI learning tools to college students for free
Google is giving college students free access to its most advanced AI tools, including the Google AI Pro plan and a new Guided Learning mode that supports deeper understanding through step-by-step help. With Gemini 2.5 Pro, students can get writing support, organize ideas, turn text into video using Veo 3, and use AI coding assistance through Jules. Alongside these tools, Google is investing $1 billion in U.S. AI education, offering free AI and career training to students at over 100 participating colleges. By getting Google’s most powerful technology into students’ hands — while supporting them with training and infrastructure — Google is shaping the next generation of builders, scientists, and thinkers.
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UT Arlington AI research targets faster drug development
At UT Arlington, Dr. Junzhou Huang is using AI to transform antibody drug discovery by applying machine learning to predict how antibodies bind to viruses and other antigens. This early stage of drug development is typically slow and costly, but AI enables researchers to simulate interactions with greater accuracy, significantly accelerating the process. Supported by a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and a $200,000 award from Johnson & Johnson to advance AI-driven toxicology prediction, Huang’s lab is using AI technology and working to improve the speed and safety of therapeutic development in response to emerging public health threats.
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AI tools help people with speech disabilities make timely jokes
Cornell University
21 Ways People Are Using AI at Work
The New York Times
3 ways AI helps to empower health care clinicians
MIT Sloan
AI Spotlight
Instacart partnered with Wegmans to pilot its AI-powered Caper Carts in Syracuse, New York. These smart carts utilize cameras, digital scales, and location sensors powered by NVIDIA Jetson hardware to automatically recognize items as they are added. Shoppers can track spending in real-time, bag items as they shop, and check out directly from the cart, eliminating the need for traditional checkout lines. This initiative is part of Instacart’s “Connected Stores,” aiming to enhance the in-store shopping experience through seamless technology integration. The pilot program is currently underway, with plans to evaluate customer feedback for potential expansion to additional locations.
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About AI for America
AI for America is an initiative to educate the public about how AI is being used to improve lives, grow our economy, and keep us safe. The initiative combines coalition building, advocacy, social media, and traditional media to demonstrate the immense economic and societal benefits of AI. AI for America is funded by TechNet, the national, bipartisan network of innovation economy CEOs and senior executives. TechNet advances public policies at the federal and state level that make the United States the world leader in innovation. Its diverse membership includes dynamic American businesses ranging from startups to the most iconic companies on the planet. For more information, go to technet.org and AI4America.com.