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At a CSU Fresno event, Central Valley colleges and employers mapped coordinated courses and hiring ties in cybersecurity and AI, backed by new state funding.
The Central San Joaquin Valley Cybersecurity Consortium met at CSU Fresno on Nov. 17, 2025. Assembly Bill 569 provides $1 million each to CSU Fresno and San Jose State, and $2 million to CSU San Bernardino.
At Shanghai's World AI Conference, Xi urged global AI rules and criticized U.S. tech limits. Fresno State and UC Merced track chip policy that can raise lab costs.
An AP-reported study says leading chatbots often refuse criticism of restrictive rulers, and a separate paper finds different answers in non-English. This matters for Central Valley users who rely on AI for information in Spanish, Hmong or Punjabi.
A federal suit filed in Oakland says Meta used internal AI systems to rank employees for May layoffs, penalizing workers on medical or parental leave.
