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Coverage on this page tracks how AI is being applied — and contested — in and around the city of Fresno and Fresno County.",{},"\u002Fcities\u002Ffresno",{"title":87,"description":10},"cities\u002Ffresno","fresno","gOL2xk8y9t9OV6PPxP02OjYhZFHC_Cg-VGijh_V93dI",{"id":124,"title":125,"body":126,"county":146,"description":10,"extension":13,"intro":147,"meta":148,"navigation":21,"path":149,"seo":150,"stem":151,"tag":152,"__hash__":153},"cities\u002Fcities\u002Fmerced.md","Merced",{"type":7,"value":127,"toc":143},[128,132],[61,129,131],{"id":130},"ai-in-merced","AI in Merced",[66,133,134,135,138,139,142],{},"Merced is a research-heavy node in the Central Valley AI ecosystem. 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Coverage below follows Modesto-area AI announcements and the wider Stanislaus County context.",{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":171},[172],{"id":161,"depth":11,"text":162},"Stanislaus County","Modesto and Stanislaus County sit between the Bay Area and the southern Valley, and their AI story reflects that bridging role — from agriculture and food processing to the **California State University Stanislaus** community to small businesses adapting to AI-driven changes in marketing, hiring, and operations.",{},"\u002Fcities\u002Fmodesto",{"title":156,"description":10},"cities\u002Fmodesto","modesto","l75Dc40MX8wTb4lD088Yx9we4ypuDwmcvE-uEdqqREc",{"id":182,"title":183,"body":184,"county":200,"description":10,"extension":13,"intro":201,"meta":202,"navigation":21,"path":203,"seo":204,"stem":205,"tag":206,"__hash__":207},"cities\u002Fcities\u002Fstockton.md","Stockton",{"type":7,"value":185,"toc":197},[186,190],[61,187,189],{"id":188},"ai-in-stockton","AI in Stockton",[66,191,192,193,196],{},"Stockton's economic base in logistics, healthcare, and higher education gives the city a different AI profile than the southern Valley. 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On Thursday, the United Nations’ disarmament research institute says it will open a new forum aimed at how militaries use artificial intelligence. It matters here because the Valley hosts active flying units and defense classrooms that follow global rules, even when they start as guidance.",[61,270,272],{"id":271},"what-the-un-is-doing","What the UN is doing",[66,274,275],{},"UN officials said the Geneva-based UN Institute for Disarmament Research, or UNIDIR, will convene governments, researchers and companies to hash out guardrails for military AI. The forum launches Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, in New York, as part of UNIDIR’s Center of Excellence on AI, Peace and Security. That center launched this summer with funding from the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France. It is not a treaty body. And the details on enforcement, still fuzzy.",[66,277,278],{},"Robin Geiss, who leads UNIDIR, warned this week that the \"margin for human judgment is increasingly narrow, including in the nuclear domain,\" and said the initiative will also look at how nonstate armed groups adopt AI. The institute plans a separate industry track to draft voluntary guidelines tied to international law and human rights. It lands Thursday.",[61,280,282],{"id":281},"why-the-valley-should-care","Why the Valley should care",[66,284,285],{},"The Valley is not a bystander. The 144th Fighter Wing’s F‑15s fly out of Fresno, and Naval Air Station Lemoore in Kings County is the Navy’s West Coast hub for the F‑35C and home to Strike Fighter Weapons School Pacific. If UN-backed norms shape how autonomy, targeting aids or early warning software are built and fielded, that can flow directly into training syllabi and procurement on these flight lines.",[66,287,288],{},"The Navy has been flight‑testing AI‑enabled autonomy for manned‑unmanned teaming at California ranges, showing how quickly these tools are moving into the cockpit and the carrier deck. Local units will track any rulebook that speaks to when a human must be in the loop, how systems are audited, and what gets certified for live missions.",[61,290,292],{"id":291},"who-gets-a-say","Who gets a say",[66,294,295],{},"UNIDIR says the forum will draw defense tech firms, software developers, subcontractors, investors, civil society, academics and governments. The industry work is described as \"practical\" and \"voluntary,\" centered on international law and human rights, which means companies may be asked to show their work on testing and fail‑safes even when code stays proprietary. Fresno State and UC Merced have campus AI committees focused on policy and ethics, a pipeline of people who will read these guidelines and have to apply them.",[66,297,298],{},"An F‑15 climbs over the city haze as the lunch rush builds on McKinley, the placard by the gate still catching the sun.",[66,300,301],{},[302,303,304,305,307,308,313],"em",{},"Central Valley AI is produced by the ",[70,306,239],{}," team and developed by ",[309,310,37],"a",{"href":38,"rel":311},[312],"nofollow",", a regional firm that builds, deploys, and integrates AI solutions for businesses across California's Central Valley.",[315,316],"hr",{},[61,318,320],{"id":319},"source","Source",[66,322,323],{},[309,324,325],{"href":325,"rel":326},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.yourcentralvalley.com\u002Fnews\u002Ftech-news\u002Fap-new-un-initiative-will-aim-to-tackle-the-military-uses-of-ai\u002F",[312],{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":328},[329,330,331,332,333],{"id":248,"depth":11,"text":249},{"id":271,"depth":11,"text":272},{"id":281,"depth":11,"text":282},{"id":291,"depth":11,"text":292},{"id":319,"depth":11,"text":320},"2026-10-21","The UN’s disarmament research arm says it will open a new forum on military uses of AI on Thursday. Valley bases and university programs could feel the ripple effects.",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Fun-will-launch-military-ai-forum-fresno-144th-and-nas-lemoore-watching","---\nauthor: CVAI Newsdesk\ndate: '2026-10-21'\ndateModified: '2026-10-21'\ndescription: The UN’s disarmament research arm says it will open a new forum on military\n  uses of AI on Thursday. Valley bases and university programs could feel the ripple\n  effects.\ntags:\n- policy\n- defense\n- fresno\ntitle: UN will launch military-AI forum, Fresno 144th and NAS Lemoore watching\n---\n\n# UN will launch military-AI forum, Fresno 144th and NAS Lemoore watching\n\n## Key Takeaways\n\n1. UNIDIR plans to launch a global forum on military AI on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026.\n2. The center is funded by the five nuclear powers and will consult industry on voluntary guidelines.\n3. Fresno’s 144th Fighter Wing and NAS Lemoore could see training and procurement shaped by any new norms.\n4. UNIDIR will also study AI misuse by armed groups alongside the industry track.\n\nA \"No Drone Zone\" placard sits by the gate at Fresno Air National Guard Base. On Thursday, the United Nations’ disarmament research institute says it will open a new forum aimed at how militaries use artificial intelligence. It matters here because the Valley hosts active flying units and defense classrooms that follow global rules, even when they start as guidance.\n\n## What the UN is doing\n\nUN officials said the Geneva-based UN Institute for Disarmament Research, or UNIDIR, will convene governments, researchers and companies to hash out guardrails for military AI. The forum launches Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, in New York, as part of UNIDIR’s Center of Excellence on AI, Peace and Security. That center launched this summer with funding from the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France. It is not a treaty body. And the details on enforcement, still fuzzy.\n\nRobin Geiss, who leads UNIDIR, warned this week that the \"margin for human judgment is increasingly narrow, including in the nuclear domain,\" and said the initiative will also look at how nonstate armed groups adopt AI. The institute plans a separate industry track to draft voluntary guidelines tied to international law and human rights. It lands Thursday.\n\n## Why the Valley should care\n\nThe Valley is not a bystander. The 144th Fighter Wing’s F‑15s fly out of Fresno, and Naval Air Station Lemoore in Kings County is the Navy’s West Coast hub for the F‑35C and home to Strike Fighter Weapons School Pacific. If UN-backed norms shape how autonomy, targeting aids or early warning software are built and fielded, that can flow directly into training syllabi and procurement on these flight lines.\n\nThe Navy has been flight‑testing AI‑enabled autonomy for manned‑unmanned teaming at California ranges, showing how quickly these tools are moving into the cockpit and the carrier deck. Local units will track any rulebook that speaks to when a human must be in the loop, how systems are audited, and what gets certified for live missions.\n\n## Who gets a say\n\nUNIDIR says the forum will draw defense tech firms, software developers, subcontractors, investors, civil society, academics and governments. The industry work is described as \"practical\" and \"voluntary,\" centered on international law and human rights, which means companies may be asked to show their work on testing and fail‑safes even when code stays proprietary. Fresno State and UC Merced have campus AI committees focused on policy and ethics, a pipeline of people who will read these guidelines and have to apply them.\n\nAn F‑15 climbs over the city haze as the lunch rush builds on McKinley, the placard by the gate still catching the sun.\n\n*Central Valley AI is produced by the **CVAI Newsdesk** team and developed by [Kaweah Tech](https:\u002F\u002Fkaweah.tech), a regional firm that builds, deploys, and integrates AI solutions for businesses across California's Central Valley.*\n\n---\n\n## Source\n\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fwww.yourcentralvalley.com\u002Fnews\u002Ftech-news\u002Fap-new-un-initiative-will-aim-to-tackle-the-military-uses-of-ai\u002F\n",{"title":237,"description":335},{"loc":337},"news\u002Fun-will-launch-military-ai-forum-fresno-144th-and-nas-lemoore-watching",[343,344,121],"policy","defense","KgGiQMSgdR8JXym_CAm-CG9Ceus_mDlWMXmp3vXkzwY",1792542700686]