artificial intelligence

GoFundMe Created for Angela Lipps raises nearly $20,000

The 50-year-old grandmother from Tennessee says she's trying to put her life back together after being jailed for 6 months for a crime she did not commit.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A GoFundMe account set up on behalf of Angela Lipps, the grandmother from Tennessee who was charged in a bank fraud case and held in custody for months, has reached nearly $20,000. Lipps was arrested on July 14, 2025, in Tennessee, and was eventually transferred to the Cass County Jail. She was released on Christmas Eve…

Religious Leaders Discuss Role of A.I. in Faith

The general consensus seems to be that while it could be possible to utilize the technology to spark ideas or help research, the concept of using A.I. to write entire sermons or homilies is antithetical to the notion of faith itself.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – You likely don’t think of what the leader of your chosen faith is doing during services as a book report, but, in many ways, that’s not an inaccurate description. And if kids are using artificial intelligence to write papers for school, what’s stopping priests from going to ChatGPT for a homily? “A homily, for instance, in…

Minnesota lawmakers seek to regulate artificial intelligence

Sens. Erin Maye Quade, DFL-Apple Valley, and Eric Lucero, R-St. Michael, are leading the bipartisan effort to regulate artificial intelligence in Minnesota. (Photo by Senate Media Services)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — A bipartisan group of Minnesota lawmakers are hoping to limit how the artificial intelligence industry operates in the state, arguing that it’s evolving in ways that are harmful…

Schools hope to embrace the best of AI, shun the worst

ChatGPTBISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota News Cooperative) — Talk with K-12 teachers and administrators about AI in schools and there’s a sense of exasperation. Not enough time to learn fast moving development of AI tools. Not enough training. Kids are far ahead of many teachers in adopting AI. Too many kids are using AI as a shortcut instead of as a…

AI allows more time for students, North Dakota educators say

Wade Kadrmas, a career and technical education teacher at Horizon Middle School in Bismarck, sits with a student during a class project on Oct. 8, 2025. Students were using computer-aided design (CADD) technology to build a virtual cabin. Although the school’s CADD program does not currently use artificial intelligence, Kadrmas says it likely will be implemented in the future. (Photo…

MSUM hosts first ever AI Summit for business leaders, teachers, and students

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — As part of MSUM’s AI with Purpose initiative, the university is diving deep into learning about the technology with an AI Summit. “It is a developing technology, but it is also creating a major impact in not only business and education, but also in society. And we fear that which we do not understand. So it’s…

North Dakota attorney general says AI a priority for next wave of criminal justice professionals

MOORHEAD, Minn. — (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley said law enforcement and prosecutors need to be prepared to combat crimes committed using artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence “is not emerging, it’s here,” Wrigley said Wednesday while speaking at Concordia College in Moorhead, which is developing a criminal justice program in partnership with Minnesota State Community and Technical College…

Applied Digital representative answers potential concerns about massive data center near Harwood, ND

The planned data center near Harwood, North Dakota. (Courtesy of Applied Digital)HARWOOD, N.D. (KFGO) – The company behind a massive data center project near Harwood north of Fargo is answering questions about how the complex will impact the community and surrounding area. Texas-based Applied Digital is planning a $3-billion complex for “Polaris Forge 2,” which would include two 900,000 square…

Political ads may have to add disclaimer if AI is used to impersonate real people

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Makers of political ads could be forced to run a disclaimer any time they use artificial intelligence to create impersonations of people. The bill in the North Dakota legislature covers all video, audio, and still images impersonating someone with the use of AI. Producers must use the words, “This content generated by Artificial Intelligence”. The bill…

Future use of A.I. in Cass County

FARGO, N.D. – (KVRR) – Government officials gathered to discuss the future of artificial intelligence in Cass County. These leaders talked about the opportunities, challenges and the need for caution in the use of A.I. According to the Department of Technology for the Cass County Government, the use of A.I. in the county has ramped up rapidly within the last…