Arkansas’s first AI Business Conference, set for Aug. 15 at the Clinton Presidential Center, will explore how small businesses and industries can adopt artificial intelligence. Keynote speaker Elizabeth Edwards highlights AI’s potential and challenges.

The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Fruit Breeding program recently announced two new varieties of muscadine. The new cultivars, Mighty Fine and Altus, offer consumers different uses and farmers a longer growing season.

Mayor Molly Rawn says single-stream system would reduce rate increases, boost participation and improve worker safety.

Our oceans are vast, deep and mysterious. NPR’s podcast Short Wave is exploring oceans and the creatures that call them home in its summer series, "Sea Camp." Co-hosts Regina Barber and Emily Kwong recently discussed the eight-part series with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams.

The founders of Akra Collective have noticed an increasing gap between actual Artificial Intelligence and public understanding of it. They provide services to individuals and organizations and have started hosting discussions about AI at the Stonebreaker Club in Fayetteville.

Northwest Arkansas Master Naturalist Pam Morgan has initiated a unique citizen science project that encourages people throughout the state to observe and track the fireflies they encounter. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis reached out to Morgan to learn more.

Wildlife disease ecologist Erin Sauer discusses a study she participated in last year that involved offering frogs a shvitz to increase their health.

Erin Sauer is a wildlife disease ecologist. She co-authored a study testing how differing birds’ diets affect their ability to tolerate infection. She collaborated with doctoral candidate Carson Stacy for the paper, and they both connected with Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis over Zoom earlier this week.

Ozarks at Large’s Matthew Moore visits the Amazeum to explore a new dinosaur exhibit that mixes prehistoric fun with science and imagination.

As AI systems like ChatGPT train on publicly available internet content—often including unpaid social media posts—software developer Karen Kilroy is offering a new model. Her project, PayBots.AI, developed in collaboration with local writer Angel Acar, seeks to compensate individuals for the content they've already created and provide ethically sourced human data for AI training.