Part of the $500 million in capital funding appropriated for the Discovery Partners Institute and the Illinois Innovation Network, NIU will receive $15 for a hub on campus. Said university president Lisa Freeman, “NICCS will strengthen Illinois by creating locally based innovative solutions focused on improving food systems and water resource management."
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.