AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoAI & Politics: Princeton faculty donations skewed nearly 100% to Democrats, with a new study finding zero Republican contributions across 34 departments. Immigration Detention: A DHS watchdog report describes metal “torture boxes” used at a Florida ICE facility, raising fresh alarms about humane-treatment standards. Healthcare Tech: Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health launched a health innovation hub with AWS and AI to speed medical education and clinical tools across New Jersey. Medical AI Partnership: OpenEvidence and Penn Medicine expanded AI clinical decision support to thousands of clinicians, with plans to extend to Botswana via the Botswana-UPenn Partnership. Energy & Data Centers: A bipartisan House push targets “ratepayer protection” so large AI data centers pay for grid upgrades instead of shifting costs to utility customers. Environmental Risk: Equinix’s Secaucus data center spilled about 5,000 gallons of diesel into a tributary after a “computer glitch,” triggering cleanup and scrutiny. Consumer Tech Law: New Jersey’s Fair Price Protection Act puts a spotlight on electronic shelf labels and “discriminatory surveillance pricing.” Research & Community Health: Rutgers-backed work on arts prescription programs finds better tracking can help scale social prescribing.
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