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Oct. 7: The Massachusetts Artificial Intelligence Hub (MA AI Hub), backed by $100 million in state dollars, was cited as part of Massachusetts' approach to AI in a WWLP article about the launch of MassIntelligence, a new trade group for AI companies in health, human services and life sciences.

BEDFORD, Mass. — The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced the opening of applications for expanded Pathmaker workforce training programs across advanced manufacturing, AI, defense, climatetech and life sciences.

MassCyberCenter Director John Petrozzelli commented on the broader cybersecurity landscape in a New England Public Media article about an incident that impacted the Springfield school district. Petrozzelli said organizations fall on a spectrum of vulnerability and added that artificial intelligence (AI) has made the threat landscape more complicated.

The Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI), AccessPlus and Hearthway Properties celebrated the launch of high-speed fiber internet at a City of Pittsfield affordable housing site, the Massachusetts Business Journal reported. MBI Director Michael Baldino said the project, funded through the Residential Retrofit program, brings housing providers, internet providers and community partners together to provide residents with reliable connectivity.

The Massachusetts AI Hub (MA AI Hub) was cited in GBH News' report on Governor Maura Healey's new executive order requiring community benefit agreements before data-center permitting.

The Massachusetts Artificial Intelligence Hub (MA AI Hub) was cited as a collaborator on a proposed AI and digital literacy requirement for Massachusetts high school graduates, MassLive reported. The $100 million facility, launched by Governor Maura Healey in 2024, was described as a beneficial part of a broader overhaul of graduation standards following the 2024 repeal of the MCAS requirement.

The Innovation Institute’s $2-million RoboBench award to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) was covered by ROCK 92.9 and featured WPI Provost Andrew Sears' comment on how the grant will strengthen the Central Massachusetts innovation economy.

The Innovation Institute awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) $2 million through its RoboBench program to establish a medical innovation and training center at WPI's PracticePoint facility, Patch reported. WPI will develop the center with UMass Chan Medical School as a space to test medical robots, connect developers with clinicians, and train nurses and medical residents on the technology.

The Massachusetts AI Hub (MA AI Hub) hosted the state's first paid AI internship program, which placed 400 students from 76 high schools across 66 districts this summer, The Sun Chronicle detailed. The article notes how a $500,000 public-private investment, including $250,000 from the state's STEM Advisory Council and a philanthropic match from Britebound, connected students with industry mentors on projects tied to advanced manufacturing, healthcare, clean energy and biotechnology.

The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech) Innovation Institute’s RoboBench program awarded $2 million to the University of Massachusetts Amherst as part of $6.6 million in state grants aimed at robotics companies moving from prototype development into testing and commercial manufacturing, WWLP reported. Economic Development Secretary Eric Paley said RoboBench responds to a real need by expanding access to shared infrastructure across the innovation economy.