Technology

This week, a high-profile Japanese visitor will be spending time in Washington, D.C. On Thursday, he'll become the second Japanese leader to address a joint session of Congress. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

A Hawaiʻi Island teacher has created an AI tool that allows teachers to quickly give feedback to their students via a Google Docs add-on. He said tasks that would have taken up to 10 hours now take less than one. Other schools are adopting practices for using AI as a teaching tool. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports on the status of technology in the classroom.

A resolution in the state senate that would ask the Hawaiʻi chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists to establish a process to identify ethical and objective sources of news is advancing.

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bipartisan bill targeting the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok. The Conversation spoke to Brian Madamba, who posts on a TikTok account called @BrevenchyM, about his thoughts on the ban and the challenges of the content creator business.

New technology at the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting could make the building permit process much shorter. The department said, with the changes, the process for residential projects could take as little as two weeks. Commercial projects are estimated to take no longer than six months. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.

It's been over seven months since the wildfire ripped through Lahaina, destroying or damaging more than 2,000 structures, including centuries-old historic buildings. University of Hawaiʻi students are incorporating artificial intelligence and digital modeling to preserve the town's historic architecture. HPR's Cassie Ordonio has more.

Meta is now limiting the amount of political content it recommends to Instagram and Threads users. Here's why it made the change — and how to opt out of it.

As part of an initiative Instagram announced last month, the popular social media service owned by Meta Platforms has stopped “proactively” recommending political content posted on accounts that users don’t choose to follow. But users can get around Instagram’s political curbs in just a few steps.

Artificial intelligence can refine weather forecasts for Hawaiʻi. That could help state officials predict where the next wildfire will be. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.

The department is responsible for delivering IT services to its employees, as well as Oʻahu residents, businesses and visitors.