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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

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Whitman Wire

Big Tech Coming to Wallula Gap

Big Tech Coming to Wallula Gap

Kaitlyn Salazar, Science and Environment Editor November 14, 2024

On Oct. 21, the Union Bulletin broke the news that the Port of Walla Walla Commissioners were considering selling 500 acres of land in the Wallula Gap Business Park to Advance Phase LLC for $32 million....

AI, the Nobel Prize, and the Dark Road to Corporate Science

AI, the Nobel Prize, and the Dark Road to Corporate Science

Catherine Gallo, Feature Writer October 24, 2024

In 2003, David Baker, a biochemist at the University of Washington, designed the first novel protein and predicted its 3-dimensional structure. Although technology and science have long been intertwined,...

The Environmental Impact of Data Centers: Balancing AI Growth and Energy Infrastructure in Eastern Washington

The Environmental Impact of Data Centers: Balancing AI Growth and Energy Infrastructure in Eastern Washington

Erfan Vaezpour, Science and Environment Writer October 3, 2024

In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become increasingly embedded in everyday tasks, from shopping and payments to transportation, identity verification and communication. This growing...

Walla Walla Public Schools embrace ChatGPT

Sebastian Vera Cuevas, News Reporter September 14, 2023

Chat GPT, a leading generative AI tool, was first released on Nov. 22, 2022, and students were quick to realize its potential. In response, schools from New York City to Walla Walla imposed a district-wide...

AI Chat-GPT developments provoke discussion in academic spheres

AI Chat-GPT developments provoke discussion in academic spheres

Nazaaha Penick, News Reporter February 2, 2023

ChatGPT, the cutting-edge language generation model developed by OpenAI, is revolutionizing the way researchers and students approach language-based tasks in the academic world. On Nov. 22, 2022, ChatGPT...

Beyond the Bubble: A2019 U.S. airstrike raises questions of war crimes and the UN agrees on terms for the future of AI

Lily Yost, News Reporter December 9, 2021

80 casualties revealed in undisclosed 2019 U.S. airstrike in Syria  On March 18, 2019, as the final days of battle against the Islamic State unraveled, U.S. military drones circled over a dirt field...

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