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Today's riddle: Why are elevator jokes so good ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Hawaii to get 34 ambulances from rural health fund (staradvertiser.com) — Honolulu is set to receive four of Hawaii's 34 new ambulances, part of a $13 million federal award to upgrade emergency response across the islands. The state will modernize ambulance communications with satellite internet and an overhauled MEDICOM system, aiming to create a 24/7 coordination hub and improve how quickly and effectively Honolulu residents get emergency care.
2. Another simple example of an AI hallucination (ilind.net) — A local writer revisits the 1957 King Kamehameha Day parade route in Honolulu, comparing an old Honolulu Advertiser description with today's path from ʻIolani Palace to Kapiʻolani Park. Using this very Honolulu-specific detail, he shows how AI tools like Gemini and ChatGPT confidently produced wrong answers about the parade's history, urging readers to double-check such claims.
3. UH receives $2M to develop AI tools for food safety (hawaiinewsnow.com) — Researchers at UH Mānoa in Honolulu just secured $2 million in federal funding to build AI tools that spot food safety threats before they reach your plate. Over four years, they'll test the technology in aquaculture and beef operations, while giving local students hands-on research experience and working with industry and regulators to keep Hawaii's food supply safer.
4. DLNR Legacy Land Conservation Program opens land acquisition grants (hawaiinewsnow.com) — Hawaii's DLNR, based in Honolulu, is opening applications for about $5.3 million in Legacy Land Conservation grants for fiscal year 2027. Local groups can seek funding to buy or manage lands with environmental, cultural, or historic value, including parks and trails, but must detail preservation plans and pass commission, board, and governor reviews.
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