AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoSurveillance Technology: Chicago police accessed Flock license-plate data despite having no city contract, while former officers face charges over alleged misuse—raising fresh questions about oversight of automated tracking. Illinois Manufacturing: Viakable plans a $55 million expansion in La Salle, adding 50 jobs and boosting electrical-cable production. Biotech: Editas Medicine can begin a gene-editing trial for inherited high cholesterol in Australia; the company plans to present related preclinical findings at a Chicago heart-science meeting. Energy and AI: Google and Constellation’s nuclear-power agreement adds to Illinois’ data-center debate, where forecasts of large job gains are tempered by concerns about lasting employment and higher electricity bills. Agricultural Research: SIU researchers developed a robot to detect soybean diseases, bringing automation to crop monitoring. Paleontology: UChicago scientists identified a Jurassic mammal that could chew and swallow in ways similar to modern mammals.
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