Brian Ballou

Brian Ballou

About the Author:

Brian Ballou is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (M.S., Journalism, 1998) and a career newspaper reporter who spent more than two decades in major metropolitan newsrooms before turning to technology and business journalism. He worked as a reporter at the Los Angeles Times, Newsday's Manhattan bureau, the Detroit Free Press, the Boston Herald, and the Boston Globe, where he covered breaking news from 2006 to 2013. Ballou was part of the Boston Globe staff that won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings. He later served as Director of Media Relations for Boston Public Schools and as a South Florida Sun Sentinel reporter before moving into public-sector communications, where he currently serves as Speechwriter & Communications Specialist with the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office. Since September 2023, Ballou has been a contributing writer for Techstrong Group, where he covers technology and business topics for properties including Techstrong.ai and DigitalCxO, applying his investigative newsroom background to enterprise technology and corporate leadership coverage.

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Encode Justice – For Safe and Equitable AI

January 6, 2025

Encode has worked closely with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on codifying the AI Safety Institute, created under NIST to create standards for AI developers.

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Could AI Partners Replace Real-Life Romance?

November 21, 2024

In a world where swiping right feels more like a thumb workout than a quest for love, it’s no wonder that one in four young adults believe AI partners could soon replace real-life romance.

Scrutiny on AI Decision-Making and Nondiscrimination in Health Care Programs

September 25, 2024

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently published a final rule clarifying that healthcare organizations, health insurers and clinicians who participate in Medicare, Medicaid, or any other federally funded program are legally responsible for managing the risk of discrimination.

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