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Q&A: UNT professors break down how AI, data centers operate

Community Impact spoke with four computer science and artificial intelligence experts from the University of North Texas to discuss how data centers and AI function, and why Denton is attracting the technology.

Community Impact spoke with:

  • Song Fu, a professor of computer science and engineering and the director of the Applied Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Institute
  • Haihua Chen, a professor of data science
  • Ajita Rattani, a professor of computer science and engineering
  • Yunhe Feng, a professor of computer science and engineering
Responses have been edited for length, clarity and style.

Can you explain in the simplest terms how large-language AI models like ChatGPT work?

Feng: The model learns from test data to recognize patterns. We can put in articles and papers and the language model can learn patterns from it to train. Then when we query it, it predicts the words to the answer based on the patterns it recognized when we put in the data.

 
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Rheumatology Associates now offers medical services in Denton

Rheumatology Associates in Denton opened in Medical Building 1 at Texas Health Presbyterian in mid-April, Angela Laukaitis, the Director of Clinical Operations said.

Zooming in: The clinic offers treatment for several autoimmune and rheumatic conditions, including osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia and gout, Laukaitis said.

Rheumatology Associates offers a full range of in-house diagnostic services for those diagnosed with rheumatic conditions, including X-rays and having a comprehensive laboratory that is certified for hematology, chemistry and immunology needs, according to its website.

  • 2900 N. I-35, Ste. 409, Denton
 
On The Transportation Beat
Alaska Airlines adding daily routes from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to San Diego

Alaska Airlines will start twice-daily flights between San Diego International Airport and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on April 22.

The Seattle-based airline had previously announced that the DFW Airport-to-San Diego route was one of five new nonstop routes. Alaska Airlines, as well as its subsidiary Hawaiian Airlines, will now fly to 49 nonstop destinations from Southern California.

Alaska Airlines is offering 35% more flights from San Diego this spring than the previous year, according to a news release.

The details: According to its website, flights will depart from Dallas to San Diego at 3:13 p.m. and 7:15 p.m., with each flight taking 3 hours and 14 minutes to arrive in California. A Boeing 737 will be used for the trip, according to a news release.

Alaska Airlines is in Terminal E, Gate 11, at DFW Airport.

 

Your Weekend To-Do List

Check out these weekend events across the metro area.

Art in the Square

Community Earth Fest

April 24-26, times vary
Southlake

April 25, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Plano

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Allen 150 Fest

Colleyville Garden Club plant sale

April 25, 3-9 p.m.
Allen

April 25, 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Colleyville

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ERCOT forecasts quadruple growth in electric demand, warns estimate is likely overinflated

Demand on the Texas power grid could more than quadruple in the next six years, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas announced April 15.

The details: The state grid operator projected that peak electric demand could hit 367,790 megawatts by 2032—more than four times the current demand record of 85,508 megawatts, which was set during an August 2023 heat wave. Much of this forecasted growth is due to data centers, according to ERCOT documents.

However, ERCOT leaders warned that the growth forecast is “preliminary” and needs adjustments.

What's happening: During an April 17 meeting, ERCOT officials told the Public Utility Commission of Texas that they plan to work with utility providers to issue a revised forecast in the coming weeks.

“I think it's clear we need to engage in the process and look at ways to refine this number to something that's more usable,” PUC Chair Thomas Gleeson said.

Stay tuned: ERCOT said it expects peak electric demand on the grid this summer will hit between 90,500-98,000 megawatts, which would shatter the current demand record.

 

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