STUDIO BASIN: Digital literacy, AI incoming and summer baseball wrap-up
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MOSES LAKE — In this week’s edition of the STUDIO BASIN podcast, NCW Tech Alliance CEO Sue Kane joins Managing Editor R. Hans “Rob” Miller to talk about technology and how it is important to the economic growth of Central Washington. The discussion covers a bit of background on NCW Tech Alliance, the programs it offers and the balance that will need to be reached to make AI a tool to improve people’s lives rather than something that harms people.
Sports reporter Ian Bivona and senior reporter Cheryl Schweizer discuss the end of the summer baseball season in the sports segment. The seasons for the Columbia Basin Sixers and the ACH Legion team from Almira Coulee Hartline ended at state tournaments this past week with generally successful records for the season.
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