AI Archives - Mission Local

Sidewalk chalk message reads: "NO MASS SURVEILLANCE IS SO OBVIOUS HAVE OUR AC" with some words partially out of frame.

‘God loves Anthropic:’ S.F. sidewalk chalk defends AI company in Pentagon feud

by Alice Finno February 27, 2026, 5:22 pmMarch 2, 2026, 4:23 pm

A collage of website FAQ text about RV towing and housing regulations, overlaid with user concerns in blue and orange text bubbles, such as "I want to relapse" and "I have nowhere to go.

S.F. launched an AI chatbot for RV dwellers. It’s got errors.

by Marina Newman October 17, 2025, 2:45 pmOctober 20, 2025, 3:49 pm

A cartoon paperclip with a speech bubble asks a parked RV, “Looks like you’re being evicted… Do you need help?” while a train passes on an overpass above.

San Francisco’s latest answer for RV dwellers? An AI chatbot.

by Marina Newman September 30, 2025, 4:00 amSeptember 30, 2025, 10:38 am

A collage of the same man wearing different branded shirts, hats, and holding a branded pillow, all smiling at the camera.

San Francisco is full of AI billboards. One of them is this guy.

by Yujie Zhou September 18, 2025, 4:00 amSeptember 18, 2025, 2:33 pm

A multi-story brick building with "For Lease" sign, ground-level people and cars parked on the street in front.

Tech vision for AI campus in San Francisco’s ‘Cerebral Valley’ goes bust

by Yujie Zhou December 3, 2024, 9:00 amApril 4, 2025, 12:44 pm

A man in a pink shirt is captured standing in an empty room.

Stuck in the trash for six years, AI could change developer Israfil’s life

by Yujie Zhou November 29, 2023, 6:00 amApril 4, 2025, 12:45 pm

Sam Altman sitting in a chair at a TechCrunch event.

AI community dumbfounded by OpenAI’s ouster of CEO Sam Altman

by Yujie Zhou November 17, 2023, 6:47 pmApril 4, 2025, 12:45 pm

A group of people sitting in a room for an AI event.

For the city’s new AI founders, it’s all work and little play

by Yujie Zhou November 15, 2023, 6:00 amApril 4, 2025, 12:45 pm

Three people standing in front of a screen with laptops.

Day 2: 311 chatbot wins AI for good hackathon

by Yujie Zhou November 6, 2023, 4:17 pmApril 4, 2025, 12:46 pm

A group of people observing an AI-related presentation in a room during the AI boom.

AI founders head west to SF, and find a city awash in connections, ideas and funding

by Yujie Zhou October 30, 2023, 6:00 amApril 4, 2025, 12:51 pm

Two men standing next to each other in a lab.

SF scientists use AI to help fight malaria

by Yujie Zhou October 6, 2023, 6:00 amApril 4, 2025, 12:51 pm

A group of people observing an AI-related presentation in a room during the AI boom.

AI map: Where the young and restless driving the AI boom hang out

by Yujie Zhou October 4, 2023, 6:00 amAugust 11, 2025, 3:38 pm

Mission High sits next to Mission Dolores Park.

SF teachers cautiously, optimistically experiment with AI

by Yujie Zhou September 19, 2023, 9:00 amApril 4, 2025, 12:52 pm

A group of people presenting something.

AI for good? Two techies host hackathons for SF’s problems.

by Yujie Zhou August 30, 2023, 11:00 amApril 4, 2025, 12:52 pm