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San Jose, Calif., formed the GovAI Coalition in 2023 to bring technologists from different sectors together to collaborate on AI governance. After a unanimous vote, it will now go forward as a nonprofit. -
Louisiana’s most populous city is the latest government to have an AI agent answer 311 calls instead of a human. The shift will happen in coming months; the AI has been trained on three years of 311 calls.
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Iowa lawmakers are considering a deal with Tyler Technologies to use AI and public budget data to find cost savings by comparing the spending of school districts and local governments across the state.
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A private research university in New York will offer a bachelor’s degree in AI this fall, as well as a six-course minor in the subject, featuring courses on machine learning, natural language processing and analytics.
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Modern solutions can liberate local government clerks from hours of transcribing to compile meeting minutes. One such tool, from HeyGov, generates drafts from digital files, which can then be fine-tuned.
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Bangor may fast-track an ordinance to pause data center builds for six months as the Maine state Legislature considers a longer freeze that would ban large centers for a year and a half.
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New York is scaling statewide employee AI training with InnovateUS, after 75 percent of participants in a pilot reported saving time using one AI training tool, and 86 percent wanted to continue.
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City councilors were caught off guard in Lewiston after receiving a proposal for a $300 million center inside the downtown Bates Mill only about a month before a meeting when they needed to vote on it.
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Agentic AI poses both new risks and big opportunities. To mitigate the risks, columnist Ben Palacio argues we should look to the same controls already present in financial information systems.
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Alpha School, which opened in Austin, Texas, in 2014, is set to open a K-8 location in Chicago. It charges $55,000 a year in tuition and uses "guides," in lieu of teachers, to motivate kids to complete online lessons.
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A survey of 386 global experts suggests governments, businesses, educators and communities must act together to counter dangerous overreliance, displaced workers, mental health problems and other risks from AI.
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The document outlining the Trump administration’s approach to AI signals less regulation and more innovation. To plan for it, state and local governments must understand what it includes — and what it omits.
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Napa Valley Unified School District's school board recently approved 10 principles to guide AI use by students and staff, mirroring recommendations from the nonprofit California School Board Association.
