It's not a question of if or when: State and local governments are already putting artificial intelligence to work.
As agencies use artificial intelligence to improve services and efficiency, leaders must shape its governance and impact.
A Southern California air board received more than 20,000 comments from an AI-powered campaign before rejecting pollution limits on gas appliances.
As lawmakers respond to public concern over automated coverage decisions, a federal executive order threatens to override state authority.
The administration’s framework could jeopardize broadband grants and spark legal battles, but lawmakers in states like Colorado and California say they’ll continue regulating artificial intelligence.
It’s all too easy to deploy a system that does more harm than good, undermining public trust.
It could provide a controlled framework for innovation, testing and deployment of technologies like AI and blockchain.
Laws targeting the practice have been a mess. It benefits both businesses and consumers, and pricing decisions should be left to market forces.
Fake cases and fabricated quotes in legal filings are prompting courts and lawmakers to issue restrictions and education requirements.
Chatbots with inadequate safeguards are harming our children, rewiring their brains in ways that lead to anxiety, depression and self-harm. State lawmakers should take swift action to protect them.
A market crash doesn’t seem imminent, but there are lessons for public financiers, pension funds and policymakers from collapses of the past.
The incentives are reshaping rural economies, with debates emerging about oversight and long-term community costs.
Advanced systems are reshaping professional judgment, forcing local governments to rethink accountability, performance management and labor relations.
The unprecedented move aims to quell concerns about data centers driving up energy costs.
The White House offered few details Wednesday on what Congress can expect from planned legislative recommendations for a national standard that would seek to preempt state laws.
In short, more clarity with less spectacle. Last year’s federal tax cuts won’t have much of an impact on state and local revenues, but tariff refund politics could be a fiscal wild card. And AI’s effects will be felt on several fronts.
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