Practical AI Insights for Local Leaders

Excerpt:  “Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping policy conversations—sparking debates on ethics, equity, and responsible use while promising transformative applications as technology rapidly expands. Likewise, generative artificial intelligence (genAI), which trains on large-scale data to produce new content like text and images, increasingly presents opportunities for the public sector to improve government functioning and public services. However, local governments may not know where to begin in deploying AI tools. This brief explores ways local governments and supporting organizations are implementing AI and identifying opportunities for continued AI use for operational and policy needs while accounting for risk mitigation.”