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Next Level Responsiveness
In this new paper from Data-Smart City Solutions, Pr. Stephen Goldsmith and Christopher Swope outline how the staggering pace of technological change and innovation has supercharged the Responsive City Cycle. Learn how artificial intelligence has given...
Federal Data, Local Impact: What Cities Need to Know
Host Stephen Goldsmith speaks with Denice Ross, Director of Federal Data Policy at the Federation of American Scientists, about the relationship between local and federal data, what city CDOs should prioritize, and why cities have untapped power to shape...
Agentic AI Comes to City Hall
Data-Smart City Pod host Stephen Goldsmith speaks with Boston CIO Santi Garces and Harvard Business School Professor Mitch Weiss to explore the "growing gap" between AI capability and organizational adoption.
When Residents and Algorithms See Different Problems
An analysis of roughly 187,000 citizen reports and nearly 5,000 computer vision detections in Jamaica Plain, MA shows why cities need both perspectives and raises critical questions about who gets heard. Data from 311 available at data.boston.gov/...
Knight Foundation supports Harvard Kennedy School’s Data-Smart City Solutions to launch $3 Million initiative to help American cities harness generative AI
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced over $3 million to Data-Smart City Solutions, led by Harvard Kennedy School faculty member and former mayor Stephen Goldsmith, to help city governments in 10 Knight communities leverage generative...
