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Our work in the area of artificial intelligence/generative artificial intelligence (AI/GenAI) focuses on how cities can responsibly and effectively integrate AI/GenAI into governance and service delivery. Through podcast interviews, guest authors, white...

Navigating Artificial Intelligence in Government

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August 24, 2017 Civic Data This article was excerpted from a paper " Artificial Intelligence for Citizen Services and Government " written by Harvard Ash Center Technology and Democracy Fellow Hila Mehr. From online services like Netflix and Facebook, to...

Artificial Intelligence Will Help Create a More Responsive Government

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January 17, 2017 311 This article originally appeared in Government Technology magazine. When a citizen dials 311, it has been the longstanding preference by mayors to have a city employee on the other end of the line to deliver the ever-valuable personal...

Artificial Intelligence, Actual Integrity

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This article was originally published in Vital City . In 2010, we found our roles and responsibilities for the City of New York converging as we sought to remedy the impact of one of the largest public corruption scandals in the city’s history. Both of us...

The Need for Governing Intelligence

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October 4, 2016 Civic Data This post originally appeared in Stephen Goldsmith's Better Faster Cheaper blog on Governing.com. Recent advances in artificial intelligence have enabled many promising technologies, from sophisticated voice recognition to...

#ThisWeekInData January 17, 2020

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January 17, 2020 Civic Data State Scoop: Sidewalk Labs Pilots AI-Powered Recycling System Sidewalk Labs is testing a recycling pilot that will utilize artificial intelligence-powered imaging to test waste management technologies that could potentially be...

The Complicated Interplay: AI and Government

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June 26, 2023 Artificial Intelligence In this episode Professor Goldsmith interviews Professor Dan Huttenlocher, inaugural dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and expert on artificial intelligence and computer science. They discuss the...

#ThisWeekInAI October 13, 2023

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October 13, 2023 Artificial Intelligence Northeastern Global News: How Can Cities Use AI? These Professors are Creating Guidelines. Two Northeastern University professors have been awarded a grant to research and educate the city of Boston and residents...

#ThisWeekinAI June 21, 2024

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SMART WATER MAGAZINE: Atlanta will use artificial intelligence tools to detect water main breaks Atlanta is set to implement artificial intelligence technology to detect and prevent water main breaks in its aging infrastructure following recent major pipe...

#ThisWeekInAI August 1, 2025

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Route Fifty: Why cities are turning to AI for property assessments This article examines how municipalities are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence technologies to enhance the accuracy, efficiency, and transparency of property valuation...

#ThisWeekInAI January 12, 2024

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January 12, 2024 Artificial Intelligence Government Technology: Pennsylvania Announces GenAI Pilot for State Employees In the first agreement between OpenAI and a state entity, Pennsylvania will develop a pilot program to responsibly implement generative...

Next Level Responsiveness

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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...