As agencies brace for upticks in renewal volume and administrative complexity, some officials say they're making changes, but not planning to use any new technologies.
A new round of funding from two civic tech nonprofits, targeting benefits system upgrades, aims to disrupt the traditional relationship between state governments and their technology vendors.
City officials in San Jose, California, have approved an updated AI policy framework for the city. They also agreed that the GovAI Coalition should become a nonprofit.
Santiago Garces, Boston's CIO, said his agentic AI tools enable anyone, regardless of technical aptitude, to analyze city data. Designed to work with a variety of open-data…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference at San Lorenzo High School as he signs executive order to expand women’s access to capital and wealth-building opportunities in partnership with First Partner Siebel Newsom in San Lorenzo, California, on March 18, 2026. (Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Images)
Officials in Tennessee said during a technology conference that boosting the impact of AI will require strong collaboration between the public and private sectors — and state…
A screen displays a post by Elon Musk on the X app, showing an AI prompt-created image, made Grok, depicting Musk wearing a bikini, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Leon Neal / Getty Images)
The City of Baltimore has filed a lawsuit against several of Elon Musk's companies, including X and xAI, claiming the Grok chatbot does not contain sufficient guardrails…