As Illinois' first chief AI officer, Sakkaria will lead the department's enterprise AI strategy and support the state's responsible adoption of artificial intelligence.

Aaron Wright, Alabama's new chief AI officer, said he wants the state's AI guardrails to become a continuously evolving framework.

Alabama has promoted Aaron Wright, the state's director of application development, to serve as its first chief AI officer.

Tony Sauerhoff, Texas' first chief artificial intelligence and innovation officer, is serving as interim state CIO after the recent appointment of Amanda Crawford to head the state's…

New York State has named Eleonore Fournier-Tombs, a United Nations University researcher, as its new chief AI officer, less than one year after appointing its previous one.

Louisville, Kentucky's mayor said the new AI chief and pilot project are two "big steps" toward using technology to better serve residents.

Seattle has named Lisa Qian to lead the city's artificial intelligence strategy.

Texas has appointed Tony Sauerhoff, the state's cyber chief, as its first chief AI and innovation officer. He'll lead a new AI division.