Three hot-button topics are on the Yavapai County Board’s meeting agenda this week: artificial intelligence, sex trafficking, and a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agreement.

A $41,000 artificial intelligence (AI) consulting contract for the sheriff’s department and an agreement to use DHS’s SAVE software to verify voters’ citizenship are both on the consent agenda, meaning the board is scheduled to approve them without discussion.

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