GovAI Coalition<\/a> began as an idea by the city of San Jos\u00e9 in 2023.<\/p>\nSince then, hundreds of cities and municipalities nationwide have joined. La Mesa became the first city in East County to become a part of the coalition.<\/p>\n
Councilmember Genevieve Suzuki spearheaded the effort to get La Mesa on board the artificial intelligence group.<\/p>\n
\u201cArtificial intelligence isn\u2019t just coming to local government; it\u2019s here,\u201d Suzuki said. \u201cWhether we\u2019re ready or not, AI is being integrated into municipal operations, from traffic management, to permit processing to public safety systems.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cities across San Diego County have already implemented artificial intelligence policies. The Chula Vista City Council recently permitted police officers to use the tool to develop reports. Other cities have implemented policies to protect residents\u2019 data privacy.<\/p>\n
Membership to the group offers the city \u201ccollective wisdom\u201d on artificial intelligence, Suzuki said, allowing La Mesa to develop \u201cresponsible AI policies\u201d in a collaborative way.<\/p>\n
She was particularly interested in protecting residents\u2019 data privacy, while maintaining transparency and accountability surrounding technological advancements.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to be a part of the conversation and we need access to the resources in real time so that we can confront issues and be proactive versus reactive,\u201d Suzuki said. \u201cIf we are reactive, obviously, it increases the chances of litigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joining the coalition will keep city officials informed on fluctuations in artificial intelligence technology that not only affects residents, but also their own responsibilities as elected officials.<\/p>\n
For example, she said city officials could be responsible for providing their conversations with artificial intelligence tools for a Public Records Act. As technologies advance, she said the group will keep city officials informed on best practices to keep residents and themselves protected from privacy issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe owe it to our constituents to be transparent about how we\u2019re using AI,\u201d Suzuki said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"La Mesa became the first city in East County to join the GovAI Coalition in hopes of getting…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":578238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,20161,10506,1370,728,50,3549,3550,7264,7289,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-578237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-east-county","12":"tag-la-mesa","13":"tag-latest-headlines","14":"tag-local-news","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-san-diego","17":"tag-san-diego-county","18":"tag-sandiego","19":"tag-top-stories-sdut","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116042638561383604","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}