Many cities have been using AI for years to assist with data management, analysis and decision-making. Recent advancements in generative AI present new opportunities for innovation and creativity, enhancing communication efforts and improving public engagement.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has a range of uses in government. It can be used to further public policy objectives (in areas such as emergency services, health and welfare), as well as assist the public to interact with the government (through the use of virtual assistants, for example).
Emergency response and disaster management. Local governments can use AI to help anticipate floods, wildfires, droughts, blizzards, and other natural disasters. By sifting through reams of data faster than legacy analytics technologies, AI can help create simulations of potential future catastrophes.
There are several security use cases for AI including data security, identity and access management, IT management, cloud security, and threat detection and response. AI has transformed cybersecurity, making it easier for security professionals to respond to a growing number of cyberthreats.
Can AI review legal contracts? Yes, AI can review legal contracts. AI systems can analyse, summarise, and identify key clauses in legal documents with speed and accuracy.
Streamline decision making AI can improve government operations by providing policymakers with more information and the ability to query generative AI to understand potential strategies. Governments can use AI models to decide budgets quicker and allocate the funds to the agencies and nonprofits that depend on them.
San Jose has also used AI to improve language translation on government web pages and proactively identify potholes, graffiti, illegal dumping and homeless encampments so that it can deliver services before receiving a service request.
Accurate decision-making: AI can also help public services make more informed decisions. Any system involving lots of data and human time is a good candidate. Deeper insights: Governments can use AI models to spot patterns within their data. This may help fuel improvements or minimise inefficiency.
Yes. Large language models (LLMs) – a subset of generative AI that can recognize, predict, translate, summarize, and generate language, including software code – can write legal documents, including contracts. LLMs use deep learning algorithms to generate humanlike text in response to user prompts.