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Englewood’s city council has quietly set a blueprint for cautious municipal AI adoption: approve one vetted productivity assistant, ban the submission of any confidential or personally identifiable information to AI systems, and treat AI outputs as records that must be retained and managed under...

Wellesley’s town government is quietly accelerating its use of artificial intelligence to speed routine work, improve data-driven infrastructure decisions, and make resident services more accessible — while explicitly attempting to balance those gains against privacy, procurement, and...

Newport City Council’s draft AI and automation policy marks a decisive shift: the authority is choosing managed adoption over outright prohibition, betting that tools such as Microsoft Copilot can deliver faster responses, clearer information and freed-up staff time — provided robust governance...

Oxfordshire County Council has moved from pilot to full rollout with Microsoft Copilot, claiming major time savings, a £3.3m net present value identified in its proof of concept, and a programme of engagement and governance designed to make AI adoption practical, safe and organisation‑wide...

Oakland’s new AI pilot solicitation signals a decisive shift from internal policy-setting to real-world experimentation, offering no-cost, 16-week pilots to vendors and researchers on a slate of 30 city‑identified use cases aimed at improving access, efficiency, and transparency across municipal...

Cabonne Council’s draft guidelines for generative AI mark a cautious, pragmatic step: allow staff to use tools such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini for productivity gains — but only with human sign-off, disclosure and strict privacy controls in place. Background Local governments...

Louisville’s new push into municipal artificial intelligence is not vague ambition — it’s a pragmatic, budgeted experiment that starts with staffing, short pilots, and a tight measurement plan designed to prove value or stop wasted spending quickly. Background Mayor Craig Greenberg included a...

The City of Montréal has quietly turned a classic municipal pain point—finding timely information on services, schedules and rules—into a 24/7 conversational surface by deploying a virtual agent built with Microsoft Copilot Studio that now answers citizen questions across the city’s public...

Louisville is betting that a pragmatic, tightly scoped burst of artificial intelligence pilots can squeeze more value from every public dollar, and it’s backing the bet with a $2 million line item, a new Chief AI Officer, and a first wave of 5–10 short projects aimed squarely at measurable time...

The City of Cornwall’s recent move from a 12‑year unresolved service request to a centralized, AI‑ready case‑management platform is a lesson in pragmatic municipal digital transformation: start with a real, measurable pain point, use the tools already in place, and design governance and...

San Francisco has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative by integrating Microsoft's AI-powered tools into its municipal operations, granting approximately 30,000 city employees access to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. This strategic move positions San Francisco as a pioneer in leveraging...

San Francisco is taking a landmark step in public sector technology by extending the power of Microsoft's Copilot AI, based on OpenAI’s advanced GPT-4o model, to 30,000 municipal employees. This ambitious rollout, among the largest of its kind for local governments globally, reinforces the...

San Francisco, a city globally recognized as a crucible of technological innovation, is making another leap forward by integrating Microsoft 365 Copilot AI, powered by OpenAI’s cutting-edge GPT-4o, into the daily workflows of its 30,000 city employees. This move underscores San Francisco’s...

San Francisco has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative by integrating Microsoft's Copilot AI into its municipal operations, providing 30,000 city employees with advanced generative AI tools. This strategic move positions San Francisco at the forefront of AI adoption in public administration...

San Francisco's city government is taking a significant step forward by integrating Microsoft 365 Copilot, an AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, into its daily operations. Starting Monday, nearly 30,000 city employees will have access to this tool, marking San Francisco as the largest local...

Local governments are standing at a critical juncture as the accessibility and practicality of artificial intelligence (AI) continue to surge. On one hand, there is unmistakable optimism about the potential of AI to transform municipal operations, streamline workloads, optimize public resources...