State AI Pilot Programs Need Clearer Metrics and Pathways to Scale
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David Kertai
Summary
The article discusses how state governments are adopting AI pilot programs but struggling to scale them from isolated tests to statewide deployment. It highlights the widening gap between states with coordinated, whole-of-government AI sandboxes and those lacking clear evaluation metrics and outcome tracking. The piece argues for standardized metrics, cross-agency coordination, and structured pathways to move AI pilots into production at scale.
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· 3 pulledAlthough roughly 90 percent of state technology offices have launched AI pilot programs, the gap between states that operate innovative, whole‑of‑government sandboxes and those that struggle to track outcomes or scale beyond isolated agency tests continues to widen.
Without clear evaluation metrics, states risk repeating cycles of experimentation without meaningful, scalable impact.
State lawmakers across the country have passed laws that create new opportunities to integrate AI tools into government services.
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