State AI Pilot Programs Need Clear Metrics and Pathways to Scale Across Government
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David Kertai
Summary
State governments are launching AI pilot programs, but most remain siloed in individual agencies without clear evaluation metrics or pathways to statewide deployment. The article argues that states need standardized frameworks, cross-agency coordination, and outcome-based metrics to scale successful AI pilots effectively. Without these, states risk repeating cycles of experimentation without meaningful, widespread impact on government services.
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· 2 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, widespread impact on government services.
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