States Must Scale AI Pilot Programs from Isolated Tests to Statewide Government Deployment
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David Kertai
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State lawmakers across the U.S. have passed laws enabling AI integration into government services, but while roughly 90% of state technology offices have launched AI pilot programs, there is a widening gap between states with innovative, whole-of-government sandboxes and those that struggle to track outcomes or scale beyond isolated tests. The article argues that without clear evaluation metrics, states risk repeating cycles of experimentation without meaningful statewide deployment.
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· 3 pulledArtificial intelligence (AI) is transforming virtually every industry, and the public sector cannot afford to fall behind.
Although 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.
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