AI and Government: Six Key Takeaways from NewDEAL Policy Roundtable

NewDEAL Leaders convened a policy roundtable during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, bringing together experts and elected officials to discuss the impacts of the rapid development of generative artificial intelligence, or generative AI.

NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan started the discussion by noting that citizens and elected leaders “need to think of the world as it is and as it is going to be, not what it was.” She reminded us that state and local governments can and should embrace AI’s potential rather than fear it, with a focus on solving real-world problems.

Elected leaders featured during the discussion included U.S. Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD); Mayor Kate Gallego, Phoenix; Dorcey Applyrs, Chief City Auditor, Albany, NY; Assemblyperson Alex Bores (D-NY); and Maggie Toulouse Oliver, New Mexico Secretary of State.