This week, New York City announced a new “AI Action Plan” that outlines new initiatives aimed at more effectively harness artificial intelligence for city services, while also attempting to mitigate the risks associated with this emerging technology. The plan includes designing and implementing a governance framework by setting up an AI steering committee. Mayor Eric Adams also announced the launch of a new website that will use an AI chatbot to help answer questions from small business owners.
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Vikram R. Bhargava, assistant professor of strategic management and public policy at the George Washington University School of Business. His research centers around topics including artificial intelligence, the future of work, technology addiction, mass social media outrage, autonomous vehicles, and other topics related to digital technology policy.
In a recent interview with Crain’s New York Business, Bhargava “praised the mayor's attention to the emerging field. But he said the ‘action plan’ could be hamstrung by its broad definition of AI, making it hard to formulate any wide-ranging policies.”
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