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#ai-policy Executive Order N-5-26 turns procurement into policy. By requiring vendor certifications for state AI contracts, California sidesteps federal preemption and sets a de facto national standard.
#ai-policy AI tools are landing in police departments faster than agencies can teach officers to use them. The result is expensive shelfware, inconsistent adoption, and a growing gap between what the technology can do and what officers actually do with it.
#federal-ai A new GAO report shows 84% of federal generative AI use cases are internal operations, not public-facing surveillance. The federal playbook looks a lot like the boring revolution happening in local agencies.
#ai-policy The debate over AI in policing fixates on whether the technology works. The real question is whether agencies can govern what they've already bought.
#ai-policy While everyone debates facial recognition, AI is quietly rewriting police reports, monitoring body camera footage, and changing officer behavior more effectively than any training program.