AI for Governance: How Institutions Can Provide AI Access Safely, Affordably, and at Scale As governments move from AI pilots to workforce-wide access, the hardest questions are practical: What does it cost at scale? Who gets access? How do you log usage and manage risk? How do we pair acce...

Enterprise AI access doesn’t have to mean multi-million-dollar-per-seat contracts. NJ built inside its own cloud (~$1/user/month). Boston’s pilot is under $10K year one.

Pricing structure matters as much as model performance.

Read today's #AIforGovernance piece: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/how-bos...

AI for Governance: How Institutions Can Provide AI Access Safely, Affordably, and at Scale As governments move from AI pilots to workforce-wide access, the hardest questions are practical: What does it cost at scale? Who gets access? How do you log usage and manage risk? How do we pair access with training so it’s safe — and actually useful?Drawing on lessons from New Jersey and Boston, this post outlines how to structure AI deployment using usage-based pricing, cloud infrastructure you control, and training designed to drive real impact.

Enterprise AI access doesn’t have to mean multi-million dollar per-seat contracts. NJ built inside its own cloud (~$1/user/month). Boston’s pilot is under $10K year one.

Pricing structure matters as much as model performance.

Read @bethnoveck.bsky.social's #AIforGovernance piece:

AI for Governance: How Institutions Can Provide AI Access Safely, Affordably, and at Scale As governments move from AI pilots to workforce-wide access, the hardest questions are practical: What does it cost at scale? Who gets access? How do you log usage and manage risk? How do we pair access with training so it’s safe — and actually useful?Drawing on lessons from New Jersey and Boston, this post outlines how to structure AI deployment using usage-based pricing, cloud infrastructure you control, and training designed to drive real impact.

Enterprise AI access doesn’t have to mean multi-million dollar per-seat contracts. NJ built inside its own cloud (~$1/user/month). Boston’s pilot is under $10K year one.

Pricing structure matters as much as model performance.

Read @bethnoveck.bsky.social's #AIforGovernance piece:

Doing Democracy with AI: Designing Public Engagement for the AI Era Leaders increasingly believe public engagement matters, but lack the practical know-how to do it well. Beth Simone Noveck and Dane Gambrell examine how institutions use AI and collective intelligence to engage the public at scale. Across countries and levels of government, engagement can move from performative to consequential when institutions build the capacity to design it well. That work now comes together in a new free course, Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era, created by InnovateUS, The GovLab, and the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, to help public professionals turn these lessons into practice.

Public engagement matters. Designing it well is hard.

@bethnoveck.bsky.social and Dane Gambrell co-wrote a new #AIforGovernance blog on how AI can support participation, and where legitimacy is at risk.

We’re building a course "Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era" and seeking feedback.

Doing Democracy with AI: Designing Public Engagement for the AI Era Leaders increasingly believe public engagement matters, but lack the practical know-how to do it well. Beth Simone Noveck and Dane Gambrell examine how institutions use AI and collective intelligence to engage the public at scale. Across countries and levels of government, engagement can move from performative to consequential when institutions build the capacity to design it well. That work now comes together in a new free course, Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era, created by InnovateUS, The GovLab, and the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, to help public professionals turn these lessons into practice.

Public engagement matters. Designing it well is hard.

@bethnoveck.bsky.social and Dane Gambrell co-wrote a new #AIforGovernance blog on how AI can support participation, and where legitimacy is at risk.

We’re building a course "Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era" and seeking feedback.

Doing Democracy with AI: Designing Public Engagement for the AI Era Leaders increasingly believe public engagement matters, but lack the practical know-how to do it well. Beth Simone Noveck and Dane Gambrell examine how institutions use AI and collective intelligence ...

Public engagement matters. Designing it well is hard.

Dane Gambrell and I co-wrote a new #AIforGovernance blog on how AI can support participation.

We’re building a course, "Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era," and seeking feedback.

rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/doing-d...

Accountable Algorithms: Blending Individual Rights and Collective Oversight in Government AI AI is already shaping government decisions, but bright-line bans on automated decisions are not enough to manage the complex “middle space” where most automation now operates. Effective governance req...

Tackling AI’s risks must also happen in the messy middle, reviewing the influence on human judgment.

Dane Gabmbrell and I share for #AIforGovernance Monday: we need transparency, algorithm registers, redress routes, and trained public servants.

rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/account...

The AI Fish Counter: Teaching Ourselves to Use AI—Before It Uses Us The danger isn’t that AI will make us dumber—it’s that governments, companies, and schools won’t make us smarter with it. As policymakers stall and corporations automate, the burden of using AI wisely now falls on us. Like shoppers at the fish counter, we need to learn to read the labels—to know what’s safe, what’s risky, and how to choose well.

We don’t need to fear AI. But we do need to learn how to use it wisely.

In her #AIforGovernance post, @bethnoveck.bsky.social‬ asks what if we treated AI like the fish counter, learning to weigh risks and read the labels?

Read it here:
rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/the-ai-...

The AI Fish Counter: Teaching Ourselves to Use AI—Before It Uses Us The danger isn’t that AI will make us dumber—it’s that governments, companies, and schools won’t make us smarter with it. As policymakers stall and corporations automate, the burden of using AI wisely now falls on us. Like shoppers at the fish counter, we need to learn to read the labels—to know what’s safe, what’s risky, and how to choose well.

We don’t need to fear AI. But we do need to learn how to use it wisely.

In her #AIforGovernance post, @bethnoveck.bsky.social‬ asks what if we treated AI like the fish counter, learning to weigh risks and read the labels?

Read it here:
rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/the-ai-...

🗞️ What caught our eye this week?

Read the full roundup of democracy, governance, and AI news from around the world:
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#RebootDemocracy #AIforGovernance #GlobalAIWatch #NewsThatCaughtOurEye

News That Caught Our Eye #81 - News That Caught Our Eye Hamburg uses AI to turn citizen feedback into urban policy, Boston showcases tools that improve public trust, and tribal nations are piloting AI for governance while protecting sovereignty. New York b

🗞️ What caught our eye this week?

Read the full roundup of democracy, governance, and AI news from around the world:
🌐 rebootdemocracy.ai/newsthatcaug...

#RebootDemocracy #AIforGovernance #GlobalAIWatch #NewsThatCaughtOurEye

News That Caught Our Eye #81 - News That Caught Our Eye Hamburg uses AI to turn citizen feedback into urban policy, Boston showcases tools that improve public trust, and tribal nations are piloting AI for governance while protecting sovereignty. New York b

🗞️ What caught our eye this week?

Read the full roundup of democracy, governance, and AI news from around the world:
🌐 rebootdemocracy.ai/newsthatcaug...

#RebootDemocracy #AIforGovernance #GlobalAIWatch #NewsThatCaughtOurEye

Research Radar: The Agentic State: A 20-Year Wish List, Finally Within Reach? This week’s Research Radar highlights The Agentic State, an ambitious whitepaper arguing that AI agents could reshape the core functions of government. It’s a timely vision for public sector transform...

The Agentic State project just dropped a new Vision Statement.

Back in June, I unpacked the original whitepaper and asked: Can AI help us build institutions worthy of public trust?

📖 Read my take → rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/agentic...

#AgenticState #AIforGovernance #RebootDemocracy

Research Radar: The Agentic State: A 20-Year Wish List, Finally Within Reach? This week’s Research Radar highlights The Agentic State, an ambitious whitepaper arguing that AI agents could reshape the core functions of government. It’s a timely vision for public sector…

The Agentic State project just dropped a new Vision Statement.

Back in June, we unpacked the original whitepaper and asked, can AI help us build institutions worthy of public trust?

📖 Read @bethnoveck.bsky.social’s take → buff.ly/Quty6oL

#AgenticState #AIforGovernance #RebootDemocracy

Research Radar: The Agentic State: A 20-Year Wish List, Finally Within Reach? This week’s Research Radar highlights The Agentic State, an ambitious whitepaper arguing that AI agents could reshape the core functions of government. It’s a timely vision for public sector…

The Agentic State project just dropped a new Vision Statement.

Back in June, we unpacked the original whitepaper and asked, can AI help us build institutions worthy of public trust?

📖 Read @bethnoveck.bsky.social’s take → buff.ly/Quty6oL

#AgenticState #AIforGovernance #RebootDemocracy

Governor Hochul Announces Artificial Intelligence Training Pilot Program for New York State Workforce Governor Hochul announced an AI training pilot program designed for the NYS workforce.

Big news from New York: Governor Hochul just launched an AI training pilot for 1,000 state employees with @innovateus.bsky.social

Proud to see public servants getting the tools and trust they need to shape AI for the public good.

📖 buff.ly/KhFhifd

#AIforGovernance #RebootDemocracy #InnovateUS

Governor Hochul Announces Artificial Intelligence Training Pilot Program for New York State Workforce Governor Hochul announced an AI training pilot program designed for the NYS workforce.

Big news from New York: Governor Hochul just launched an AI training pilot for 1,000 state employees with @innovateus.bsky.social

Proud to see public servants getting the tools and trust they need to shape AI for the public good.

📖 buff.ly/KhFhifd

#AIforGovernance #RebootDemocracy #InnovateUS

6/ We are grateful for the leadership of @Amal EL FALLAH - SEGHROUCHNI, and for Morocco’s broader commitment to advancing an AI future that is equitable, open, and rooted in public interest.

#PublicInterestAI #CurrentAI #Morocco #AIForGovernance #GlobalSouthAI #assisesnationalesia2025