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Garfield County reviews draft AI use policy, directs staff to place it on consent agenda
Summary
County staff presented a draft artificial intelligence use policy and implementation plan, including guardrails, training, pilot projects and vendor options; commissioners agreed to return the policy on the consent agenda for formal adoption.
Garfield County commissioners heard a staff presentation on a proposed artificial intelligence (AI) use policy and a phased implementation plan and directed staff to place the policy on the consent agenda for future board adoption.
The policy, presented by Gary (staff member) and the county’s AI work group, lays out six high-level policy points and a set of guidelines intended to create “guardrails” for county use of AI, protect privacy and sensitive data, require human review of AI outputs and provide incident-reporting channels. Gary said the county will begin with policy and training, move to small-scale pilot projects vetted through IT, then expand successful efforts.
Why it matters: County staff told the commission that AI tools are already embedded in commonly used software and that departments such as the county attorney’s office and assessor’s office are experimenting with…
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