State IT officials outline AI action plan, stress human oversight and privacy

State Chief Information Officer Terrence Woods told the General Government Subcommittee of Ways and Means that an executive order-driven AI task force produced a comprehensive action plan to guide how the executive branch uses artificial intelligence.

Woods said the document — “about 70 plus pages” — lays out recommendations including human oversight, data-ethics checks and privacy protections. “AI obviously needs data more than data needs AI,” Woods said, adding that the state’s approach will limit data access to what is necessary and minimize unnecessary exposure.

The action plan grew from a year-long task force that included representatives from the Department of Administrative Services’ Enterprise Information Services (DAS EIS), the governor’s office and legislative members. Woods said the plan is grounded in 12 guiding principles and five executive actions, and recommends publishing agency use cases, creating deployment documentation, and developing a reference architecture or blueprint for AI adoption. “We aim to foster a…