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Professor outlines AI opportunities and risks, urges Indianapolis to build data governance and a ‘city brain’
Summary
At a June 2 meeting of the Indianapolis City-County Council Artificial Intelligence Commission, Indiana University law professor Frank Emmett outlined AI use cases, risks and governance recommendations, urging the city to invest in data, training and a centralized ‘city brain.’
Professor Frank Emmett, of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, told the Artificial Intelligence Commission of the Indianapolis City-County Council on June 2 that cities must prepare now for fast-moving advances in artificial intelligence and invest in data, skills and governance to capture benefits while limiting harms.
Emmett said federal action on AI appears unlikely in the near term and warned that proposed federal preemption language in a pending budget bill could bar state or local regulation; he pointed to the European Union—s recently adopted AI Act and its General Data Protection Regulation as contrasting approaches. "AI is data hungry," Emmett said, arguing that local governments must collect and link more real-time data to support services ranging from traffic management to emergency response.
The professor…
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