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State CTO says AI task force report is imminent; emphasizes data governance and human oversight
Summary
Christopher Rhine, New Jersey's chief technology officer, told the committee the Artificial Intelligence Task Force (created by Executive Order 346) is finalizing a public report and recommended improving data governance, curating data and keeping humans in the loop on early use cases.
Christopher Rhine, New Jersey's chief technology officer and co‑chair of the state's Artificial Intelligence Task Force, told the Senate committee that a broad task force created by Executive Order 346 has spent a year examining ethics, security and use cases and that its report is in final counsel review.
"We anticipate publicly releasing this task force very shortly... It's in its final, final reviews with counsel's office," Rhine said, adding that the state is focused on ethical, responsible and secure use of AI.
Rhine emphasized that the value and safety of AI systems depend on data: improving governance, quality control and curation of state data is central to the administration's early AI deployments. He said initial use cases in state agencies limit themselves to publicly available data with no personally identifiable information and keep a human in the loop for curation and verification.
On legislation, Rhine urged a balance between useful statutory guardrails and flexibility to avoid prescriptive rules that age poorly as technology changes. He recommended that the legislature consider risk-based approaches and support agency capacity to oversee AI deployments.
Rhine said the task force's recommendations would inform future hearings and legislative work and that the administration expects to release the task force report imminently.
