The AI craze sweeping the globe has already led many companies and industries to adopt artificial intelligence tools.

Now, the city of Oakland is dipping its toes into what some are predicting will be the biggest technological shift in decades .

For over a year, Oakland officials have been quietly exploring how to use AI to improve city services, and city staff have been working with a local university to come up with ideas, they told us.

Meanwhile, some city workers are already using AI.

Deputy City Administrator Joe DeVries told The Oaklandside that he and the city’s IT director formed a working group to explore AI roughly a year and a half ago. Mindful of the risks, DeVries said the group, which included staff representatives from every department, began by developing interim secu

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