{"id":174762,"date":"2026-01-05T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/05\/california-looks-to-drive-efficiency-with-ai-assistant\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T17:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:50:11","slug":"california-looks-to-drive-efficiency-with-ai-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/05\/california-looks-to-drive-efficiency-with-ai-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"California Looks to Drive Efficiency With AI Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/artificial-intelligence\/california-looks-to-drive-efficiency-with-ai-assistant\">California Looks to Drive Efficiency With AI Assistant<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/artificial-intelligence\/california-looks-to-drive-efficiency-with-ai-assistant\">https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/artificial-intelligence\/california-looks-to-drive-efficiency-with-ai-assistant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-05 17:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.govtech.com\">www.govtech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Certainly! Here are the key points from the article about California&#8217;s use of an AI tool named Poppy, powered by technologies like ChatGPT, to assist state employees:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Introduction of Poppy<\/strong>: California&#8217;s Department of Technology has implemented Poppy, a &#8220;digital assistant&#8221; powered by generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT to help state employees with their work.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Customization for State Needs<\/strong>: Poppy is tailored specifically for state workers to answer complex questions and provide detailed information about California state policies, distinguishing it from general AI tools.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Pilot Program<\/strong>: The AI assistant has been piloted since earlier this year with a limited number of employees and is now in use by over 2,000 state workers across 50 departments.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Security Features<\/strong>: Poppy operates within California&#8217;s secure network, ensuring that any information shared or accessed through the tool remains protected and does not leave the government\u2019s network.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Training and Feedback<\/strong>: The technology department is actively seeking feedback from a wide range of employees to ensure the tool effectively meets various needs, recognizing the specialized language and unique tasks state employees handle.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Potential Statewide Expansion<\/strong>: Post-pilot, the department will decide whether to expand Poppy statewide based on the usefulness and success seen during its current use and will consider the necessary additional investment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Resource Efficiency<\/strong>: The AI tool has proven to save time for employees by efficiently searching through dense and complex state documents and regulatory materials like the California State Administrative Manual.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Budget Considerations<\/strong>: Building Poppy internally has been cost-effective compared to purchasing subscriptions to standalone AI models like those available commercially.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Looks to Drive Efficiency With AI Assistant https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/artificial-intelligence\/california-looks-to-drive-efficiency-with-ai-assistant Publish Date: 2026-01-05 17:30:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":174763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/erepublic.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/46c9f82\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2000x972+0+318\/resize\/1440x700!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F35%2F32%2Fa69070324eeeb7ce9f588f3730ce%2Fus-news-calif-ai-state-workers-sj.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20,21],"class_list":["post-174762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-general-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174764,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174762\/revisions\/174764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}