{"id":177730,"date":"2026-01-13T18:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/13\/mississippis-cio-on-ai-growth\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:25:10","slug":"mississippis-cio-on-ai-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/13\/mississippis-cio-on-ai-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi\u2019s CIO on AI Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/artificial-intelligence\/theres-a-lot-of-hype-mississippis-cio-on-ai-growth\">Mississippi\u2019s CIO on AI Growth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/artificial-intelligence\/theres-a-lot-of-hype-mississippis-cio-on-ai-growth\">https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/artificial-intelligence\/theres-a-lot-of-hype-mississippis-cio-on-ai-growth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-13 18:13:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.govtech.com\">www.govtech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mississippi CIO Craig Orgeron emphasizes realism and groundwork over the hype surrounding AI, focusing on making AI work within government through realism and systematic effort.<\/li>\n<li>The state has established AI acceptable-use guidelines and an AI Innovation Hub, yet Orgeron stresses that these measures alone do not equate to transformation.<\/li>\n<li>Data quality, privacy, transparency, and security are prioritized to lay the foundational prerequisites for AI adoption.<\/li>\n<li>Mississippi prefers proof-of-concept projects and limited pilots to scale AI gradually, using early use cases to learn about both the potential and limitations of AI.<\/li>\n<li>Instead of broad deployment, the state is bringing a few key AI projects to production and measuring real value, guided by the AI Innovation Fund.<\/li>\n<li>Mississippi&#8217;s broader tech agenda includes establishing its Cloud Center of Excellence, 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