{"id":188674,"date":"2026-02-18T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/mesa-ariz-will-offer-ai-training-to-staff-and-residents\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T18:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:50:17","slug":"mesa-ariz-will-offer-ai-training-to-staff-and-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/mesa-ariz-will-offer-ai-training-to-staff-and-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Mesa, Ariz., Will Offer AI Training to Staff and Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/artificial-intelligence\/mesa-ariz-will-offer-ai-training-to-staff-and-residents\">Mesa, Ariz., Will Offer AI Training to Staff and Residents<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/artificial-intelligence\/mesa-ariz-will-offer-ai-training-to-staff-and-residents\">https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/artificial-intelligence\/mesa-ariz-will-offer-ai-training-to-staff-and-residents<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-18 17:52:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.govtech.com\">www.govtech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The City of Mesa will be the first in Arizona to provide free AI training for both community members and employees starting in May.<\/li>\n<li>The training program will utilize LinkedIn Learning, available to the public through a Mesa library card with no additional cost.<\/li>\n<li>Courses are self-paced and cater to beginner, intermediate, and advanced learners, including seniors, job seekers, and entrepreneurs.<\/li>\n<li>Roll-out to all city employees will begin with introductory classes on AI essentials and safe use, followed by potential broader engagement plans.<\/li>\n<li>The city will engage with the state\u2019s AI committee, possibly influenced by upcoming regulations or legislations regarding AI in local governments.<\/li>\n<li>The city already has a robust AI policy and is tracking usage to evaluate the training program\u2019s effectiveness.<\/li>\n<li>Data protection strategies are being implemented to control and secure access to AI-generated information to safeguard resident data.<\/li>\n<li>The city is exploring further AI applications in data analytics and potential deep dives into departmental studies to supplement or replace traditional methods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mesa, Ariz., Will Offer AI Training to Staff and Residents https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/artificial-intelligence\/mesa-ariz-will-offer-ai-training-to-staff-and-residents Publish Date: 2026-02-18 17:52:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/erepublic.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/d2b019d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1170x569+0+67\/resize\/1440x700!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F20%2F1a%2Fe94facdb011b6051d8d490b3975f%2Fshutterstock-artificial-intelligence-ai.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188674"}],"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=188674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188676,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188674\/revisions\/188676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}