{"id":198836,"date":"2026-03-24T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/detroiters-cautious-about-government-use-of-ai-u-m-survey-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:20:13","slug":"detroiters-cautious-about-government-use-of-ai-u-m-survey-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/detroiters-cautious-about-government-use-of-ai-u-m-survey-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bb Detroiters cautious about government use of AI, U-M survey finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poverty.umich.edu\/2026\/03\/24\/detroiters-cautious-about-government-use-of-ai-u-m-survey-finds\/\">\u00bb Detroiters cautious about government use of AI, U-M survey finds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poverty.umich.edu\/2026\/03\/24\/detroiters-cautious-about-government-use-of-ai-u-m-survey-finds\/\">https:\/\/poverty.umich.edu\/2026\/03\/24\/detroiters-cautious-about-government-use-of-ai-u-m-survey-finds\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-24 15:17:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"poverty.umich.edu\">poverty.umich.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A majority of Detroit residents are neutral or uncertain about whether the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) outweigh its risks, according to a new issue brief from the Detroit Metro Area Communities Study at the University of Michigan.<\/li>\n<li>Over 2,100 survey respondents between August 6 and October 1, 2025, were questioned about their general views on AI and their support for various municipal AI applications.<\/li>\n<li>Researchers aimed to determine residents&#8217; perceptions of AI&#8217;s role in improving government efficiency, transparency, and accountability, as well as its potential to increase harm, bias, or unfairness.<\/li>\n<li>The survey showed mixed support for AI applications, with the highest approval for identifying missing children (57%), followed by significantly lower support for monitoring neighborhood upkeep (38%), assisting in finding government resources (34%), and managing water systems (30%).<\/li>\n<li>The issue brief emphasizes the importance of considering residents&#8217; views as city officials explore AI applications in government services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00bb Detroiters cautious about government use of AI, U-M survey finds https:\/\/poverty.umich.edu\/2026\/03\/24\/detroiters-cautious-about-government-use-of-ai-u-m-survey-finds\/ Publish Date: 2026-03-24&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/poverty.umich.edu\/files\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-24-at-3.11.17-PM-150x150.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-198836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198836"}],"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=198836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198838,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198836\/revisions\/198838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}