{"id":220505,"date":"2026-05-26T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/michigan-bill-seeks-to-wrangle-wild-west-of-gov-ai-use\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:45:13","slug":"michigan-bill-seeks-to-wrangle-wild-west-of-gov-ai-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/michigan-bill-seeks-to-wrangle-wild-west-of-gov-ai-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Bill Seeks to Wrangle \u2018Wild West\u2019 of Gov AI Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/policy\/michigan-bill-seeks-to-wrangle-wild-west-of-gov-ai-use\">Michigan Bill Seeks to Wrangle \u2018Wild West\u2019 of Gov AI Use<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/policy\/michigan-bill-seeks-to-wrangle-wild-west-of-gov-ai-use\">https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/policy\/michigan-bill-seeks-to-wrangle-wild-west-of-gov-ai-use<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-26 15:25:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.govtech.com\">www.govtech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michigan state government employees are currently navigating the &#8220;Wild West&#8221; of artificial intelligence (AI) without clear guidelines on its use across various departments.<\/li>\n<li>State Rep. Jaime Greene introduced a bill for a pilot program aimed at studying the use of generative AI in government to improve efficiency while ensuring oversight and compliance with data protection and cybersecurity standards.<\/li>\n<li>The bill, unanimously passed by the House Communications and Technology Committee, seeks to establish a three-member AI governing board within the state&#8217;s Department of Technology, Management and Budget to guide the pilot program.<\/li>\n<li>The pilot program, if approved, will begin in January 2027 and aim to test AI tools in a controlled environment, ensuring it does not involve confidential or restricted information.<\/li>\n<li>The pilot program is expected to yield reports on time savings, efficiency, and risks associated with AI usage, helping to inform future regulations and broader implementation.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative comes amidst a national trend where several states are initiating AI legislation and studies on AI\u2019s impact on government, employment, and healthcare.<\/li>\n<li>Michigan has previously allocated funds for AI initiatives but these were later canceled by a Republican-controlled committee, though they could potentially support the new pilot program pending a court ruling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Bill Seeks to Wrangle \u2018Wild West\u2019 of Gov AI Use https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/policy\/michigan-bill-seeks-to-wrangle-wild-west-of-gov-ai-use Publish Date: 2026-05-26&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/erepublic.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/56536dd\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/770x374+0+69\/resize\/1440x700!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fff%2F4c%2Fbbae096cdf12f8846254346bc598%2Fmichigan-capitol1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20,19],"class_list":["post-220505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-generative-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220505"}],"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=220505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220507,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220505\/revisions\/220507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}