{"id":71499,"date":"2025-06-13T15:12:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T19:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/?post_type=video&p=71499"},"modified":"2025-06-13T15:13:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T19:13:34","slug":"california-cio-ai-2025","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/video\/california-cio-ai-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"For AI projects, California\u2019s CIO wants agencies to consider benefit, value, cost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

California is approaching the two year anniversary of Gov. Gavin Newsom signing a landmark executive order<\/a> in September 2023 designed to organize the state\u2019s governance of artificial intelligence technologies. Almost two years on, state Chief Information Officer Liana Bailey-Crimmins says the state\u2019s use of AI is \u201cmoving forward\u201d but that she\u2019s encouraging agency heads to think carefully about the solutions they choose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She says she\u2019s encouraging agencies to consider the \u201cbenefit, value and cost\u201d of AI products, and to also consider technologies that don\u2019t use AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bailey-Crimmins says in a video interview with StateScoop that the state has conducted ten proofs of concept that can now be scaled up for wider use. These include AI tools to improve operations of transportation management, traffic safety and knocking down language barriers in a state where some 200 languages and dialects are spoken. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also pointed to Gartner research showing that an overwhelming majority of software is expected to include some form of AI by 2026. Bailey-Crimmins said she wants to ensure that agencies can accelerate the process of using those tools effectively, especially if the state is already paying for licenses for software suites with AI capabilities, like Adobe\u2019s and Microsoft\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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