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A Starting Point for Your City’s AI Policy

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The League of Minnesota Cities has published guidance intended to give local governments a starting point for developing AI policy. The resource appears aimed at helping city officials think through how to approach AI adoption at the municipal level.

Why this matters: Most city governments are using or considering AI with no real policy in place. That gap matters because cities touch housing, policing, permits, benefits, and a lot of personal data. A template from a state municipal league is not binding, but it shapes what hundreds of local officials treat as normal. The details matter: what counts as acceptable use, what data AI can touch, and who is accountable when a city's AI tool gets something wrong for a resident.

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