{"id":234831,"date":"2026-04-23T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/city-adopts-new-ai-acceptable-use-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:25:10","slug":"city-adopts-new-ai-acceptable-use-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/city-adopts-new-ai-acceptable-use-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"City Adopts New AI Acceptable Use Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/littlerock.gov\/city-adopts-new-ai-acceptable-use-policy\/\">City Adopts New AI Acceptable Use Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/littlerock.gov\/city-adopts-new-ai-acceptable-use-policy\/\">https:\/\/littlerock.gov\/city-adopts-new-ai-acceptable-use-policy\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-23 15:11:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"littlerock.gov\">littlerock.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">LITTLE ROCK\u2013 Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. today announced the adoption of an Artificial Intelligence policy for the City of Little Rock. This policy establishes guidelines for the responsible use of emerging technology across city operations while strengthening protections for residents\u2019 data and sustaining public trust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">The new AI acceptable use policy creates a framework for city departments to explore and implement artificial intelligence tools that support\u00a0more efficient operations, improved internal systems, and better access to city services. At the same time, the policy ensures the use of strong safeguards for privacy, security, and accountability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">An AI Committee led by the Department of Information Technology will review and approve AI tools before they are implemented and provide oversight on how the technology is used across city government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">The City uses AI in multiple ways, including through the launch of new website tools designed to help residents quickly find answers to common questions, navigate city services, and access important information anytime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">\u201cTechnology continues to shape how cities serve their residents, and Little Rock is committed to embracing innovation responsibly,\u201d Mayor Scott said.\u00a0\u201cThis policy allows us to modernize city operations while protecting the privacy and trust of our residents. Our goal always is to make City government more accessible and responsive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Little Rock\u2019s AI policy establishes clear standards for ethical AI use, including human oversight of all AI-generated work, protections against bias, and strict rules governing the handling of sensitive data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">The framework will allow departments to responsibly explore tools that improve productivity and service delivery while ensuring transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/littlerock.gov\/city-adopts-new-ai-acceptable-use-policy\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City Adopts New AI Acceptable Use Policy https:\/\/littlerock.gov\/city-adopts-new-ai-acceptable-use-policy\/ Publish Date: 2026-04-23 15:11:00 Source Domain: littlerock.gov&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/littlerock.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-litlerock_seal.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-234831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234833,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234831\/revisions\/234833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}