‘Embracing AI’: Mississippi governor mandates creating policies for using artificial intelligence

The Mississippi Department of Internet Technology Services will evaluate how state agencies use or plan to use artificial intelligence and will create policy recommendations for using AI in the public and private sectors under an executive order Gov. We’ll continue using innovative technology to modernize state government and make it more efficient.” The order requires state agencies to cooperate with ITS’s examination of AI practices. “By fostering collaboration among state agencies, industry experts and stakeholders, we are ensuring that AI is implemented ethically, securely and in a way that builds trust while delivering meaningful improvements for all Mississippians,” Executive Director and State Chief Information Officer for ITS Craig Orgeron said at a Jan. 8 press conference at the Walter Sillers Building in Jackson. It says AI is a “machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments.” “Artificial intelligence systems use machine and human-based inputs to perceive real and virtual environments; abstract such perceptions into models through analysis in an automated manner; and use model inference to formulate options for information or action,” the order continues.