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Local Government and Generative AI

In the Spring 2024 LT&PP course at UMKC, an interdisciplinary student team, guided by Co-Instructor Ayyoub Ajmi and collaborators Ryan Copus and Tony Luppino, explores the integration of Generative AI in local government policies. The project addresses critical questions related to the current legal landscape, deployment strategies, benefits and risks analyses, and the impact of Generative AI on the job market and training for local government personnel. The principal deliverable is a comprehensive Report & Recommendations document to be presented to the CLEI’s partners City of KCMO’s Emerging Technology Board and the GenAI for Local Governments Task Force of MetroLab Network. For more information on this project, contact Prof. Ayyoub Ajmi at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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The CLEI is a vehicle for multidisciplinary collaborators to form and deploy teams that promote the use of entrepreneurship and innovation in providing high-quality education, addressing societal needs with a diversity of knowledge bases and perspectives, and producing thoughtful and effective solutions to generate public good. UMKC’s CLEI is led by the Law School because laws are involved in virtually all challenging endeavors and the Law School emphasizes training context-aware, creative, brave, and generous lawyers to join in teams that are instruments of positive change in communities, businesses, policy, research, and the arts. We exemplify that belief by partnering with leaders from all fields in common missions to make all of the communities we serve more prosperous.