Provides interim guidelines for City of Boston agencies (excluding Boston Public Schools) on using generative AI. Instructs fact-checking AI-generated content, transparency about AI's use, and avoiding sensitive data in prompts. Encourages experimentation and outlines responsible use principles for empowerment, inclusion, transparency, privacy, security, and public service.
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This is an internal interim policy document for City of Boston employees that provides voluntary guidelines and best practices for using generative AI, with no formal enforcement mechanisms or legal penalties. It explicitly states it is interim guidance to 'encourage responsible experimentation' and should be 'replaced in the future with policies and standards.'
The document has good coverage of approximately 8-10 subdomains, with strong focus on misinformation (3.1), privacy compromise (2.1), security vulnerabilities (2.2), lack of robustness (7.3), lack of transparency (7.4), overreliance (5.1), and unequal performance (1.3). Coverage is concentrated in misinformation, privacy/security, and AI system limitations domains.
This is an internal policy document governing AI use within City of Boston government operations. The primary sector governed is Public Administration (excluding National Security), as it applies to all city agencies and departments. The document does not regulate external sectors but rather governs how city employees use generative AI tools in their public service work.
The document primarily focuses on the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages, with extensive coverage of how to use deployed generative AI tools responsibly. It provides minimal coverage of the Build and Use Model stage through coding examples, but does not substantially address planning, data collection, or verification stages.
The document explicitly and extensively covers Generative AI, with multiple references throughout. It mentions AI models and AI systems in the context of generative technologies. It does not explicitly define or distinguish between frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds.
City of Boston Department of Innovation and Technology; Santiago Garces, Chief Information Officer
The document is authored by Santiago Garces, Chief Information Officer, and prepared by the City of Boston's Department of Innovation and Technology, as indicated in the header and throughout the document.
No enforcement body or enforcement mechanisms are specified in this interim guidance document. The document relies on voluntary compliance and professional judgment rather than formal enforcement.
City of Boston Department of Innovation and Technology
The Department of Innovation and Technology is positioned as the support and resource entity for questions and learning about generative AI, though no formal monitoring or oversight mechanisms are established.
City of Boston employees; All City agencies and departments (excluding Boston Public Schools)
The guidelines explicitly apply to all City of Boston agencies and departments except Boston Public Schools, targeting city employees who may use generative AI tools in their work.
10 subdomains (5 Good, 5 Minimal)