{"id":31439,"date":"2025-11-11T21:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T21:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/31439\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T21:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T21:48:10","slug":"pennsylvania-taps-carnegie-mellon-university-for-ai-advisory-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/31439\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania taps Carnegie Mellon University for AI advisory services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro\u2019s administration on Monday signed a new cooperative agreement for AI advising services with Carnegie Mellon University, intended to help the state develop artificial intelligence policy, conduct risk assessments and further its governance.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came during \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heinz.cmu.edu\/events\/ai-for-public-good\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unlocking AI for Public Good<\/a>,\u201d a conference cohosted by the state and the university centered on discussing how state and local governments can harness the power AI promises, not to replace workers, officials said, but to improve government efficiency and public services.<\/p>\n<p>The new partnership is designed to help state agencies use AI tools to improve transportation, energy and the state\u2019s economy. It builds on the state\u2019s agreement with the university\u2019s Block Center for Technology and Society, an institution focused on generative AI research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere in Pennsylvania, we\u2019re not waiting for the future, we\u2019re building it,\u201d Shapiro said in a press release. \u201cThis new collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University reflects my Administration\u2019s commitment to the safe, responsible, and effective use of AI to deliver real results for Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro issued an executive order in 2023 outlining ethical guidelines for adopting AI tools in the state government, which included provisions on privacy, fairness and transparency. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/technology-and-communication\/artificial-intelligence-in-government-the-federal-and-state-landscape#state\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Conference of State Legislatures<\/a>, at least 30 states have issued guidance on the use of AI in government since 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania has <a href=\"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/chatgpt-pennsylvania-governor-sharpiro-pilot-program\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">piloted tools<\/a> like ChatGPT Enterprise to help employees summarize data, draft reports and brainstorm ideas more efficiently. One hundred and seventy-five employees who participated in the program reported saving an average of 95 minutes per day.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro\u2019s proactive approach to the emerging technology is also attracting private investments. In June, Amazon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/governor\/newsroom\/2025-press-releases\/gov-announces-amazon-to-invest--20b-in-pa--largest-capital-inves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced a $20 billion plan <\/a>to build AI and cloud computing campuses across the state.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sophiafox.jpg\" alt=\"Sophia Fox-Sowell\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tWritten by Sophia Fox-Sowell<br \/>\n\t\t\tSophia Fox-Sowell reports on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and government regulation for StateScoop. She was previously a multimedia producer for CNET, where her coverage focused on private sector innovation in food production, climate change and space through podcasts and video content. She earned her bachelor\u2019s in anthropology at Wagner College and master\u2019s in media innovation from Northeastern University.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro\u2019s administration on Monday signed a new cooperative agreement for AI advising services with Carnegie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5201,7933,28,30,29,19962],"class_list":{"0":"post-31439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-artificial-intelligence-ai","9":"tag-carnegie-mellon-university","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","12":"tag-pennsylvania-news","13":"tag-state-local-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}