Public engagement matters. Designing it well is hard. Dane Gambrell and I co-wrote a new #AIforGovernance blog on how AI can support participation. We’re building a course, "Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era," and seeking feedback. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/doing-d...

From insights at the @opengovpartnership.org Summit to @boston.gov, @mayorwu.boston.gov redesigned permitting to show how wicked decluttering can use AI to reorganize rules around human intent—without weakening safeguards. 🔗 rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/wicked-...

Early AIEP prototypes “worked” but failed where it mattered, developing polished summaries that didn’t answer the real questions parents need to advocate for their kids. That failure reshaped the tool by putting families in the loop. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/unboxin...

Governments don’t fail because they experiment. They fail because they don’t. Cassandra Madison argues governments need safe places to fail early, so AI systems don’t fail at scale. Experimentation isn’t a side project. It’s public infrastructure. 📖 rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/experim...

#GlobalAIWatch: Mapping schools in Uzbekistan and Bhutan showed how data that looks complete on paper can miss what matters on the ground. Spatial data, participation, and AI helped connect evidence to real decisions. Not louder data, just clearer. 🔗 rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/mapping...

At the airport, you look into a camera, get a green checkmark, and walk through. That moment depicts both the promise and risk of AI in government. New #RebootDemocracy post featuring @randomwalker.bsky.social on why predictive models need governance. 📖 rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/predict...

We launched the #ObservatoryofPublicSectorAI, one of the largest datasets to date on how public servants learn, use, and adapt AI at work. Our goal is to build the evidence on what strengthens government capacity. Learn more: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/launchi...

📖 Read this week’s #NewsThatCaughtOurEye: rebootdemocracy.ai/newsthatcaug...

Language is one of the most underestimated barriers to democratic access. The Government of India's #Bhashini program shows what’s possible when multilingual AI is treated as public infrastructure, so people can be understood by the systems meant to serve them. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/voices-...

The #CommonwealthofVirginia is using AI to modernize regulatory review, including analyzing statutes, reducing duplication, and clarifying rules. On the #RebootDemocracy blog, the “Virginia Model” shows how other states can strengthen regulatory capacity with AI. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/ai-and-...

#ResearchRadar: Access to the law shapes whether rights exist in practice. This piece examines how fragmented NLRB data limits workers' power and how NLRB Research uses AI and open-source tools to make labor law more usable. Read more: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/nlrb-da...

How does AI move from pilot to public infrastructure? In a new #RebootDemocracy interview, Dave Cole unpacks how New Jersey is scaling responsible AI across agencies backed by the Public Benefit Innovation Fund. 🔗 rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/ai-publ...

Interesting read from the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social l: Charles Martinet & Yohann Ralle explore whether shared compute and cooperation could help mid-sized economies build frontier AI while retaining sovereignty. Worth a look: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/mid-siz...

What’s the right way to organize government for real problem-solving? A background paper by Geoff Mulgan and Caio Werneck argues that cities need flexible ways of working across boundaries. Join the Bloomberg Center for Cities tomorrow for the conversation. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/researc...

Governments from Virginia to Ohio to San Francisco are using AI to cut regulatory clutter. But efficiency alone isn’t reform. In From Red Tape to Green Tape, I argue AI must be paired with collective intelligence. 🔗 rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/green-t...

How can research turn community input into real policy? This #ResearchRadar shows how CA used deliberation, digital tools & AI to turn wildfire survivor input into a recovery action plan. 📖 rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/researc... 🎥 innovate-us.org/building-a-b...

After months of learning in our InnovateUS series, the lesson is democracy works when governments can listen, learn, and act on public input. From Taiwan to California, it shows engagement tied to decisions reduces polarization and builds trust. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/deliber...

📖 Read our weekly #NewsthatCaughtOurEye: rebootdemocracy.ai/newsthatcaug...

Today I testified in front of the House Subcommittee on Modernization and Innovation on the Future of Constituent Engagement 📍 Live testimony www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhYk... 📌 Topic: The Future of Constituent Engagement with Congress rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/future-...

@oecddigital.bsky.social contributors outline a practical blueprint for public AI, mapping power across compute, data & models, and showing how policy can reduce dependence on frontier labs through a gradient of democratic, public-interest infrastructure. 📖 rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/public-...

🔔 #InnovateUS Spring 2026 workshops are live Next semester is shaped by listening to what helps in practice: shared learning, practical judgment, and skills grounded in public service. Reflection by Agueda Quiroga: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/learnin...

New #ResearchRadar: a look at @cip.org Digital Twin Evaluation Framework and what it reveals about the limits of letting AI speak for people. AI models are starting to act as stand-ins for real communities. But can synthetic publics actually represent us? rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/researc...

Jennifer Sellitti shares how #NewJersey is using secure, state-built AI tools to strengthen fairness at the #OECD Roundtable on Equal Access to Justice. @oecdgovernance.bsky.social @oecddigital.bsky.social @oecddigital.bsky.social rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/human-b...

News That Caught Our Eye: the weekly review of AI + governance news that matters: rebootdemocracy.ai/newsthatcaug...

JOIN ME starting now 2 pm EST for Listening to the Public with AI. Part of the @thegovlab.org @innovateus.bsky.social series on deepending public engagement with AI. innovate-us.org/listening-to...

We talk a lot about evaluating AI outputs, such as safety tests, red teaming, and alignment. But far less about the data practices that shape those outputs in the first place. Read more by Stefaan Verhulst and Friederike Schüür→ rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/toward-... #GlobalAIWatch #DataGovernance

The White House debuted its national AI platform for scientific discovery with a 100% stock footage promo. But the real risks aren't clichés: 1️⃣ Centralizing research with no democratic oversight 2️⃣ Building a corporate, closed environment 3️⃣ Ignoring research for communities Read more: bit.ly/4iyoGwp

A national AI “moonshot” with no public input? My #ResearchRadar analysis asks hard questions about the #GenesisMission and who it really serves. Full piece → rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/researc...

Tackling AI’s risks must also happen in the messy middle, reviewing the influence on human judgment. Dane Gabmbrell and I share for #AIforGovernance Monday: we need transparency, algorithm registers, redress routes, and trained public servants. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/account...

Today's #GlobalAIWatch blog by @celiazafra.bsky.social and @pr3ssh.net h.net explores how transparency fails when public data is unusable. The QHLD tool shows what Spain's Congress really prioritizes and why civic tech struggles to adopt AI. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/is-your...

I am redoing the Solving Public Problems course for the AI era. I want your input: What should every public problem-solver learn now? What risks or opportunities do you see? Read + share → rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/solving...

On the #RebootDemocracy Blog, unions are setting real limits on surveillance, algorithmic management, and AI-driven job cuts, while also using AI to strengthen organizing and worker voice. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/big-tec...

“Expertise comes from experience and experience comes from experimentation,” says @thegovlab.org @burnescenter.bsky.social Prof and Boston CIO Santi Garces at the European Cities Conference about the need to try new ways of working.

Miss the news this week in AI + democracy + governance? We didn’t. Here are the must-reads. ⬇️ rebootdemocracy.ai/newsthatcaug...

From citizens’ assemblies to data cooperatives, Maine is piloting the future of democratic infrastructure. Highlights from the Foundations for the Digital Commons convening ⬇️ rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/foundat...

New in our #ResearchRadar series: today’s AI agents don’t reason the way our markets and regulatory systems assume. Elana Banin breaks down new research from Hadfield & Koh, and why it matters for democratic governance. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/researc...

Predictive policing is failing because it predicts police activity, not crime. A new piece on the #RebootDemocracy Blog by Mihir Kshirsagar of @princetoncitp.bsky.social breaks down how diagnostic data can actually reduce harm and improve safety. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/why-goo...

“Design for trust. Build for empathy.” In a new #GlobalAIWatch piece for the #RebootDemocracy blog, Tarjimly CEO Atif Javed shares how the translation platform utilizes AI to amplify, rather than replace, human connection. 📖 rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/designi...

🇺🇸 On Veterans Day tomorrow we honor those who served. But behind the flags and parades, the Air Force is quietly turning its bases into AI business parks. 3,000 acres. 50-year leases. No public oversight. No community input, no oversight, half-century leases. 🧵

Fresh reads on how AI is reshaping governance—from civic participation in Brazil to trust and transparency in tech. Catch this week’s News That Caught Our Eye: rebootdemocracy.ai/newsthatcaug...

🇧🇷 Brazil is turning 1.5M civic votes into real policy with AI. Christiana Freitas & Ricardo Poppi demonstrate how a new open-source system is enabling the processing of public input at scale and strengthening participatory democracy. 🔗 rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/global-... #GlobalAIWatch

The Agentic State is bold and worth reading, but many problems it tackles can be solved without automation. Before we turn to agents, we need to fix the systems that are being automated. 🔗 rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/researc...

We don’t need to fear AI. But we do need to learn how to use it wisely. In my new post, I ask: What if we treated AI like the fish counter, learning to weigh risks and read the labels? rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/the-ai-...

🎃 Recovering from a Halloween candy hangover? We have the cure: FREE upskilling courses and workshops in public engagement, data literacy, AI & more. By public servants, for public servants (open to all!). Way better than another fun-size Snickers! innovate-us.org/%F0%9F%8D%AB

AI doomerism misleads. In his latest #RebootDemocracy piece, Dane Gambrell argues we must govern real harms—like surveillance and labor exploitation—not vague fears of “superintelligence.” Read via #GlobalAIWatch: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/governi...

In today’s powerful new #RebootDemocracy post, civic technologists Neil Kleiman, Mai-Ling Garcia, and Eric Gordon reflect on the hard lessons from the past and propose a new governance model: Adaptation, Listening, and Trust. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/rethink...

Those in NYC: Curb is putting state propaganda (Newsmax) on Taxi TV! Delete the app — use your card or cash to pay for taxis.

🗞️ What caught our eye this week? Read the full roundup of democracy, governance, and AI news from around the world: 🌐 rebootdemocracy.ai/newsthatcaug... #RebootDemocracy #AIforGovernance #GlobalAIWatch #NewsThatCaughtOurEye

In 2008, we invited 125,000 Americans to share ideas with the Obama transition team. We got 44,000 responses, and no way to process it. Today, the open-source AI tool, DIPAS turns public input into structured insight, helping cities listen better and act faster. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/how-ham...