AI Is Again on Agenda for Little Hoover Commission

The Little Hoover Commission is again taking on the topic of artificial intelligence in a hearing this week — the oversight body’s second hearing on the topic of how state government adapts and regulates the technology.

In its first hearing, held in May in Silicon Valley, the commission took testimony from officials in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration and from labor leaders, tech-industry executives and others. This week’s hearing, set for 10 a.m. Thursday, can be accessed online. It will feature testimony from expert witnesses about how state government should acquire AI applications and how it should assess their possible risks.

Speakers will include:

• Brandie Nonnecke, founding director of the CITRIS Policy Lab at the University of California at Berkeley
• Lila Tretikov, partner and head of AI Strategy for New Enterprise Associates. She was previously deputy chief technology officer for Microsoft.
• Tom Andriola, vice chancellor for IT and data and chief data officer at UC Irvine

The Little Hoover Commission is also working on a companion study examining the effect of AI on disadvantaged communities as it relates to food insecurity.

After Thursday’s AI meeting (for which background documents are available online), the commission will hold a regular business meeting; details about that meeting are also available online.