{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Center for Democracy and Technology","provider_url":"https:\/\/cdt.org","author_name":"Kendal Aldrige","author_url":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/author\/kaldridgecdt-org\/","title":"To AI or Not To AI: A Practice Guide for Public Agencies to Decide Whether to Proceed with Artificial Intelligence","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"scDsdOSqZx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdt.org\/insights\/to-ai-or-not-to-ai-a-practice-guide-for-public-agencies-to-decide-whether-to-proceed-with-artificial-intelligence\/\">To AI or Not To AI: A Practice Guide for Public Agencies to Decide Whether to Proceed with Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/cdt.org\/insights\/to-ai-or-not-to-ai-a-practice-guide-for-public-agencies-to-decide-whether-to-proceed-with-artificial-intelligence\/embed\/#?secret=scDsdOSqZx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;To AI or Not To AI: A Practice Guide for Public Agencies to Decide Whether to Proceed with Artificial Intelligence&#8221; &#8212; Center for Democracy and Technology\" data-secret=\"scDsdOSqZx\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CDT-Civic-Tech-Brief-032425-social-preview-191x1-3000x.png","thumbnail_width":3000,"thumbnail_height":1571,"description":"This report was authored by Sahana Srinivasan Executive Summary Public agencies have significant incentives to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) in their delivery of services and benefits, particularly amid recent advancements in generative AI. In fact, public agencies have already been using AI for years in use cases ranging from chatbots that help constituents navigate agency [&hellip;]"}