September

Cities Today - September 11, 2025
San José reports 97 percent pothole detection in AI pilot

August

Local News Matters on MSN - August 6, 2025
San José expands effort to train city staffers how to use AI tech to improve work efficiency

KALW (91.7 FM Bay Area) - August 5, 2025
San José training city government workers how to use AI

July

Route Fifty - July 28, 2025
Training city staff on AI now can lead to better service delivery later, leaders say

NBC Bay Area - July 25, 2025
San José partners with PG&E to bolster its grid capacity for AI

Governing - July 21, 2025
San José Wants Its Workforce to Make Their Own AI Assistants

Bloomberg - July 18, 2025
How San José’s Mayor Is Working to Build an AI Capital

New York Post - July 17, 2025
ChatGPT helps prepare San José mayor’s talking points: now he wants a thousand city workers using AI

The Associated Press on MSN - July 17, 2025
ChatGPT helps prepare this mayor's talking points. Now he wants a thousand city workers using AI

MSN - July 17, 2025
AI is the new intern at San José’s City Hall: Mayor Matt Mahan uses ChatGPT to draft speeches and budgets

STATESCOOP - July 17, 2025
AI training program fuels an especially lean staff in San José, Calif.

Government Technology - July 17, 2025
San José, Calif., Develops AI Upskilling Training for Staff

June

Government Technology - June 24, 2025
San José Is a “Civic Sandbox” for Artificial Intelligence

Cities Today - June 12, 2025
San José launches first citywide data strategy

CIO - June 11, 2025
Khaled Tawfik, CIO, City of San José on the AI Coalition to promote responsible and purposeful AI

Smart Cities World - June 9, 2025
San José launches citywide data strategy to promote equity and innovation

STATESCOOP - June 6, 2025
San José Calif., publishes data strategy to boost equity, innovation

May

Power Engineering - May 28, 2025
DTECH Data Centers & AI gets underway in San José

February

December

• December 10, 2024
  NEWS RELEASE: Local, State, and Federal Agencies Unite to Forge Path for Responsible Artificial Intelligence | News | City of San José

• TechPolicy.Press - December 13, 2024
  The Power of the Collective Purse: Open-Source AI Governance and the GovAI Coalition

• The Mercury News - December 13, 2024
  San José, SJSU announce collaboration with NVIDIA to further workforce development, AI innovation
  
  
• Silicon Valley Business Journal - December 13, 2024
  City, tech titan sign onto future AI collaboration
   
• Government Technology - December 12, 2024
  SJSU, NVIDIA Partner With City of San Jose for AI Leadership
  
  
• KTVU - December 12, 2024
  Nvidia partners with City of San José and San José State University on AI training
  
  
• December 10, 2024
  NEWS RELEASE: Local, State, and Federal Agencies Unite to Forge Path for Responsible Artificial Intelligence | News | City of San José 

• The Mercury News - December 9, 2024
  San José pushes AI to provide better government to constituents
   
• Industry Insider - December 6, 2024
  In New AI Coalition, Government Thought Leaders Plan Ahead
  
  
• Government Technology - December 5, 2024
  AI Is an Energy Hog, and Government Needs to Be Aware
  
  
• NBC Bay Area - December 5, 2024
  AI companies gather in San José for industry summit
  

November

• Government Technology - November 20, 2024
  In 2024, the Powerful Potential of AI Took Hold
  
  
• Industry Insider - November 8, 2024
  A Closer Look at California's Most Digital Cities – Part I

September

• Government Technology - September 3, 2024
  San José Leads on Safe, Responsible AI Collaboration
  

August

• Cities Today - August 7, 2024
  San José applies AI to improve street safety

• NBC Bay Area - August 2, 2024
  San José to use AI grant to improve street safety, conditions
  
  
• American Society for Public Administration - August 2, 2024
  Embracing GenAI Governance: Navigating Collaboration Among Local Governments
  
  
• Highways Today - August 2, 2024
  Toyota promotes AI-Driven Road Safety with Grant in San José
   
• Business Wire - August 1, 2024
  City of San José Secures $260,000 Grant from Toyota Mobility Foundation to Make City Streets Safer Using AI and Computer Vision
  
  
• Toyota Mobility Foundation - August 1, 2024
  Toyota Mobility Foundation Provides City of San Jose $260,000 to Make City Streets Safer Using AI and Computer Vision
  
  
• August 1, 2024
  NEWS RELEASE: City of San José Secures $260,000 Grant from Toyota Mobility Foundation to Make City Streets Safer Using AI and Computer Vision | News | City of San José

July

• Cities Today - July 25, 2024
  San José’s generative AI guidelines include public records reminder
  
  
• San José Spotlight - July 23, 2024
  San José uses AI to streamline government
   
• StateTech - July 15, 2024
  San José Approves Its First AI Budget Allocation
  

 June

• Industry Insider - June 27, 2024
  San José CIO Tawfik on ‘Championing Safe and Responsible AI’
  
  
• Wired - June 25, 2024
  The Mystery of AI Gunshot-Detection Accuracy Is Finally Unraveling
  
  
• GZero - June 25, 2024
  Can AI fix your city?
   
• Stanford University: McCoy Mamily Center for Ethics in Society - June 24, 2024
  Move Carefully and Fix Things: How to be a Tech Innovator in Government Service
  
  
• Wall Street Journal - June 23, 2024
  How San Jose Is Using AI to Improve Government Services
  
  
• San José Spotlight - June 23, 2024
  San José Spotlight’s PolitiBeat tackles the future of Silicon Valley
  
  
• Government Technology - June 18, 2024
  311’s Culture Shift in City Communications Now Aided by AI
  
  
• San Francisco Public Press - June 12, 2024
  As Bay Area Cities Adopt Real-Time AI Translation for Public Meetings, SF Abstains 
  
• KQED - June 11, 2024
  Generative AI is Coming to California’s Public Sector. What Now?
   
• San José Spotlight - June 10, 2024
  San José spearheads nationwide AI safety group
  
  
• Industry Insider - June 6, 2024
  San José CIO Tawfik to Be Featured in Webinar on New Tech
  
  
• The World Economic Forum - June 4, 2024
  Cities are sizing up the generative AI skyline. But first, they have to establish the ground rules

May

• S&P Global - May 22, 2024
  The Rise of AI-Powered Smart Cities
  
  
• Planetizen - May 21, 2024
  San José Tests AI Translation Tool to Improve Access to Public Meetings
  
  
• Government Technology - May 21, 2024
  San José AI Initiative Boosts Accessibility, but by How Much?
  
  
• MeriTalks - May 17, 2024
  San José Turns to AI to Improve Language Access at City Council Meetings
  
  
• Cities Today - May 2, 2024
  Why San José is betting on AI
  
  
• San José Spotlight - May 1, 2024
  San José turns to AI for language translation
  
  
• Industry Insider - May 1, 2024
  San José City Clerk Taps AI to Open Council Meetings

April

• ICMA - April 29, 2024
  GovAI Coalition - Your Voice in Shaping the Future of AI

• City of San José - April 29, 2024
  NEWS RELEASE: San José City Clerk Launches Artificial Intelligence Initiative to Increase Language Access at City Council Meetings
  
  
• Bloomberg - April 17, 2024
  Cities Use AI to Help Ambulances and Firetrucks Arrive Faster
  
  
• PSHRA - April 15, 2024
  Coalition Looks to Help Shape the Future of AI in Government
  
  
• San José Spotlight - April 11, 2024
  San Jose to launch smarter 311 app to handle vehicle complaints
  
  
• Telemundo48 - April 11, 2024
  Residentes podrán denunciar vehículos abandonados a través del 311 en San José
  
  
• NBC Bay Area - April 11, 2024
  Update to 311 app helps San Jose address reports of abandoned cars
  
  
• April 11, 2024
  NEWS RELEASE: New San José 311 Features Make Reporting Vehicle Concerns Easier, More Efficient | News | City of San José

• MeriTalk - April 8, 2024
  San José Seeking Government Partners GovAI Coalition
  
  
• The Mercury News - April 8, 2024
  This Bay Area city is using AI to detect homeless camps. Will others follow suit?
  
  
• Univision - April 7, 2024
  San José emplea inteligencia artificial para identificar campamentos de personas sin hogar
  
  
• Industry Insider - April 1, 2024
  AI Group, New Guidelines to Chart a Path Forward for San José
  
  
• Government Technology - April 1, 2024
  San José CIO: AI ‘Challenges Us to Think Differently’

March

• StateScoop - March 28, 2024
  White House officials meet with state, local leaders on AI governance
  
  
• KTVU - March 27, 2024
  South Bay leaders commit to using AI for social good
  
  
• ABC7News - March 27, 2024
  San José hosts White House officials for AI forum
  
  
• NBC Bay Area - March 27, 2024
  Nationwide AI coalition formed: San Jose getting advice from White House 
  
  
• SF Gate - March 27, 2024
  San José uses tech companies' AI to scan streets for homeless people's cars
  
  
• KTVU - March 26, 2024
  City of San José testing use of AI to identify potholes, graffiti and homeless encampments
  
  
• Carnegie Endowment - March 25, 2024
  How Cities Use the Power of Public Procurement for Responsible AI
  
  
• CalMatters - March 21, 2024
  If California government wants to use AI, it will have to follow these new rules
  
  
• StateScoop - March 21, 2024
  San Jose, Calif., forms nationwide government AI coalition
  
  
• Government Technology - March 18, 2024
  San Jose Welcomes Participation in AI Coalition
  
  
• March 13, 2024
  NEWS RELEASE: San José Leads GovAI Coalition and Invites Partnership for Responsible AI Governance in Local Government | News | City of San José

January

• January 26, 2024
  NEWS RELEASE: San José Receives What Works Cities Certification for Exceptional Use of Data

San José Spotlight - October 20, 2023
San José wants to be the center of the AI boom

San José published Generative AI Guidelines - New guidelines on using tools like ChatGPT responsibly and effectively while doing work for the City

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• San José Spotlight / SF Gate
• CitiesToday
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• Governing
• Government Technology

National Day Calendar: National 311 Day: an annual reminder that 311 is a resource for communities around the country to connect with their city and non-emergency services

2023 Fair, Accountable, and Transparent AI conference: When Rubber Meets the Road: Implementing AI Governance in San José

GovTech: Can Artificial Intelligence Help With 911 Staff Shortages?

DataKind: Understanding Equity in Local Governments: DataKind San Francisco Partners with the City of San José

Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR): In 2022 the City expanded its usage of ALPR cameras.

• Articles from the first half of 2022
  • ABC7 Bay Area: Dangerous intersection in SJ gets fixed license plate cameras as traffic deaths on record pace
  • Metro Silicon Valley: Flock Catchers
  • Vice: The ‘Capital of Silicon Valley’ Is Ignoring Its Privacy Experts
• Articles from the second half of 2022
  • ABC7 Bay Area: San Jose expecting more fixed license plate cameras; city, police address privacy concerns 
  • San José Spotlight: San Jose limits use of license plate data

Medium: Better Language Translation Through Machine Learning: Everything I Wish I Knew 6 Months Ago

GovTech: Google, Local Governments Spearhead National 311 Day