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House Establishes a New Bipartisan Task Force on AI

This week, house speaker mike johnson and democratic leader hakeem jeffries announced the establishment of a new task force that will help congress to better understand artificial intelligence and its related risks..

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House leaders launch bipartisan artificial intelligence task force

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WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has convened high-profile forums on artificial intelligence for months. Now, the two leaders of the House are getting in on the action as lawmakers struggle to regulate the fast-moving technology.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Tuesday that they are launching a bipartisan task force on artificial intelligence (AI) to explore how Congress can help America be a leader in AI innovation and to study guardrails to protect against potential threats caused by the technology, including deepfakes, the spread of misinformation, and job replacement.

The two House leaders have each appointed 12 members to the task force. It will be led by two Californians with computer science backgrounds: Chairman Jay Obernolte, a Republican who earned his master’s degree in AI and owns a video game development company, and Co-Chairman Ted Lieu, a member of the Democratic leadership team who last year wrote a bill to regulate AI using the AI chatbot ChatGPT.

Both Obernolte and Lieu were featured in an NBC News story last year where they warned their colleagues to take seriously the threats posed by AI while acknowledging that Congress has failed to impose regulations on powerful social media companies.

The new task force will tasked with writing a comprehensive report that will include guiding principles, recommendations and policy proposals developed with help from House committees of jurisdiction, the leaders said.

“Because advancements in artificial intelligence have the potential to rapidly transform our economy and our society, it is important for Congress to work in a bipartisan manner to understand and plan for both the promises and the complexities of this transformative technology,” Johnson said in a statement.

“As we look to the future, Congress must continue to encourage innovation and maintain our country’s competitive edge, protect our national security, and carefully consider what guardrails may be needed to ensure the development of safe and trustworthy technology.”

Jeffries added: “Congress has a responsibility to facilitate the promising breakthroughs that artificial intelligence can bring to fruition and ensure that everyday Americans benefit from these advancements in an equitable manner."

“The rise of artificial intelligence also presents a unique set of challenges and certain guardrails must be put in place to protect the American people,” he continued. “Congress needs to work in a bipartisan way to ensure that America continues to lead in this emerging space, while also preventing bad actors from exploiting this evolving technology.”

In addition to Obernolte, the other Republicans are: Reps. Neal Dunn, Kat Cammack, Scott Franklin and Laurel Lee, all of Florida; Darrell Issa and Michelle Steel, both of California; French Hill of Arkansas; Michael Cloud of Texas; Ben Cline of Virginia; Eric Burlison of Missouri; and Rich McCormick of Georgia.

In addition to Lieu, the other Democrats are: Reps. Anna Eshoo, Ami Bera and Sara Jacobs, all of California; Yvette Clarke and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, both of New York; Bill Foster of Illinois; Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon; Don Beyer of Virginia; Haley Stevens of Michigan; Valerie Foushee of North Carolina; and Brittany Pettersen of Colorado.

Separately, another Californian, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna hosted an AI forum on Capitol Hill on Feb. 15 focused on worker equity, deception and manipulation using AI, and preparing American society, specifically children, for an AI-integrated world.

Participants included AI scholars, labor leaders and the science fiction writer Ted Chiang.

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Task Force 164 Assumes Mission Command of COVID-19 Support Operations

Orlando, fl, united states, story by 1st lt. valeria pete  , 164th air defense artillery brigade.

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It has been an unprecedented year for the Florida Army National Guard (FLARNG) as Soldiers have been called to assist at Community Based Testing Sites (CBTS) throughout Florida in response to the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19. On December 12, 2020, the 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade assumed mission command (MC) responsibilities from the 50th Regional Support Group (RSG) who have been running the operation since August 2020. This will have no impact on the community, as testing sites will continue to run as usual until local officials decide otherwise. The change will give Soldiers who have been on duty for several months an opportunity to rotate with Soldiers from the 164th ADA BDE. Additionally, this allows Soldiers from the 50th RSG who are slated to deploy within the upcoming months a chance to safely isolate, rest and spend time with their families as they shift focus to their deployment training and preparation. "While we are met with the challenge of ensuring we continue to meet Army readiness goals while assisting the citizens of our state during this crisis, it is rewarding to support them, our families, and friends in this time of need," said Col. Sean T. Boyette, commander of the 164th ADA BDE. The 164th ADA BDE is not new to the COVID-19 support mission, as the brigade was activated in March along with the rest of the Florida National Guard, and many Soldiers volunteered to stay on mission once the 50th RSG took over. The Soldiers of the 164th ADA BDE along with Soldiers from throughout the FLARNG who now make up Task Force 164 are professionals who are motivated to continue helping their communities during this time.

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Whether it’s proposals for making campuses more efficient or pitches for eco-friendly community engagement, a new task force is eager to hear ideas from the university community as it charts the course for WSU’s sustainability efforts in the years to come.

The WSU Sustainability Task Force was formed as part of a broader effort to ensure the university is at the forefront of environmentally-conscious efforts in higher education. Some 50 members of the university community, including faculty, staff and students from across the system, are split into four subcommittees focused on specific areas:

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Subcommittee members from each area are currently putting together goal proposals for wider consideration by the task force’s executive committee. The executive committee is led by Julie Padowski, a research associate professor in the School of the Environment and co-director for the Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach , and Jason Sampson, director of Environmental Health and Safety .

“This is the first task force I’ve been involved with where we had more volunteers than we could bring onto the committees,” Sampson said. “Because of that enthusiasm, we knew we needed to come up with a way for individuals to bring their ideas forward and ensure as many perspectives from across the university system were heard and considered.”

Ideas on making WSU more sustainable can be submitted through March 7 via the redesigned sustainability website .

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In the months ahead, the subcommittees will offer their draft goals to the task force’s executive committee, which will then coalesce those pitches into a proposal for considering by the WSU Board of Regents. Regents are expected to vote on adopting core goals for sustainability in September.

“As a task force, we’re thinking about short term measurable goals and outcomes that we can start tracking immediately to gauge the success of our current sustainability efforts, as well as looking further down the road at targets that are more ambitious,” Padowski said.

While surveying the higher education landscape on sustainability plans, Sampson noted that many are focused on how to make their campuses more environmentally friendly. While that’s something WSU is doing as well, it’s important for land grant institutions to engage with community across the state on ways universities can help them be more sustainable. It’s also vital to explore opportunities to further research into the conservation of natural resources and give students the tools and expertise necessary to make an impact on environmental initiatives after they graduate.

WSU’s refreshed Sustainability website includes information on several ongoing efforts, from efficiencies in operations to the significant number of research projects and centers dedicated to ensuring the long-term health of the planet.

The university has identified four key areas of focus within its sustainability efforts:

  • Reduce emissions across the WSU System throughout all dimensions of operations by both direct reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and indirect actions to reduce goods, services, and activities that contribute to carbon pollution.
  • Discover, promote, and invest in regenerative practices that conserve and rebuild natural resources and sustain ecosystem services, via research, academic programs, and extension/outreach.
  • Build a working culture of sustainability across the WSU system by engaging with our diverse partners in tribal, extension, and other statewide efforts.
  • Engage with other land-grant institutions to rapidly share and disseminate ideas and explore collective actions that promote the reduction of emissions and adopt regenerative practices. 

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Case closed on oldest unsolved Tallahassee murder; TPD seeks tips on other cold cases

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It's case closed for Tallahassee's oldest unsolved murder.

The 1957 homicide of Dorothy Thomas, who was killed in a dry cleaning store off of Tennessee Street, is no longer listed as a cold case, Tallahassee Police Department Chief Lawrence Revell announced Wednesday.

“Every single case is important to us, and we'll make sure every single day that we can look at those cases we've worked on … to make sure that we're bringing as much closure as we can to the families that are victimized by these crimes,” Revell said at a press conference in front of TPD headquarters.

The announcement was part of the Big Bend Cold Case Task Force’s attempt to inform the public about its efforts to solve the area’s cold cases. The task force, made up of TPD, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, the state attorney’s office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, is going through over 100 cases, including the infamous Sims family murders and the disappearance of Ali Gilmore.

The task force is reviewing these cold cases with new technology, like touch DNA and forensic genealogy , which has been used with success in central Florida, FDLE Special Agent Mark Perez said.

The last cold case solved by local law enforcement was in 2022, more than 20 years after a man was found dead in a room at the Prince Murat Hotel.

Unlike the Thomas case, which relied on an extensive review of the case file, TPD detectives in the 2022 case used new forensic technology to analyze DNA found at the original crime scene. They arrested Alan Lefferts, 71, on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the death of James Branner. 

A case is considered "cold" when all leads have been exhausted, Revell said. Most of the cases range from the 1960s to the early 2010s, with several per year.

UNSOLVED LOCAL MYSTERIES: 19 Tallahassee cold cases that continue to puzzle police

“We triage them, we look at what information is available, what has been done in the past,” Perez said. “They select those cases that they believe have the best opportunity for a review and a re-analysis of what needs to be done.”

'Closure is good': How Tallahassee police closed the city's oldest murder case

In 1957, Dorothy Thomas was 27 when she was brutally stabbed 20 times in her head and neck while working at the Nu Way Cleaners, formerly located at 633 W. Tennessee St, in what is now a strip mall near Florida State University.

The main suspect at the time, Harry Barth, was never arrested because of a lack of evidence, according to Tallahassee police.

After determining Thomas' husband wasn't a suspect, police focused in on Barth as the primary suspect because his clothes were left on the front counter but his name was crossed off the master cleaner's list. That indicated he had already picked up his clothing, according to a memo last year from the task force to the state attorney's office announcing the closure of the case.

"When TPD officers first attempted to interview Barth (in 1957), he advised he couldn’t get out of bed because he had an excruciating headache," the memo states. "Officers observed a white pair of shoes under the bed with mud on them. When officers went to interview him several days later, the shoes were missing, and Barth denied ever owning the shoes officers saw."

Detectives noted drag marks to the bathroom from the front counter and footprints in the mud behind the business. The knife was also discovered in the trash behind the building, according to a Tallahassee Democrat story on the murder from 1957.

When police initially met with Barth, he said his fingerprints might be found in the bathroom because he used it the day before the murder.

During an extensive interview with police, he allegedly uttered a number of disturbing statements. He told police “he could have killed Thomas."

"He also advised he has terrible headaches and could have blacked out or lost his temper," according to the memo. "Regarding murdering Mrs. Thomas, Barth said 'I’m not going to deny it if I did it. I may have blacked out and not remember it.' He also said not to get his wife involved '…I’ll go ahead and confess to it.' "

Witnesses could not confirm Barth's alibi, and a psychological examination determined Barth had "underlying violent characteristics and if disturbed could perform violent acts," the memo states. But there was no conclusive evidence connecting him to the murder.

After Barth died in 2019, the task force was able to gather "enough new information in going over the old information to develop probable cause" that he was the man who murdered Thomas, Revell said.

"No other relevant witnesses or evidence were located connecting Barth to this crime; though he was and is the only relevant suspect developed," the memo states.

Barth was also investigated by the Lincoln, Nebraska, Police Department in July 1974 "after a witness identified him as being with Blanche Clouse just prior to her drowning death."

"Barth denied any involvement in the murder; though there was substantial circumstantial evidence supporting Barth’s involvement in the murder," according to the memo.

In 1997, the FBI joined TPD and the Lincoln PD and interviewed Barth again. "Barth maintained his innocence and provided no new information," the memo states. Prosecutors determined in 1999 that the case should "remain open until the primary suspect dies," according to the memo.

Barth, a longtime chemist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture who was in charge of food safety and quality control, died Oct. 23, 2019.

When TPD finally closed the case, Detective Mark Ray then made "two opposite phone calls." He got to call Thomas' great nephew, who lives out of state, and tell him his aunt’s case was closed.

He said the phone call was relieving. “Any time you can provide some closure is good,” Ray said.

He also called Barth's daughter who responded "more in disbelief." He offered her the opportunity to call back with questions, but he has not heard back.

"I'm hoping that family heals as best they can with the news that we provided," Ray said.

The next case: The disappearance of Leslie McCoy

The task force is now asking the public for information about the disappearance of Leslie McCoy. McCoy, who would be 58 years old, was last seen by family and friends in 2014.

More: Tallahassee police, firefighters search for evidence in case of missing 12-year-old girl

The Sims family murders, which occurred in 1966, and the disappearance of Gilmore in 2006 are both on the task force’s radar, Ray said.

The Sims case will be harder to review, Ray said, because the lead detectives have since died. But Gilmore’s case might be easier.

“We’ll go talk to those detectives and pick their brains and see what they have to say, what leads they felt needed to still be followed up on,” he said.

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  • The task force will be debuting a website, but until then, those with information can speak with a detective at 850-412-7611 or remain anonymous and call Crime Solvers at 850-574-TIPS.

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US forms task force to explore guardrails for AI

The task force will produce a report including guiding principles as well as recommendations to help the country leverage ai technology by mitigating the risks..

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In a new effort to push for AI regulations, the US House of Representatives members have formed a bipartisan task force to explore legislation to address the growing worries and concerns related to AI adoption.

“The task force will seek to produce a comprehensive report that will include guiding principles, forward-looking recommendations, and bipartisan policy proposals developed in consultation with committees of jurisdiction,” said the press release announcing the task force.

The task force will explore “guardrails that may be appropriate to safeguard the nation against current and emerging threats,” the press release said.

A responsible and ethical tech strategy is critical for the long-term benefits of AI, pointed out Charlie Dai, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester. “While the potential legislation efforts will urge enterprises and tech vendors to rebalance the AI investment priorities, which might slowdown the innovation pace from a business perspective in the short term, it will substantially foster AI advancement in terms of security, privacy, ethics, and sustainability, which will be critical for the public trust on AI in the long run.”

According to Counterpoint Research Senior Analyst, Akshara Bassi, “AI regulation would come into play when it becomes part of active decision-making. So far, we are still using rule-based intelligence to complement decision-making. As AI becomes more evolved and sophisticated, regulations will help give AI models a structure and help in clear demarcation of boundaries, especially related to data sharing, privacy, and copyrights.”

Lack of clear regulations may be counterproductive

The US has taken several steps to come up with regulations to leverage AI for economic growth while addressing the concerns related to AI adoption. For instance, AI-generated voices were declared illegal by the Federal Communications Commission earlier this month.

Recently, the US government announced the establishment of the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) under the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) to harness the potential of AI while mitigating its risks. Several major technology firms, including OpenAI, Meta, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Intel, and Nvidia, joined the consortium to ensure the safe development of AI .

Even so, a lack of clear and well-defined regulations can potentially impact the country’s growth in AI.

Delays in drafting a comprehensive set of legislation may deter enterprises from deploying the technology to grow their business.

“In 2023 alone, 190 bills were introduced at the state level to regulate AI, and 14 became law. At the federal level, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun to enforce existing laws with new powers from executive orders as well as more attention from FTC leadership. This could cause a dampening effect on enterprise AI innovation and strategy,” said a recent blog post by Michele Goetz, principal analyst, and Alla Valente, senior analyst at Forrester. 

Recently, the EU emerged as the first major power to introduce laws to govern the use of AI. Several countries, including the UK and Australia, among others, are working towards developing regulations and policies so they can confidently use AI to grow their economy while protecting themselves from potential risks.

The launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November 2022 was disruptive and led to a significant increase in the adoption of the technology. At the same time, it has raised several cybersecurity and data privacy concerns, prompting countries to accelerate AI regulations.

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Democrats unveil new hip hop task force to tackle racial inequity

A coalition of Democrats are looking to use the power of music to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing Black and Brown Americans. 

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday unveiled the Congressional Hip Hop Power and Justice Task Force outside the Capitol. 

The taskforce, led by Bowman, will use hip hop’s messaging of building a more equitable society to help spearhead initiatives to address economic equality, affordable housing and racial justice imperatives. 

In an exclusive with The Hill, Bowman explained that the inspiration behind the task force came from reflecting on how the genre impacted him over the years. 

Artists like Eric B. & Rakim, Queen Latifah, Chuck D and Public Enemy inspired the New York lawmaker throughout his life, he said, including during his time as an educator. 

“They were very instrumental in creating a curriculum and blueprint for my life,” Bowman told The Hill. “I owe a lot of who I am to the lessons that they taught me on and through their music.”

Hip hop, which celebrated  its 50th anniversary last August, has often been used as a political tool for Black and Brown Americans, and Bowman said he hopes to capitalize on that through the taskforce. 

“Hip hop has always been about ending poverty in America, about fully funding our public schools. It’s always been about justice reform and police reform,” the lawmaker said. “It’s always been about affordable housing and dealing with the issue of threats of violence.”

“At this moment in particular when you consider the Black Lives Matter movement to the Ceasefire movement and the fight that continues for freedom, justice and equality — now it’s time to build political power at a level that’s never been done before,” he added.

Some of that is already happening. 

In September, artists — including Fat Joe, Rick Ross and Busta Rhymes — partnered with Power to the Patients, to film a public service announcement demanding legislators create a more honest, affordable and equitable healthcare system. 

Groups like The Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC), the Recording Academy and the Black Music Collective have also joined forces with Bowman and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) in calling for the passage of the Restoring Artistic Protection (RAP) Act, a bill that would limit the admissibility of an artist’s creative or artistic expression against them in court. 

And every year, Hip Hop on The Hill brings artists and legislators together through the Hip Hop Caucus. 

“It’s been going on in terms of rappers and artists and industry interfacing with elected officials on a consistent basis, we just want to take that up a notch and make it more consistent, make us more intentional, and use the power of the genre as a multibillion dollar global economy to move lawmakers in terms of helping them to understand what’s happening in our most marginalized communities,” said Bowman. 

Part of that, he added, means conducting Hip Hop on the Hill once a month rather than once a year. 

“We want artists to constantly be talking to lawmakers about what they’re going through in their communities and what’s happening in their communities so lawmakers can understand that hip hop artists come from the most marginalized, neglected places in our country,” he said. 

Some of the most prominent hip hop artists have shared what it was like to grow up in these places. 

Eminem, whose full name is Marshall Mathers, grew up in poverty in a trailer park — a story that many Americans relate to, Bowman said, and lawmakers need to hear that reality. 

But Bowman also points to how legitimizing hip hop can lead to widespread cultural change. One way, he said, is by addressing misogyny both in the genre and public discourse. 

The lawmaker points to the story of Megan Thee Stallion, who faced vitriol and hate after filing assault charges against rapper Tory Lanez after he shot her. 

“She persevered, she fought, she told the truth, and she won,” said Bowman. “And that’s what we need to know about.”

Uplifting women in hip hop is a core component of the task force, in part because Black women have been instrumental in the fight for equality and justice, said Bowman.

That’s part of the reason why he unveiled the taskforce on Wednesday — the anniversary of his mother’s death. 

Bowman, who grew up in a single mother household, said his mother used to listen and enjoy hip hop with him as he grew up.  

“I’m very lucky because I was raised in the culture, the time when the culture was not as misogynistic and violent,” he said. 

To introduce the task force on the day of her passing, he added, “is to give honor to her and to pay homage to her as a single Black mom in America and pay homage to all the single Black mothers in America and all the women out there loving their sons and doing the best they can for their children, their families.”

But the timing of the task force also aligns with Black History Month and an election year — something that the New York Democrat said was intentional. 

“Artists have held the establishment accountable for many years and during election years, many artists, many people in the community and culture, continue to not trust as it relates to what we’re doing on the hill,” Bowman explained. 

The result is less voter turnout and overall less interaction between legislators and the community. The task force can begin to rebuild that trust as they urge voters of color to trust the process and cast their ballots come November. 

“Election season is critical to build authentic relationships … in terms of what the needs are, what the challenges are, what the struggles are and what the aspirations are,” the congressman said.

In addition to Bowman, the task force will be led by Democratic Reps. Hank Johnson (Ga.), Delia Ramirez (Ill.) and Andre Carson (Ind.). No Republicans are part of the task force. 

For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill.

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Boston — Today, Governor Maura Healey signed an Executive Order establishing the Artificial Intelligence Strategic Task Force to study AI and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) technology and its impact on the state, private businesses, higher education institutions, and constituents. The Task Force will conduct outreach and collect input from stakeholders and experts, advise the Governor and executive branch on the state’s role in AI implementation, and find ways to encourage leading industries to adopt this technology to ensure continued success.  

The mission of the Task Force is to create specific recommendations for how the state can best support the state’s businesses in leading sectors around AI adoption. It will also produce recommendations focused on startups’ ability to scale and succeed in Massachusetts. 

"Massachusetts has the opportunity to be a global leader in Applied AI – but it’s going to take us bringing together the brightest minds in tech, business, education, health care and government. That’s exactly what this task force will do,” said Governor Maura Healey . “Members of the task force will collaborate on strategies that keep us ahead of the curve by leveraging AI and GenAI technology, which will bring significant benefit to our economy and communities across the state.”  

“Our administration acknowledges AI as a transformative technology set to influence various aspects of our nation’s economy,” said Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll . “This Task Force will position Massachusetts as a hub for talent and business excellence, as we examine economic shifts driven by AI with the goal of establishing our state as a global leader in its effective and responsible utilization.”  

AI is a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions. GenAI as used in this Order, is a type of artificial intelligence technology that can generate many forms of content including but not limited to texts, images, and multimedia. 

The Task Force will have subject-specific working groups that will create recommendations to leverage AI in leading sectors, such as education, healthcare, life sciences, robotics, and financial services. The launch of the Task Force delivers on a commitment from the Administration’s Economic Development Plan, Team MA: Leading Future Generations.    

The AI Strategic Task Force consists of 26 individuals representing members of the business community, higher education institutions, and state and local government. The Secretaries of Executive Office of Economic Development (EOED) and the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS) will serve as state co-chairs. Mike Milligan of the UMass system and Santiago Garces of Boston will serve as cochairs from the academic community and local government.  

“Massachusetts is the great state that it is because of our ability to harness the ingenuity and knowledge of our greatest natural resource, our residents,” said Senate President Karen Spilka . “As technology enters its next era, that of Artificial Intelligence, I commend the Governor and the Administration for putting together some of our brightest minds in various cross sectors of the Commonwealth to help us reap AI’s great potential and position Massachusetts to be a global leader in the technology.”    

“Artificial intelligence is already changing aspects of daily life and the world around us, which is why it’s critical that we ensure that the Commonwealth’s businesses are well prepared for that transition, and that Massachusetts is positioned to benefit from the growth of emerging technologies related to AI,” said House Speaker Ron Mariano . “The House looks forward to reviewing any recommendations made by the task force, as we work to better understand the impact that AI will have on our economy, schools, and on the Commonwealth as a whole.” 

"Technology is critical to delivering services and connecting residents in Boston and across Massachusetts to opportunity," said Mayor Michelle Wu . "As we continue to address our most urgent challenges, it's essential to understand the opportunities, key questions, and impact of AI. I look forward to the leadership of this task force and partnering with the Healey administration and all sectors to grow our strongest economy and community." 

"Massachusetts leads in adopting innovative technology, and we are proactively embracing the emerging field of AI,” said Secretary of Economic Development Yvonne Hao . “The AI Strategic Task Force shows our Administration’s commitment to collaboratively advance AI development and adoption. Our goal is not only to propel the growth of AI, but to employ it to stimulate job creation, elevate our state’s economy, and lengthen our lead in key sectors.”  

“We have the conditions in place here in Massachusetts to cement our standing as the hub of AI and emerging technology in the future,” said Secretary of Technology Services and Security and State Chief Information Officer Jason Snyder . “Today’s executive order recognizes the urgent need for the state to engage with AI now, with the understanding that we do our best work together, with state policy leaders, the innovation industry, and higher education all at the table. We are working on projects that capitalize on this rich ecosystem to move our entire state forward.” 

“This new partnership with Northeastern University is an exciting opportunity for the state to leverage the strength of our higher education system to test ways that generative artificial intelligence can improve the efficiency and accessibility of state services. AI represents a unique and promising new frontier for Massachusetts, but it’s going to take all of us working together through initiatives like this to realize its full potential and do so with the proper safeguards in place,” said Secretary of Administration and Finance Matthew J. Gorzkowicz. 

Governor Healey will seek $100 million in her upcoming economic development legislation to create an Applied AI Hub in Massachusetts. The funding will be used for a capital grant program to support the adoption and application of AI capabilities to solve public policy problems and to advance the state’s lead in technology sectors, including life sciences, healthcare, financial services, advanced manufacturing, robotics and education. Subject to the legislative process, this capital fund will position the state to act on the strategic goals and priorities of the AI Strategic Task Force established by this Executive Order and will focus on capital expenses related to the incubation of AI firms, adoption of AI technologies and the development of AI software and hardware technology development and commercialization. The Governor’s recently filed FutureTech Ac t includes a $25 million authorization for IT capital AI projects within the Executive Branch. 

In addition, the Executive Office of Administration and Finance (A&F) and EOTSS have announced a partnership with Northeastern on InnovateMA, a collaboration between higher ed and the Healey-Driscoll administration to leverage AI across state government. Northeastern co-ops have started assisting the state with implementing an AI solution in the following use cases: 

Policy Hub : Create a tool for MassHealth call center staff to more efficiently navigate policy documents needed for beneficiary customer support. 

Resource Gateway : Create a tool for MassDOT’s Highway Division engineers to more efficiently navigate the large quantity of Standard Operating Procedure’s governing highway projects. 

User Navigation : Create a tool for the riders and potential riders of the MBTA RIDE paratransit service to better understand how to access services. 

Grant opportunities : Predict grant program eligibility for potential applicants within the suite of grants offered by agencies and programs under the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (e.g. farmers impacted by floods).  

Members of AI Strategic Task Force 

Secretary Yvonne Hao, EOED (Co-Chair) 

Secretary Jason Snyder, EOTSS (Co-Chair) 

Mike Milligan, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, University of Massachusetts (Co-Chair) 

Santiago Garces, Chief Information Officer, City of Boston (Co-Chair) 

Erica Bradshaw, Chief Technology Officer, Harvard 

Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier, Massachusetts House of Representatives 

Usama Fayyad, Professor and Executive Director, Institute for Experiential AI, Northeastern 

Patricia Geli, Co-founder, C10 Labs/MIT 

Segun Idowu, Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion, City of Boston 

Dr. Robert Johnson, President, Western New England University 

Meghan Joyce, CEO and Founder, Duckbill 

Chrissy Lynch, President, AFL-CIO

Patrick Larkin, Deputy Director, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative 

Jeffrey Leiden, Executive Chairman, Vertex Pharmaceuticals 

Spyros Matsoukas, Vice President and Distinguished Scientist of AI, Amazon 

Vipin Mayar, Executive Vice President, Head of AI Innovation, Fidelity 

Sears Merritt, Head of Enterprise Technology and Experience, MassMutual 

Armen Mkrtchyan, Origination Partner, Flagship Pioneering 

Senator Michael Moore, Massachusetts Senate 

Jane Moran, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Mass General Brigham 

Ed Park, Co-Founder and CEO, Devoted Health 

Rudina Seseri, Founder and Managing Partner, Glasswing 

Soundar Srinivasan, Director, AI Program, Microsoft New England 

Fernanda Viegas, Principal Scientist and Co-Lead of People + AI Research (PAIR), Google 

Grace Wang, President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute  

Jeremy Wertheimer, Visiting Scientist, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard  

The Task Force will begin its work in February and present final recommendations to the Governor later this year. InnovateMA began its work in mid-January and the pilot will conclude in July.  

Statements of Support 

Dr. Joseph Aoun, President, Northeastern University:  “As the AI revolution promises to transform our economy and society as a whole, I want to thank Governor Healey for her leadership in convening this important task force. By harnessing some of the best minds from academia, industry and government, we can ensure that Massachusetts will maintain its edge in key sectors such as health care, biotech, and higher education. Northeastern stands ready to play an essential role in this effort.” 

Mohamad Ali, Chief Operating Officer, IBM Consulting: 

“As IBM continues to build secure and safe generative AI in Cambridge, we applaud Governor Healey’s Executive Order on AI and the creation of the AI Task Force in Massachusetts. When governments prioritize responsibility and safety, consumers across the state will be able to benefit from this powerful technology.”  

Jane Moran, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Mass General Brigham: 

“As a hub of innovation in technology and healthcare, Massachusetts is uniquely positioned to be a global leader in applying artificial intelligence to power future discovery and progress in medicine. I am thrilled to be able to contribute to the important work of this task force, including insights from Mass General Brigham’s innovative application of AI to drive advances in research and empower clinicians to improve patient care.” 

Michael P. Milligan, Vice President & UMass System CIO: 

“Artificial Intelligence has a profound impact on our lives right now, and that impact is going to rapidly grow in the years ahead.  Whether it’s the way students learn, faculty teach and conduct research, or how we manage our resources, AI is going to transform higher education. I am grateful that Gov. Healey and Secretaries Snyder and Hao have provided UMass this opportunity to contribute to the AI Task Force. I look forward to working with leaders throughout the Commonwealth to ensure that the power of AI is used for positive purposes.”, 

Beth Noveck, Professor and Director of the Burnes Center for Social Change at Northeastern University: 

"When used responsibility, AI is making it faster and easier to solve our most challenging public problems. InnovateMA provides an extraordinary opportunity to use AI coupled with community engagement to make government services and programs work better for all of our residents, while taking advantage and investing in our pipeline of talent in Massachusetts. We are grateful to Governor Healey for her partnership and leadership in recognizing the potential of AI for good."   

Spyros Matsoukas, Vice President and Distinguished Scientist of AI, Amazon: 

"We are committed to unlocking the potential of generative AI alongside the Massachusetts AI Task Force, with a focus on identifying opportunities for innovation and supporting training and education initiatives. Our involvement in the Task Force is one of the many steps Amazon is taking to promote an innovation-friendly and coordinated approach in shaping responsible AI policies that benefit both the customers and communities we provide to across the commonwealth.” 

This press release was amended to reflect an additional member of the task force. 

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Following a serious and well publicised accident, you have been newly recruited as a Health and Safety Advisor at a bakery organisation. The organisation employs directors, shift managers, maintenance engineers and bakery workers.

The organisation produces bread on a large scale using automated machinery. Ingredients are mixed together to make a dough. The dough is placed in baking tins on a conveyer which travels through an oven, baking the dough into bread. There are three large bread ovens at the bakery, as well as other machinery used to prepare the dough. This is all housed in a large warehouse.

The bread baking ovens are long, metal-encased tunnels with a conveyor running through them. The conveyor is made up of horizontal racking, bolted through metal plates at either end of the conveyor chain. The conveyor is approximately 20 metres long and 3.3 metres wide (approximately 66 x 11 feet), taking up virtually the whole of the width of the oven. The bread dough is placed in tins that enter on one end of the conveyor, travel along the length of the oven and exit at the opposite end.

Travelling at its fastest speed, the tins take 17 minutes to pass through the oven.

The directors do not believe that health and safety is a full-time job, but they hope that you will improve the bakery’s health and safety performance, learn lessons from the recent serious accident and, most importantly, improve the reputation of the organisation. They have told you that there is no budget for health and safety, but if something is needed, you should present an argument for how it will improve profit.  You ask who the health and safety representatives are within the organisation and are told that there are none with whom to raise specific safety issues. However, if a machine needs to be fixed you should contact the maintenance engineer.

You also ask if any health and safety training is provided to staff and are advised that as far as training is concerned, there is an induction for new starters within six weeks of joining the organisation. New starters are then shown how to carry out their role by someone else in the relevant department. You are told that quite a lot of people have received first-aid training, but it was a long time ago and many of those trained have since left the organisation. Other than that, there is not much in the way of training, because the directors feel it is wasting working time. Finally, you ask where the health and safety documentation is kept but they say that they do not know, and suggest you ask the shift manager on duty.

The duty shift manager is sitting at their desk surrounded by paperwork, looking stressed. You introduce yourself and ask where the health and safety documentation is kept. The shift manager pulls out a folder from a cupboard in the corner of the room and says that risk assessments are in it. You find several completed risk assessments for the ovens and other machinery, but they are very out of date. You ask to see the accident and near miss records, but the shift manager advises that accidents do not happen often, so there is no need to keep a manual record. However, you have heard from the other workers that accidents and near misses frequently occur, but that they are not formally reported.

You ask where the inspection and maintenance documentation for the bakery machinery is kept and are directed to the maintenance engineer. The maintenance engineer explains that they do not keep a record of inspections and maintenance other than in their work diary, and that they can see when a machine was last used from that diary. They have been doing the job for over 15 years and ‘just know’ which machines have had work done to them. When they are working on a machine, they check certain parts at the same time. They also remark that as the machines are quite old, they frequently need parts replacing. The workers have been promised new machines a few times, but these promises have not been kept.

The recent accident

As part of your remit to learn lessons from the recent serious accident, you decide to investigate what happened. Your enquiries reveal that the accident occurred when the bakery was under pressure to get an urgent order completed. You find out that the directors often allow workers to cut corners

when it comes to safety measures, to enable them to get the job done as quickly as possible and without costly delays. Workers are often individually blamed if target timelines are not reached.

This is how the accident happened. On a night shift, the conveyor racking collapsed into one of the ovens stopping it from moving. The maintenance engineer, usually assigned to fix breakdowns, only worked day shifts. Waiting for this engineer to come back on shift would have caused significant downtime, and would have prevented the order from being completed on time. Feeling under pressure, the shift manager on duty discussed the issue with their team to try to get the oven back up and running. It was decided that a newly promoted maintenance engineer and another young worker were assigned to enter the bread oven to retrieve the fallen racking themselves. No-one on the night shift had ever been present when an oven had needed entering before. The correct way to enter the oven for maintenance work would have been to remove the side panels. However, this would have taken a long time, as specialist tools that they were unfamiliar with, would have to be found and used.

The oven had only been switched off for two hours, but it was assumed that it was cool enough to enter. The temperature gauges were not checked before entering. The two workers decided to enter via the route the bread would take on the moving conveyor. They managed to get on the conveyor through a small unguarded gap.

Once the workers had entered the oven, they soon realised it was too hot. They were unable to get the attention of their colleagues outside of the oven but eventually managed to alert them by shouting for help. Their colleagues tried to get them out of the oven, but they did not know how to do this, or locate how far they were inside the oven. Everyone was frantically trying to help but there seemed to be no-one in charge to take control of the situation. As a result of this, there was a delay in getting them out. There was no way to reverse the conveyor belt, so the workers had to forcibly pull off barriers and side panels to help them escape. Both workers who entered the oven suffered serious burns. Workers at the scene were not first-aid trained but did their best to help their colleagues. Unfortunately, both workers died from their injuries at the scene. The workers who helped get them out were traumatised by what they had witnessed and had to take extended periods off work to recover. There were also some workers who felt they could no longer work at the bakery and resigned.

Following the accident, the bakery was closed for two weeks while an investigation took place. The associated downtime caused many missed production deadlines and loss of contracts. The organisation, the directors and duty shift manager were all prosecuted for breaches of health and safety legislation. They pleaded guilty to all the counts against them. The organisation was fined

£350 000 and ordered to pay costs of £250 000. Since the accident, the bakery has lost bread orders due to clients not wanting to be associated with them.

Task 1: Obligations of employers to workers

Following Contraventions can be discussed in points:

  • First aid and emergency arrangements missing
  • Old Machines due for a change
  • Safe working method missing
  • Lack of information, Instructions and training
  • Inexperience worker; Lack of competency
  • Poor supervision of work
  • Young worker for high-risk job
  • Engineering controls not under consideration
  • Ineffective Communication
  • Work Pressure
  • PPE use Missing

Task 2: Influencing health and safety culture

The following points can be discussed as negative indicators:

  • Frequent accidents and near misses
  • High staff turnover rate after an accident
  • Absentees of Several workers
  • Discrepancies in safety compliance
  • Missing PPE
  • Compromises in safety
  • Underreporting of accident
  • Missing emergency procedures
  • Unsuitable and insufficient risk assessments
  • Missing PTW
  • Vulnerable group
  • Lack of supervision
  • Missing first-aid arrangements
  • Time pressure of deadlines
  • Missing recordkeeping of accidents
  • Missing recordkeeping of inspection
  • Missing recordkeeping of Maintenance

Task 3: Financial arguments to improve health and safety

Following financial arguments can be discussed

Direct Cost:

  • First Aid treatment
  • Repairs to equipment
  • Lost or damaged product
  • Fines in Criminal Cost
  • Compensation payment to Victim

Indirect Cost:

  • Investigation time
  • Lost Employee Morale
  • Cost of Additional Control Measures
  • Compliance With Enforcement Notices
  • Cost of recruiting and retraining additional employees
  • Damage customer relationships
  • Damaged Public image

Task 4: Investigating incidents

Following Reactive Monitoring measures can be suggested:

  • Accidents Investigation
  • Dangerous Occurrences Investigation
  • Near Missess Investigation
  • Ill Health Statistics
  • Worker’s Complaints Analysis
  • Enforcement Actions Analysis
  • Civil Claims Analysis
  • Accident cost Analysis
  • Incident Statistics to find trends
  • Incident Statistics to find patterns

Task 5: Prioritising health and safety issues

Following issues can be suggested for prioritization:

  • Poor H & S culture
  • Budget for H & S techniques
  • Trainings overdue
  • No recordkeeping of Reporting & Recording
  • Presence of Vulnerable Group
  • Absence of SSOW
  • Absence of emergency procedures
  • Review of Risk assessments over due
  • Promises of replacement of old machines
  • Work Pressures

Task 6: Training recommendations

Following training opportunities can be considered:

  • Refresher Training for first Aid
  • Training for safe use of machine to operators
  • Training for safe maintenance for maintenanve staff
  • Training for accident reporting to workers
  • Training to record keeping methods
  • Training to young persons
  • Induction training for new workers
  • Training in emergency procedures
  • Training of health and safety responsibilities to management and employees
  • Training in reactive monitoring techniques to managers

Task 7: Emergency procedures

7(a) why do emergency procedures need to be developed.

The following reasons can be discussed:

  • Foreseeable incidents
  • Risk controls failures
  • The requirement is mentioned in the law
  • Satisfaction of workers
  • Insurance purposes
  • Reduce losses

7(b) What could have contributed to the failure of the emergency arrangements when dealing with the recent accident?

Following Emergency Arrangements failures can be discussed:

  • No first aiders
  • No Emergency response team
  • No communication
  • Repetition of accidents
  • No Incharge for situation
  • No training
  • No burn treatments
  • Emergency services not called
  • No safety equipment
  • Difficult tracing of victims
  • No tools for getting in
  • Life losses
  • No arrangements to deal with traumas
  • Different approaches of every worker to deal the situation

Task 8: Setting suitable health and safety targets

8    You propose a health and safety target to help improve health and safety management system performance. You formulate the target action table below.

Comment on the suitability of the target action table in helping to improve health and safety management system performance.  (15)

The following points can be discussed to address suitabilities:

  • Setting Targets
  • Specific Target
  • Measurable Target
  • Achievable Target
  • Reasonable Target
  • Timeframe to achieve the target
  • Resources required
  • Priorities undefined
  • Responsible persons nominated
  • Responsible persons but not nominated
  • Recommended Actions to achieve Target
  • Actions required but not recommended
  • More actions that can be put
  • Followup arrangement for the Action table
  • Outcomes on achieving the target

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