* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:02:52] GOOD AFTERNOON. WE ARE CALLING TODAY'S MEETING, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION MEETING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28TH, 2024. I'LL DO A QUICK ROLL CALL, VOTE OR ROLL CALL CHAIR. LISA MAY BRUNSON. [CALL TO ORDER] PRESENT VICE CHAIR JONATHAN DEMAS. HERE, COMMISSIONER NICOLE CALLAHAN. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ASHLEY CHITTICK. [ROLL CALL] PRESENT. COMMISSIONER WILLIAM PATTERSON. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER EMILY WOODMAN NANCE HERE. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECOMMENDATION [1. 24-54678 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Technology and Innovation Commission meeting of Wednesday, June 26, 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26TH, 2024. DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE? SEEING NONE, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? GREAT. IT WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE OUR MOTIONS. COMMISSIONER CHITTICK PATTERSON, WOODMAN NANCE AND VICE CHAIR DEMA, IF YOU CAN [00:05:01] CAST YOUR VOTES. I HAVE A WAITING FOR VOTES LOADING SCREEN. SAME. SAME. WHAT? WHAT'D YOU SEE ON THE MAIN SCREEN? I CAN TAKE JUST A QUICK ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER CHITTICK? UH, YES. COMMISSIONER WOODMAN NANCE. AYE. VICE CHAIR DAMERS. AYE. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION [2. 24-54679 Recommendation to receive and file Director’s Report.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] TO RECEIVE AND FILE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. WE'LL NEED A FIRST AND A SECOND PLEASE, MR. CHI MOOSE. ALRIGHT. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UM, IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. SO, UH, I WANT, I HAD A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE HAVE A, UH, WE DO, UM, JAVIER ORTIZ DID RESIGN. HE, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ RESIGNED AND OPTED NOT TO, UM, CONTINUE ON FOR ANOTHER TWO YEAR TERM. SO AFTER SERVING HIS FIRST TWO YEAR TERM, HE DID STEP DOWN. BUT WE DO HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER WHO'S ACTUALLY JOINED US TODAY, AND THAT'S WILLIAM PATTERSON. AND SO I WANTED TO GIVE, UH, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF. AND THEN I THOUGHT IT'D BE NICE IF THE COMMISSIONERS COULD JUST BRIEFLY INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AS WELL AND NEED ME SAY LIKE HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION. SO, BUT FIRST I'LL START IT, UH, TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS WILLIAM PATTERSON. I AM RETIRED FROM THE US FOOD DRUG ADMINISTRATION. AS OF LAST YEAR. I COMPLETED 21 YEARS IN THE US ARMY AS A SERGEANT MAJOR. I CURRENTLY WORK AT THE, UM, HANDS OF MY WIFE AT THIS POINT, . SO I DECIDED TO COME ABOARD TO, UM, JOIN THE COMMISSIONER STAFF TO SHARE A LOT OF MY EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER THE YEARS. I CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, A DOCTORATE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO HELP OUT WITH THE ORGANIZATION AND HELP US TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT WE ARE REACHING OUT TO. OH, WELCOME. SO I, THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. THANK YOU. WELCOME TO THE TEAM. THANK YOU. ALSO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. UM, DID YOU WANNA SAY LIKE, HOW YOUR NAME AND HOW LONG YOU'VE, HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION? YEAH, YOUR ROLE. LISA, I'M GONNA TALK OH, YEAH, YOU LIKE, I'M SORRY. SORRY. AS, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, I AM HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING, SO I APOLOGIZE. UM, SO MY NAME IS LISA MA BRUNSON. I'M CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION. I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST EIGHT YEARS. I'M AT THE END OF MY TENURE, SADLY, BUT, UH, YEAH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. UM, I'M VICE CHAIR JONATHAN DEIS. UM, I'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING ON THE COMMISSION, I BELIEVE TWO YEARS NOW. AND, UM, I, I RUN A SMALL BUSINESS, A TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING COMPANY HERE IN TOWN. I VOLUNTEER ON, UH, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ACTION COMMISSION COMMITTEE AT ST. MARY'S, DIGNITY HEALTH AS WELL, KIND OF INTERSECTIONAL AND VOLUNTEER A LOT IN THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY. UM, I MAKE TECHNOLOGY WITH MY HANDS AND I HAVE A CO-INVENTOR, PATENT AND GLOBAL DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND I LOVE TO GIVE BACK IN THIS WAY. SO WELCOME TO THE TEAM. THANK YOU. HI, ASHLEY CHITTICK. UM, I AM THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK, BUT NOW YOU ARE . I STARTED IN MARCH ON THE COMMISSION, UH, AND I WORK IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SPACE. WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. HI. AND I'M EMILY WOODMAN NANCE, AND I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR EIGHT MONTHS AND I OWN A DIGITAL HEALTHCARE TECH COMPANY, SO WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU. YEAH, WELCOME TO THE TEAM. MY NAME'S NICOLE CALLAHAN. I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW. NICE TO MEET YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UM, AND, UH, SO YEAH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE COMMISSIONER PATTERSON JOIN US AND WE DO HAVE ANOTHER COMMISSIONER WHO IS GOING THROUGH THE ONBOARDING PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO START NEXT MONTH. AND THAT'S ASHER BACCA. SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE THEN A FULL COMMISSION. UM, BUT AS CHAIR BRUNSON MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, HER TERM IS COMING TO AN END AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, SO PLANTING SEEDS FOR SUCCESSION [00:10:01] PLANNING. SO, AND WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE, WE HAVE A CELEBRATION FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE END OF THE YEAR. UM, YEAH. AND THEN JUST THE REST OF MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE, UH, A FEW ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, INCLUDING FEATURING OUR LONG BEACH CENTER OF AI GUIDANCE. UM, WE ARE GONNA QUICKLY TALK ABOUT OUR 2024 TOPICS, BUT NOT SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THAT TODAY BECAUSE I WANNA HAVE THE FULL COMMISSION HERE AND THEN WE CAN REVISIT IT AND, UM, BUT WE'LL HAVE AN, WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET REPORT OUTS FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERSHIP CHANGES ON ANY AD HOC COMMITTEES, WE'LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AT THE VERY END WITH THE ITEM SIX. SO THAT'S THE AGENDA FOR TODAY. DO WE ANY GI ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER TWO AND OR DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS FOR LEAH AT THIS MOMENT? SAY NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. I CAN DO A ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER SCHICK. AYE. COMMISSIONER WOODMAN NANCE. AYE. THANK YOU. RECEIVED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE [3. 24-54680 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the Long Beach Generative AI Guidance v1.1 and the Generative AI Use Case Registry.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] A PRESENTATION ON THE LONG BEACH STANDARD OF AI GUIDANCE VERSION 1.1 AND THE GENERATIVE AI USE CASE REGISTRY. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO RYAN KURTZMAN, OUR SMART, OUR, OUR PART, OUR TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER, AND OMAR MANCA, OUR DATA PRIVACY ANALYST FOR THIS PRESENTATION. GREAT, THANK YOU, LEAH. IT LOOKS LIKE THE SLIDES ARE UP ON THE SCREEN. UM, SO GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS RYAN KURTZMAN. I'M THE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER IN TID, AND I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE OMAR MONCAYO, WHO IS OUR DATA PRIVACY ANALYST. SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE GIVING A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE LONG BEACH GENERATIVE AI GUIDANCE, AND I BELIEVE YOU ALSO HAVE THE HANDOUT IN FRONT OF YOU IN THE PACKET AS WELL. UM, WE'RE GONNA GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF KIND OF A BACKGROUND OF GENERATIVE AI, UH, TALK ABOUT THE GUIDANCE AND WHAT'S IN THERE. UM, AND THEN OMAR'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR USE CASE REGISTRY AND PROVIDE A LOOK AHEAD AT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO AI AND GENERATIVE AI. THERE WE GO. SO FIRST, STARTING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UM, I THINK, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IN LATE 2022, WE SAW KIND OF AN EXPLOSION OF DISCOURSE AROUND GENERATIVE AI, UH, WITH THE ADVENT OF CHAT GPT AND OTHER SIMILAR SERVICES. UM, IN JUNE OF 2023, THE COMMISSION FORMED A GENERATIVE AI AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, TO HELP THE CITY BEGIN TO EXPLORE USE CASES, UM, AND REGULATION OF GENERATIVE AI SYSTEMS. UM, AND THEN WE SAW SOME MOVEMENT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL. IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, UM, THE PRESIDENT SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON THE SAFE, SECURE AND TRUSTWORTHY DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF AI TO HOLD VENDORS ACCOUNTABLE. UM, THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S STILL A BIG GAP IN KNOWLEDGE AND TRANSPARENCY OF HOW AI SYSTEMS AND THEIR MODELS WORK. UM, SO THE IMAGE THERE ON THE RIGHT IS JUST A TRANSPARENCY INDEX SCORE, UM, THAT SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN JUST THE TOP SYSTEMS HAVE A SCORE OF ABOUT 80% OR 85%, BUT THE MEAN IS ONLY ABOUT 58. EVEN THOUGH THAT IS AN IMPROVEMENT AND THESE SYSTEMS ARE BEING MORE OPEN ABOUT HOW THEIR MODELS WORK, UM, DEVELOPERS STILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT ON HOW THESE MODELS WORK AND HOW THEY ARE USED. SO WITH ALL THAT IN MIND, UH, LATE LAST YEAR, LONG BEACH SOUGHT OUT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW WE COULD DEPLOY AND USE GENERATIVE AI, UM, IN OUR CITY. SO WE WANTED TO ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. HOW COULD WE ENCOURAGE INNOVATION AND EXPLORATION, UM, TO WORK SMARTER INSTEAD OF HARDER? HOW CAN WE MAKE AI AND GENERATIVE AI MORE APPROACHABLE FOR OUR CITY STAFF, UM, THROUGHOUT OUR 20 PLUS DEPARTMENTS? HOW CAN WE ALSO START UPSKILLING STAFF AND TRAINING THEM ON HOW TO USE GENERATIVE AI? UH, AGAIN, HOW CAN WE FOCUS ON TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST, UH, DATA MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND THEN ALSO, OF COURSE, PROTECTING, UM, OUR DATA AND COMPLYING WITH ALL CYBERSECURITY REGULATIONS AS WELL. THESE WERE ALL SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE KEPT IN MIND. SO WE STARTED BY ACTUALLY CONDUCTING A SURVEY, UM, TO UNDERSTAND HOW CITY STAFF WERE CURRENTLY USING GENERATIVE AI. UM, WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP THAT SURVEY, AND WE GOT ALMOST 700 RESPONSES, WHICH WAS GREAT. UM, THE SURVEY REVEALED THAT STAFF HAD PRETTY CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ATTITUDE ABOUT GENERATIVE AI. UM, AND WHILE THEY [00:15:01] RECOGNIZED THE POTENTIAL OF AI, THEY WERE NOT REALLY IN A RUSH TO FIND OUT HOW IT COULD WORK. THERE WERE ALSO SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT ITS IMPACT ON WORKFORCE AND WHETHER AUTOMATION MIGHT REPLACE SOME OF THEIR JOBS, ESPECIALLY MORE CLERICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. UM, THAT BEING SAID, STAFF DID EXPRESS A NEED FOR SOME SORT OF GUIDANCE OR GUARDRAILS. UM, AND ALSO THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST. SO OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE ACTUALLY SIGNED UP TO BE PART OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION WORK GROUP ON HOW TO USE GENERATIVE AI. SO, UM, THAT WAS REALLY GREAT AND POSITIVE TO HEAR. SO WITH THE HELP OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, WE DEVELOPED AND, UM, IMPLEMENTED THE GENERATIVE AI GUIDANCE VERSION 1.0 IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. UM, AND THE PURPOSE OF THE DOCUMENT IS REALLY, AGAIN, MEANT FOR CITY STAFF. UH, IT INCLUDES GUIDELINES WHICH ARE KIND OF LIKE BEST PRACTICES, SAMPLE USE CASES. SO THESE ARE KIND OF LIKE PROMPTS YOU MIGHT ENTER INTO A GENERATIVE AI SYSTEM AS WELL AS PRINCIPLES. THESE ARE KIND OF CODES OF CONDUCT. UM, AND AGAIN, THIS WASN'T VERY MUCH INFORMED BY THE STAFF SURVEY. THE BIG TAKEAWAYS OF THE GUIDANCE ARE THAT WE BELIEVE THAT GENERATIVE AI IS A COMPLETELY VALID AND USEFUL TOOL TO ENHANCE OUR WORK AND TO SUPPORT THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE TO THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY. UM, WE'RE TRYING TO FRAME GENERATIVE AI ALMOST LIKE A PERSONAL ASSISTANT THOUGH. UM, IT'S HELPFUL FOR DAILY TASKS, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY READY TO REPLACE KEY FUNCTIONS OR KEY PROGRAMS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. SO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE HAS, UM, THE FIRST SIX OF OUR GUIDELINES THAT ARE IN THE GUIDANCE. UM, THE BIG ONE IS NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT STAFF TO SUBMIT ANY SENSITIVE OR PRIVATE INFORMATION INTO A GENERATIVE AI SYSTEM. UM, THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY EXPOSE OURSELF TO SOME CYBERSECURITY RISKS AND, AND DATA LEAKAGE. AND THAT'S A REAL, UM, CONCERN, UM, THAT WE HAVE. UM, OTHER, OTHER GUIDELINES INCLUDING CREATING A SYSTEM, UH, ACCOUNT JUST FOR CITY USAGE. UH, OF COURSE CAREFULLY REVIEWING AND FACT CHECKING ANY OUTPUT FROM GENERATIVE AI, UM, TO ENSURE IT'S BIAS FREE, UH, CITING AND REFERENCING USE OF AI. WE WANT OUR STAFF TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND ALMOST LIKE CHAMPIONS FOR USING GENERATIVE AI. THERE'S NO SHAME IN CITING IT, WE'RE A LOT OF US ARE USING IT. AND I THINK BY, UH, ENCOURAGING STAFF TO CITE IT, IT CAN HELP KIND OF CREATE A POSITIVE, UH, FEEDBACK CYCLE. WE ALSO CREATED A DISCLOSURE FORM. SO WE'VE ASKED CITY STAFF TO ACTUALLY DISCLOSE WHEN THEY'RE USING GENERATIVE AI TO TID AND TO OUR TEAM SO WE CAN THEN KIND OF UNDERSTAND NEW AND EMERGING USE CASES. UM, WE ALSO ASK THAT STAFF OPT OUT OF THEIR DATA BEING USED FOR TRAINING MODELS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. AND THEN THE LAST COUPLE GUIDELINES HERE, UM, I THINK THE ONE I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS NEW, UH, TO GUIDANCE VERSION 1.1. UM, WE REALLY WANNA INSERT OURSELVES AS THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT, UH, AND BE A RESOURCE FOR STAFF THAT ARE CONSIDERING USING TOOLS OR HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT TOOLS. UM, AND THAT WAY WE CAN PREVENT STAFF FROM MAYBE USING A FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO A TOOL THAT ACTUALLY ENDS UP PRESENTING DATA RISKS. ALRIGHT, SO WHAT'S NEW IN GUIDANCE VERSION 1.1? UM, GUIDANCE VERSION 1.1 WAS RELEASED IN AUGUST. SO JUST ABOUT, OR ACTUALLY EARLIER THIS MONTH. UM, WHAT PROMPTED US TO RELEASE THIS VERSION UPDATE WAS ALL OF WHAT WE WERE GETTING FROM THE LOG FORM AND THE DISCLOSURE FORM. UM, WE WERE ALSO DOING TRAININGS AND CONSULTATIONS WITH CITY STAFF, UM, AND WE ALSO, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF PUTTING THE GUIDELINES INTO PRACTICE AND WE HAD SEEN THROUGH CERTAIN SYSTEMS, UM, LIKE OTTER AI IS A GOOD EXAMPLE, WHERE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF DISAGREEMENT ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD BE REGULATING, UM, AND ENCOURAGING OR DISCOURAGING CITY STAFF FROM USING THOSE TOOLS. SO VERSION 1.1, UM, I THINK THAT THE KEY TAKEAWAYS ARE THAT IT REINFORCES OUR MESSAGING TO CITY STAFF AROUND PRIVACY AND SECURITY RISKS. UM, WE CLARIFY THAT THE CITY DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A ENTERPRISE GENERATIVE AI SYSTEM, SOMETHING LIKE MICROSOFT COPILOT. UM, AND THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWING EXTERNAL GENERATIVE AI SYSTEMS THAT INTEGRATE WITH OUR MICROSOFT ENVIRONMENT DUE TO CYBERSECURITY RISKS. WE ALSO UPDATED OUR DEFINITIONS TO BETTER DISTINGUISH BETWEEN GENERATIVE AI AND TRADITIONAL AI, AND THEN WE'VE UPDATED OUR USE CASES AS WELL. AND WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OFF TO OMAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU RYAN. AND GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. IN ADDITION TO DEGENERATIVE AI VERSION 1.1 RELEASE, WE ALSO PUBLISH DEGENERATIVE AI USE CASE REGISTRY. IT IS ESSENTIALLY A TOOL OR WEBSITE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND CITY STAFF TO GET EXPOSED TO SOME OF THE VARIOUS USE CASES THAT, UH, EXIST, REINFORCING DOS AND DON'TS, AND OVERALL PROVIDING SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE WAYS TO LEVERAGE PUBLIC LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS LIKE CHAD, GPT IN THEIR EVERYDAY WORK. ONE THING THAT IS VERY INTERESTING TO NOTE IS THAT WE USE THE EXAMPLE INPUT PROMPTS COLLECTED FROM THE LOG FORM, UM, THAT WERE SHARED WITH US FROM CITY STAFF, AND THIS REALLY [00:20:01] REINFORCES OUR STANCE TO MEET STAFF WHERE THEY'RE AT AND OVERALL PROVIDE GUARDRAILS. THE FIVE, OH, SORRY, THE FIVE CORE BUCKETS THAT WE IDENTIFIED FOR THESE USE CASES FROM THE LOG FORM ARE LISTED RIGHT THERE. WRITING, ANALYZING, TRANSLATING, CODING, AND OF COURSE LEARNING. NOW LOOKING AHEAD, IT'S IMPORTANT TO OBSERVE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING. THE PRIMARY CHALLENGE IS THE GOVERNANCE ASPECT, WHICH I LIKE TO THINK OF AS THE HOW, QUITE SIMPLY HOW WILL WE GO ABOUT, UH, REVIEWING AI SYSTEMS FOR PRIVACY, CYBERSECURITY RISK, HOW WILL WE CONTROL AND DEFINE WHO CAN ACCESS AND USE THESE SYSTEMS? UM, IN ADDITION TO THE GOVERNANCE CONCERN, WE ARE ALSO DEALING WITH THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THIS IS A EVER EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY WEEK THERE IS A NEW PRODUCT THAT DOES SOMETHING TALLY DIFFERENT. SO IT'S KIND OF A MOVING TARGET, BUT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO SAY UP TO DATE AND INFORMED. UM, IN ADDITION TO THIS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMAIN MINDFUL IN OUR APPROACH AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT A SPRINT. SO THIS IS SIMPLY A MARATHON. AND DOING IT PROPERLY, SAFELY, AND RESPONSIBLY IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO ABOUT IT. SIMPLY HASTE MAKES WASTE NOW TO RESPOND TO THESE CHALLENGES. THE FIRST THING WE'RE DOING IS HIRING AN AI FELLOW, I BELIEVE THAT CLOSED A FEW WEEKS AGO. BUT THE PERSON THAT WILL TAKE ON THIS ROLE WILL BE PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THAT GOVERNANCE OR AI STRATEGY. UM, THEY WILL ALSO BE THE, UH, KEY TO UNLOCKING AND COLLABORATING WITH A STAFF IMPLEMENTATION WORK GROUP, AS WELL AS, UM, THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THESE PROCESSES. WHILE WE'RE HIRING AN AI FELLOW, WE ARE ALSO NOT LOSING SIGHT OF THE IMPORTANCE TO UPSKILL STAFF. SO WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY GOING TO REVIEW THE LOG FORM AND PULL THE INPUT PROMPTS THAT ARE COLLECTED FROM STAFF AND CONTINUOUSLY MAKE UPDATES TO OUR USE CASE REGISTRY THAT I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. UH, THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO SHARE IS THAT WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING OUR SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE GOV AI COALITION, UM, TO REVIEW THIS IS A COLLECTIVE OF LOCAL STATES AND COUNTY, UH, OFFICIALS, UM, ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, ALL ABOUT LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER AND COLLABORATING ON THE BEST GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK, UH, CREATING A SHORT LIST OF VENDORS WHO HAVE BEEN VETTED AND ACCEPTED IN OTHER CITIES. UH, AND OVERALL JUST TIPS, TRICKS AND BEST PRACTICES ABOUT SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE USE. SO THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE ARE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. YEAH, AND I JUST WANTED TO, WE WANTED THE COMMISSION TO BE AWARE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR GENERATIVE AI, UH, GUIDELINES, THE USE CASE REGISTRY. I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT HELPED WITH PUTTING TOGETHER EMBEDDING THE ORIGINAL AI GUIDELINES, UM, AND THAT WE'RE OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. I, I HAD TWO QUESTIONS. UM, ONE ON JUST GENERAL LIKE ROADMAP AND TIMELINE, UM, FOR WORKING WITH THE STAFF AND BRINGING ON THE NEW IDEAS AND STRATEGIES, IF THERE WAS ANY INSIGHT THERE. YEAH, SO WE, THE POSITION, THE AI FELLOW RECRUITMENT CLOSED ON FRIDAY, LAST FRIDAY. UM, SO I THINK THE GOAL IS THAT WE CAN BRING THEM ON IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY GONNA, LIKE OMAR SAID, UNLOCK OUR ABILITY TO DO SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS. UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, WE, WE DON'T WANNA WAIT. UM, I THINK THE GOAL IS THAT I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO ANYTHING, BUT THAT WE WILL HAVE AN ENTERPRISE GENERATIVE AI SYSTEM IN PLACE SOON. MM-HMM. . UM, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALSO WORKING, WE'RE KIND OF SEEING WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING TOO, AND PROCEEDING VERY CAUTIOUSLY. I THINK A BIG CONCERN IS ALSO AROUND DATA MANAGEMENT AND HOW WE CAN LABEL INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AS SENSITIVE OR CONFIDENTIAL, UM, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T WANT A GENERATIVE AI SYSTEM TO PULL UP A SENSITIVE RECORD TO SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT, RIGHT? UM, SO WE'RE CERTAINLY TAKING A CAUTIOUS APPROACH AND I THINK SETTING UP SOME OF THOSE GUARDRAILS THROUGH A GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. EXCELLENT. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION, UM, I SEE YOU, YOU MENTIONED PARTICIPATION, UM, IN GOV AI COALITION, UM, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, RELEASED GUIDANCE AS WELL FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES, UM, AND HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN UTILIZE AI, WHETHER IT'S THE WORKFORCE OR, UM, HOW WE WORK WITH DATA. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU GUYS USED THAT AND LEVERAGED ANY OF THE IDEAS FROM THAT? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. UM, SO THE GOV AI COALITION IS, YEAH, WE'VE HAD PRESENTATIONS FROM FOLKS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. IT'S ALSO OPEN TO FOLKS OUTSIDE OF GOVERNMENT. SO WE'VE HAD, THERE'S BEEN VENDORS THAT ARE A PART OF IT, PEOPLE [00:25:01] FROM, UH, CIVIL SOCIETY MORE BROADLY. UM, YEAH, I THINK WE, WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE PRESENTATIONS FROM FOLKS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL ON SOME OF THEIR TEMPLATES, AND I KNOW WE DREW INSPIRATION FROM THE, UH, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AI USE CASE REGISTRY FOR THE LONG BEACH REGISTRY. UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO THE STATE FOR CUES AS WELL. THEY PASSED A, UM, OR ADOPTED AN AI PROCUREMENT FRAMEWORK A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND HOW THEY EVALUATE AI SYSTEMS AND PURCHASE THEM. SO THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND TEMPLATE CREATION HAPPENING. UM, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WORKS FOR US AND THEN PUT IT INTO PRACTICE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. UM, EXCUSE ME. UM, AS, AS A MEMBER OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, I WANT TO THANK, UH, OMAR AND, UH, RYAN FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. UM, IT WAS, IT'S A VERY, I MEAN, FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, IT'S A REALLY EXCITING TIME FOR US TO BE, UM, ACTIVELY WORKING ON THIS AS, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM A, A POSITION OF THOUGHT LEADERSHIP, BUT ALSO, UM, ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH THE CITY, UH, STAFF MEMBERS AND SEEING HOW THEY'RE USING IT, GETTING THAT FEEDBACK IS, UM, INCREDIBLY VALUABLE. SO I JUST WANT TO CALL OUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, CONDUCTING IT THE WAY YOU DID AND, UH, INCLUDING US, UH, FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND, AND OUR EXPERTISE AS WELL. UM, I'VE BEEN JOINING THE GOV AI COALITION, UH, BOTH AS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MY INDEPENDENT PERSON AND, UM, MY INTEREST AS A A OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISSION WHEN I BUILD THINGS. AND, UM, SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO BE ABLE TO BRING WHAT I LEARNED THERE, BACK TO THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE AND HELP THAT BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, YOUR PARTICIPATION HERE AND, UH, HELPING GET THIS OUT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS AT THIS TIME? DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER THREE? THANK YOU, CITY CLERK. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME'S DAVE SHUKLA. I, UH, I GREW UP IN TOWN. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE THIRD DISTRICT. I SPENT THE PAST YEAR AS A CLIMATE FELLOW FOR THE, UH, CITY OF OAKLAND, BUT I'M NOT HERE IN THAT CAPACITY. UM, ONE OF THE, UH, MOST INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT GENERATIVE AI, AS SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS SAID, IS THAT IT IS SO NEW AND IT'S SUCH A, UH, UH, LURE, UH, FOR A LOT OF INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND A LOT OF IT IN KINDA WAYS THAT ARE ORTHOGONAL TO OUR USUAL WAYS OF THINKING. UM, IT'S, UH, THE, THE, THE PRESENTATION WAS REALLY APPRECIATED. IT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, THE REGISTRY BE NOT ONLY UPDATED, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN EVENTUALLY BE, UM, PUBLIC. UM, A LOT OF THESE MUNICIPAL USE CASES ARE VERY INTERESTING IN SOME WAYS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE VERY, ESPECIALLY IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, VERY FRIGHTENING. UM, SOME OF THE PREDATIVE, UH, RENTING, UH, TECHNOLOGIES, FOR INSTANCE, UH, OPEN TO LANDLORDS ARE THINGS THAT I THINK GOVERNMENTS, UH, CAN AND SHOULD HAVE, UH, THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIRD PARTY KIND OF, UH, USES AND, UH, UH, REQUIREMENTS. UM, I THINK, UH, SINCE, SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2022, UH, WHAT'S THE, THE MOST UNFORTUNATE THING ABOUT HOW QUICKLY THESE THINGS HAVE DEVELOPED IS THAT A LOT OF THE, THE DATA IS KIND OF OPT IN INSTEAD OF OPT OUT. A LOT OF IT'S JUST KIND OF TAKEN UP IN HUGE SWATHS AND TRANCHES, VIDEO DATA, AUDIO DATA, LOCATION DATA THAT THERE'S JUST SO MUCH THAT CAN BE FED INTO THESE ALGORITHMS AND INTO THESE NEW PROGRAMS AND MACHINES. UM, SO IT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK TO, TO REALLY TIE, UH, ALL THE WORK TO, AS, AS WAS STATED, UM, TO, UH, DATA, UH, PRIVACY AND SECURITY CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY FOR, UH, AN UNSUSPECTING GENERAL PUBLIC. SINCE A LOT OF THIS, I THINK, MOVES FASTER THAN EVEN, UH, INFORMED OBSERVERS CAN KINDA KEEP TRACK OF. UM, FINALLY, AS A CLIMATE PERSON, IT BEHOOVES ME TO SAY IN THIS CITY THAT THE ENERGY REQUIREMENTS CURRENTLY, UH, FOR AI ARE GOING TO OUTSTRIP OUR CAPACITY AS A, AS A COUNTRY BY 2027. AND CERTAINLY AS A STATE, UM, IT'S NOT GONNA HELP. SO THE, I MEAN, MOST INTERESTING THINGS I THINK FOR, FROM A MUNICIPAL PERSPECTIVE CAN BE WHAT, UH, ADDS EFFICIENCY AND NOT MORE PROBLEMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SHUKLA. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE? SEEING NONE, [00:30:01] COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW [4. 24-54681 Recommendation to review the Technology and Innovation Commission’s 2024 topics.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION'S 2024 TOPICS. MAY WE GET A FIRST AND A SECOND? THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. SO I, I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THE HANDOUT FOR YOU TODAY, SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME ORAL TALK. PRETEND YOU'RE SEEING A HANDOUT. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. UM, APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I WAS HAVING PRINTING PROBLEMS. BUT, UM, BASICALLY RIGHT NOW I WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE FOUR ACTIVE AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED. ONE IS TID 26, WHICH IS OUR IT STRATEGIC PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE. WE ALSO HAVE THE ONE FOR GENERATIVE AI, UM, WHICH WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE. UH, WE ALSO HAVE ONE FOR DATA PRIVACY, AND WE WILL BE HEARING AN UPDATE FROM THAT COMMITTEE, UH, IN OUR NEXT TOPIC. AND THEN WE, THE NEWEST ONE THAT WAS FORMED LAST MONTH IS OUR RACIAL EQUITY AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT'S HELPING THE DEPARTMENT WITH OUR TID UH, DEPARTMENT RACIAL EQUITY ACTION PLAN. UM, IN ADDITION TO THOSE AD HOC COMMITTEES, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, MEMBERS, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE, ARE PARTICIPATING ON THE DIGITAL INCLUSION, UH, STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE. AND THAT GROUP IS IN, IS MADE UP OF ALL AS STAKEHOLDERS IN LONG BEACH RELATED TO DIGITAL INCLUSION AND IS ACTUALLY HAVING THEIR NEXT MEETING, UM, IN, I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK. I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK. YES. UH, AND IN FACT, UH, WE ARE GONNA BRING TO THE FULL COMMISSION, UM, AN UPDATE ON OUR DIGITAL INCLUSION WORK BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY NEW COMMISSIONERS AND WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT IN, IN ABOUT A YEAR. UM, SO, SO THAT IS PLANNED, UH, FOR OUR NEXT MEETING IS A FOCUS ON THE DIGITAL INCLUSION. AND I BELIEVE, UM, THE OTHER ITEM THAT WILL BE READY FOR NEXT MONTH IS THE, UM, REVAMPED OUR, WHAT ARE YOU CALLING IT? LB COLAB. MM-HMM, . YEAH. SO OUR, UM, ONE OF OUR SMART CITY PILOT PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S GONNA JUST BE MORE OF A A, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S ON OUR WORK PLAN, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD AS A PRESENTATION SO WE CAN GET, RECEIVE INPUT AND FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION ON HOW THAT THAT PILOT PROGRAM IS BEING REVISED. UM, UM, THAT, AND IT CAME OUT OF, UM, A PREVIOUS VERSION 1.0, UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS RUN IN THE PAST YEAR. SO WE'LL, WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THAT LB COLLAB VERSION 1.0 FOR BACKGROUND AS WELL. UM, AT THIS POINT THERE, UM, LIKE I MENTIONED IN MY EXECUTIVE REPORT, I DON'T WANNA SPEND A BUNCH OF TIME LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE WORK PLAN OR MAKING ANY CHANGES BECAUSE I THINK ONCE WE HAVE OUR FULL COMMISSION, WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. UM, BUT AT ANY TIME WE CAN REVISIT MEMBERSHIP ON ANY OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEES. AND THEN IF WE FEEL LIKE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE HAS MET ITS OBJECTIVES, WE CAN, WE CAN, UM, ABOLISH IT. BUT AT THIS POINT, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY ABOLISHMENT OF ANY OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEES OR ANY CREATION OF ANY NEW ONES. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION COMMISSION WORK PLAN? OKAY, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR? SCENE NONE MEMBERS POLICE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION [5. 24-54682 Recommendation to receive and file a report from the Data Privacy Ad Hoc Committee.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM THE DATA PRIVACY AD HOC COMMITTEE. UM, COMMISSIONER WOODMAN NANCE IS GOING TO GIVE THE UPDATE. IS THAT OKAY? ? UM, THE DATA PRIVACY SUBCOMMITTEE HAS BEEN ASSISTING TID WITH COMPONENTS OF THE, UM, DATA PRIVACY IMPLE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND WORKING TO CREATE AVENUES TO EDUCATE AND INFORM RESIDENTS. AS PART OF THE COLLABORATION, WE HAVE DEVELOPED TWO KEY INITIATIVES, HOSTING COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND CREATING EDUTAINMENT VIDEOS WHILE THE COMMUNITY EVENTS ARE SET TO TAKE PLACE. THE CREATION OF THE EDUTAINMENT VIDEOS HAS NOT STARTED YET BECAUSE OF THE FINALIZATION OF EVERYTHING WITH THE MEDIA COMPANY. BOTH INITIATIVES ARE DESIGNED TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON HOW TO PROTECT THEIR ONLINE PERSONAL INFORMATION AND [00:35:01] INFORM THEM ABOUT THE TOOLS THE CITY HAS CREATED TO ENHANCE DATA PRIVACY AND STRENGTHEN DIGITAL RIGHTS SUCH AS A DIGITAL RIGHTS PLATFORM. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW THE ARTICLE, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE LA TIMES THAT HIGHLIGHTED THE LONG BEACH DIGITAL RIGHTS PLATFORM JUST SHOWING THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS BEING TRULY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEING UTILIZED IN THE CITY AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING DONE WITH YOUR DATA, WHAT DATA THEY ACTUALLY TAKE AND HOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY USING THE DATA. SO IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT, UM, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE THREE UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS IN SEPTEMBER. AND YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN IT, I SAW IT WHEN I WALKED OVER HERE. YOU GUYS HAVE IT RIGHT THERE, THE ACTUAL SIGNAGE, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE ONE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 17TH, AND ALL OF 'EM ARE FROM SIX TO SEVEN 30. THAT ONE'S AT HOWTON, UM, PARK, AND THEN WEDNESDAY, UM, SEPTEMBER THE 18TH AT VETERANS PARK, AND THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 19TH AT SILVERADO PARK. SO WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY COME OUT, LEARN HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF ONLINE AND LEARN ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS THAT THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, UM, DEPARTMENT ARE DOING. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB, EMILY. THAT WAS A GREAT REPORT. THANK YOU. YEAH, I WAS ALSO JUST GONNA THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WORK ON DATA PRIVACY. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THOSE WORKSHOPS. AND WE'LL MAKE SURE, UH, WE GET THE, THE INFORMATION TO THE FULL COMMISSION, INCLUDING IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY, THE SOCIAL MEDIA, IF YOU WANNA PROMOTE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. DID WE ALREADY, DID WE SEND THAT? I THINK SO. OH, WE ALREADY SENT THAT. OKAY. BUT ALSO, UM, YEAH, WE'LL ALSO SEND THE LINK TO THE LA TIMES ARTICLE SO YOU CAN ALL FIND IT AS WELL. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE? SCENE NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER SIX, [6. 24-54683 Recommendation to consider the establishment of additional Ad Hoc Committees and/or dissolution of existing Ad Hoc Committees.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL AD HOC COMMITTEES AND OR DISSOLUTION OF EXISTING AD HOC COMMITTEES. MAY WE GET A FIRST AND A SECOND PLEASE? THANK YOU. OKAY. SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE FOUR CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES. UM, WE DO HAVE, UM, PEOPLE ASSIGNED TO ALL OF THEM AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO. WE HAVE ROOM TO ADD MORE. UM, BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE COULD WAYS BE CHANGES AT ANY GIVEN TIME. AND SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR THAT CON CONVERSATION. WHICH ONES DO WE HAVE ROOM FOR? SO CURRENTLY, UH, THE, THE, UM, RACIAL EQUITY ACTION PLAN HAS TWO MEMBERS, UH, CHAIR BRUNSON AND VICE CHAIR TO ARMAS. SO WE COULD HAVE ROOM FOR ONE MORE THERE. UM, THE, THE DATA PRIVACY, WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS, UH, CHAIR BRUNSON AND UH, UH, COMMISSIONER WINMAN NANCE. SO THERE COULD BE ONE MORE THERE. AND THEN THE DIGITAL INCLUSION ROADMAP, THE IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE AS TWO, UH, MEMBERS, UH, CHAIR BRUNSON AND VICE CHAIR DMAS AS WELL. SO THERE'S ROOM FOR ONE MORE ON THERE. AND THEN, UM, YEAH, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S IT. OH, THE EMERGING, OH, SORRY. UH, THE GENERATIVE AI, GENERATIVE AI IS TWO MEMBERS, UH, VICE CHAIR TO ARMAS AND COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN. SO THERE'S ROOM FOR ONE MORE THERE. SO I'LL JUMP IN UNLESS YOU'RE STILL GOING . SHE'S LIKE, WHAT DO I PAY? SO, UM, CHAIR BRUNSON HERE. I, UH, WANTED TO UPDATE MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT I'M IN. UH, I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE HONOR OF BEING SELECTED AS ONE OF 100, UH, LEADERS IN THE NATION, UM, TO JOIN THE OBAMA FOUNDATION LEADERS USA PROGRAM, UH, 20 24, 20 25 COHORT. UM, AND THE , THANK YOU. UM, SO THAT STARTS SEPTEMBER 13TH AND I GOT THE CURRICULUM AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY INTENSIVE. SO UNFORTUNATELY I'VE, AND I WENT BACK AND FORTH ON THIS. I EVEN WENT BACK AND FORTH ON IT SITTING HERE, UM, . 'CAUSE I HATE STEPPING BACK FROM ANYTHING THAT I'M COMMITTED TO. BUT UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE TO TAKE A STEP BACK FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEES. [00:40:01] UM, HOWEVER, I STILL WANNA BE ABLE TO SUPPORT, OBVIOUSLY AS CHAIR I'M HERE, UM, AND FOR THE COMPUTE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTS. UM, I THINK I WILL BE IN THE COUNTRY ON THE 17TH, SO I STILL WANNA, UM, UH, FULFILL THAT COMMITMENT. UM, BUT YEAH, I FEEL, UH, I NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK FROM ALL OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEES AND I HAVE, I FORGOT I WAS ON A THIRD ONE . SO I'VE LET, UM, OMAR AND RYAN KNOW AS WELL AS ACHILL KNOW. TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. AND CONGRATULATIONS, UH, CHAIR, CHAIR, UM, BRUNSON ON THAT IMPRESSIVE SELECTION AND THAT TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. AND WE REALLY ARE VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEES AND GLAD YOU'RE CONTINUING ON AS CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE REST OF YOUR TERM. YEAH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR, UH, FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE ALL THESE YEARS. LET'S POINT THAT OUT. UM, ONE OF OUR BELIEVE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OR EARLY STARTING MEMBERS HERE ON THE COMMISSION. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT FOR THE REST OF YOUR TURN. , WE, WE, WE ENJOY YOU VERY MUCH. AW, YOU TOO. OKAY, WELL I MADE A DECISION. COMMISSIONER CHITTICK, UM, I'LL JOIN THE GENERATIVE AI. UM, I'D LIKE TO HELP WITH THAT ONE. YEAH, AND WE UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT COMMISSIONER PATTERSON'S VERY BRAND NEW, SO I TOLD HIM HE DOESN'T HAVE TO PICK TODAY . SO YEAH, IT'S, UM, THE COMMISSION THAT, THAT THE CHAIR WAS ON, I WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THAT COMMISSION 'CAUSE IT SEEMED TO BE VERY INTERESTING TO ME. I KNOW THAT IT'S SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT, UM, IT LOOKED INTERESTING THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO STEP IN AND, AND HELP OUT IN THAT AREA. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, I'LL GO AHEAD AND EMAIL YOU THE LIST OF, UM, ALL OF THE AD HOC SO YOU HAVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EACH OF THEM AND YOU CAN LET US KNOW WHICH ONES YOU YOU'D LIKE TO OKAY. PARTICIPATE IN. THANK YOU. OH, I STILL HAVE MY, SORRY. AND AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL BRING IT UP AT THE NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE EVERYONE HERE AND WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY GAPS. SO WE CAN DO THAT. SO AT THIS TIME I HAVE, UH, THE CHAIR BRUNSON REMOVING HERSELF FROM THREE OF TWO AD HOC COMMITTEES AND THE DIGITAL INCLUSION STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE. AND THEN COMMISSIONER CHITTICK ADDING HERSELF TO THE GENERATIVE AI AD HOC COMMITTEE. ANY OTHER CHANGES? WELL, I, I, THE DIGITAL INCLUSION STAKEHOLDER, LET, LET ME WAIT TILL THE NEXT ONE. 'CAUSE I, I ALWAYS BELIEVE IN COMMUNICATING AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE. OKAY. I RIP MY, AND I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. I GET HER EMAILS ALL THE TIME TOO. SO I'LL, I'LL MOVE THAT TO NEXT TIME. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WE'LL, WE'LL JUST HAVE YOU REMOVED FROM THE, THE, UH, DATA PRIVACY AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE RACIAL EQUITY ACTION PLAN. OKAY. I, I HAVE A QUESTION. HOW, HOW MANY ARE ON GENERATIVE AI AT THIS POINT? I BELIEVE WE HAVE THREE NOW. OH, OKAY. SO YEAH, BUT WE ONLY HAVE ONE ON DATA PRIVACY AS WELL AS ON THE RACIAL EQUITY. SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL WE WILL NEED TO FILL THOSE SPOTS NEXT MONTH. SO I THINK WHAT WE NEED IS A MOTION TO, UM, ADD, UM, COMMISSIONER CHI CHITTICK TO THE DATA, OR SORRY TO THE GENERATIVE AI AD HOC COMMITTEE AND REMOVE CHAIR BRUNSON FROM THE DATA PRIVACY AD HOC COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE RACIAL EQUITY ACTION PLAN AD HOC COMMITTEE. AND SOMEONE COULD JUST SAY, SO MOVED. SO MOVED. OKAY. VICE CHAIR DE ARMES REMOVE TO ADD COMMISSIONER CHITTICK TO THE AI AD HOC COMMITTEE AND TO REMOVE CHAIR BRUNSON FROM THE RACIAL EQUITY AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THE DATE OF PRIVACY AD HOC COMMITTEE CHAIR BRUNSON, IF YOU CAN JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU AGREE WITH THE FRIENDLY, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. IF YOU COULD JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU AGREE WITH THE FRIENDLY OF THOSE CHANGES TO THE MOTION, THAT'D BE PERFECT. THANK YOU. YES, I AGREE TO THE MOTION. GREAT. DO [00:45:01] WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER SIX? SEEING NONE, MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, UM, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSIONERS ON ANY OTHER ITEMS? NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY. I SEEING NONE, UM, AT THIS TIME. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS AND OR PUBLIC? [PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Technology and Innovation Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.] SEEING NONE, WE CAN ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING AT 4:16 PM THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.