Santa Cruz County to expand use of AI in workforce, county website

by Thomas Hughes, Bay City News April 29, 2026April 29, 2026

FILE: The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying output from ChatGPT. Santa Cruz County is expanding its use of artificial intelligence tools in its workforce and website, and is considering platforms like ChatGPT and Claude as it standardizes training and oversight. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY WILL FURTHER integrate artificial intelligence into its government workforce in an expansion of a policy that tested how the new tools could be used in 2025.

The county Board of Supervisors heard a presentation on Tuesday about the move to a new phase of AI use that will standardize workforce training, uses and oversight.

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