Meet North Dakota’s new CIO

On this week’s Priorities Podcast, North Dakota Chief Information Officer Gregory Hoffman says that in his first weeks in the role, he’s centering his attention on a whole-of-state approach to cybersecurity and exploring how generative artificial intelligence can further the state’s mission. Later in the episode, Zach Boyd, director of the Utah Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy, shares his plans for the office, which include making proposals to the state legislature as Utah prepares itself, he says, for the “AI revolution.”

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