The Governor of Massachusetts has set up the Artificial Intelligence Strategic Task Force through an Executive Order. This Task Force will look into how AI and Generative AI (GenAI) technology affect different sectors in the state.
The Task Force has 25 members, including people from the business world, universities, and state and local governments. Its job is to gather opinions from stakeholders and experts to advise the government on using AI and encourage its use in various industries.
The main goal of the Task Force is to give suggestions that help businesses and startups use AI, especially in areas like education, healthcare, robotics, and finance.
There’s also a partnership between government offices and Northeastern University called InnovateMA. It focuses on using AI in state departments, with a special focus on MassHealth, MassDOT, and the MBTA RIDE paratransit service.
The Task Force started working in February and plans to share its final suggestions later this year. The InnovateMA pilot program will finish in July.
The Members of the AI Strategic Task Force are:
- 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)
- Senator Michael Moore, Massachusetts Senate
- 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
- 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
- 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
