As the largest city in a state that passed the nation’s first law regulating the potential impact of artificial intelligence on consumers last May, Denver took a different step.
It went all in to welcome AI startups, vendors and tech companies at Thursday’s inaugural DenAI Summit, which included conversations with LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
“This is in the blood of Denver and in Colorado. We are fundamentally a place that believes in innovation, believes in entrepreneurship, the spirit of the Old West,” Denver Mayor Mike Johnston told a good-size crowd in one of the ballrooms Thursday at the Colorado Convention Center. “We want to show what the possibilities are and how we can both pursue those possibilities and do it in a responsible way at the same time.”
Responsible AI and the impact of the newer generative AI on society was mentioned throughout the day, but unlike the emphasis on consumer harm lawmakers and consumer advocates warned of when Senate Bill 205 passed in May, DenAI was on the opportunity and the potential of how the tech can help cities and companies take care of mundane tasks…