Brunk said that the Planning Department had been using AI sparingly to re-voice some documentation that they were writing. AI guidelines The new guidelines discuss the importance of fact checking, privacy concerns, the need to disclose when AI is used and more. “We took a look at a lot of guidelines that were already published out there to give us sort of an idea of where to start,” Brunk said. “And we did some research into the types of issues that might pop up with generative AI.” Brunk emphasized that if city employees decide to use AI, they need to use it to supplement thorough research, because AI uses large language models that could be swayed by incorrect information. “We definitely wanted our employees to be the end decision for anything that was being published by them, because it was going to have their name on it,” Brunk said. “We are using AI as more of a tool.” The guidelines that are posted now are called the “City of Birmingham Interim Guidelines For Using Generative Artificial Intelligence.” Within these guidelines, it states that they will be replaced “with permanent policies, standards, and training.”

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