SEATTLE — The city of Seattle says it’s taking proactive steps to prevent problems from artificial intelligence.

The Mayor’s Office, in conjunction with an AI Task Force, released a five-page policy for the use of generative AI within city departments and third-party vendors.

Ginger Armbruster is Seattle’s Chief Privacy Officer and said Friday that the policy is meant to define how city employees use the technology and make sure a human looks at any AI-generated work before it is released for public consumption.

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Armbruster said that could apply to social media posts or press releases but also sets guardrails for the use of any personal information in billing systems and permitting.

“It really gives guidelines about how to use this, how to use that technology, making sure there’s a human involved in anything that is a final copy of something,” she said.

An Iowa school district sparked a controversy earlier this year when using Chat GPT to filter out books for a book ban and had to reverse policy after the fact. President Biden just issued an executive order this week to establish standards for AI Safety and Security.

Armbruster said she knew of no significant issues within Seattle but that the policy was meant to establish standards with the ever-changing technology.