Shaping a responsible AI future for Philadelphia

The City of Philadelphia is putting people first in our approach to artificial intelligence. Follow our work in five key areas—like rules, partnerships, training, testing new ideas, and the tools we use—and help guide how the City uses AI to serve residents.

Our AI action plan

Five coordinated actions guide how the City adopts AI.

Complete: 9
In progress: 6
Planned: 12

27 milestones across 5 actions

Action 1

Develop a robust governance framework

Deliver an AI policy
Complete
Establish the AI governance committee
Complete
Establish the AI use case review subcommittee
In progress
Establish the workforce & labor subcommittee
In progress
Establish the communications & engagement subcommittee
In progress
Establish stakeholder subcommittee
Planned
Establish the AI user group
Planned

Action 2

Build constructive partnerships

Host a kickoff meeting
Complete
Engage City Council
In progress
Engage the City workforce
Planned
Engage labor partners and develop worker protections
Planned
Engage residents and community
Planned
Engage external partners (universities, civic tech, nonprofits, workforce, private sector, etc.)
Planned

Action 3

Training & workforce development

Develop AI training v1 for City workforce
Complete
Develop a City workforce readiness assessment & training plan
In progress
Host departmental / domain-specific training workshops
Planned
Develop AI training v2 for City workforce
Planned
Develop a workforce readiness assessment & investment roadmap for Philadelphia’s workforce across sectors
Planned

Action 4

Pilots & implementation

Identify early use cases
Complete
Review early use cases
- City knowledgebase & chatbot
- Illegal dumping hotspotter
- Eligibility verification for returning citizens
In progress
Launch pilots
Planned
Evaluate pilots
Planned
Establish a portfolio of use cases and a pipeline of AI pilot projects
Planned

Action 5

IT infrastructure, tools & procurement

Update OIT’s project health check to account for AI capabilities and risks
Complete
Update Law’s data privacy review to account for AI capabilities and risks
Complete
Establish an AI inventory
Complete
Create an AI vendor fact sheet
Complete

Complete
In progress
Planned