CDT AI community of practice

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California Department of Technology. “Artificial Intelligence Community.” Web page, cdt.ca.gov, date not stated (events to July 22, 2026). https://www.cdt.ca.gov/initiatives/artificial-intelligence-community/. Copy: raw/shared/2026-10-26 CDT AI community of practice.md (original: .html beside it), fetched 2026-10-26. Read 2026-10-26.

The Artificial Intelligence Community (AIC) brings “state experts together in shaping the future of ethical, transparent, and trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI)”. It meets about every two months.
UC researchers already speak there. Speakers include Deirdre Mulligan, Fernando Pérez, Safiya Noble, Brandie Nonnecke (CITRIS Policy Lab) and Hemant Bhargava. UC Berkeley’s Chief Technology Officer, Bill Allison, spoke too.
It is a ready forum to present CalCompute to state AI staff.

Last event listed: July 22, 2026, “Early Use Cases of AI in California”. Speakers: Daniel Ho (Stanford RegLab), Shera Mui (“Acting State Chief Platform Officer”), and staff of two state bodies.
January 23, 2026: “How use cases are supported and nurtured: featuring the State Innovation Process + UCB process”. Ren Pope (“State Chief Enterprise Architect”) and Bill Allison (“UC Berkeley Chief Technology Officer”) spoke. Vera Zakem, “State Chief Technology Innovation Officer”, moderated.
May 21, 2025: Vera Zakem with Deirdre Mulligan.
April 10, 2025: Ed Clark, CIO of the California State University, “The AI-Empowered CSU”.
March 14, 2024: Brandie Nonnecke, “Director, CITRIS Policy Lab”.
The page links the “GenAI EO Deliverables” of the Governor’s generative AI executive order.

The department’s own page, with event lists from January 2024 to July 2026.

No attendance or membership figures. The page lists no event after July 22, 2026.
Titles are as of each event date.

Source file: wiki/sources/CDT AI community of practice.md, updated 2026-10-26.