Advancing mayoral ambition and public innovation in 2024
From supporting digital service development in wartime Kyiv to helping U.S. localities secure transformational infrastructure funding to connecting mayors worldwide with young people to lead the fight against climate change, we’re constantly seeing fresh evidence of the impact of government innovation.
Here are some of our greatest priorities and achievements from 2024—and how they lay the groundwork as we look ahead in 2025.
Resources for City Innovators
How artificial intelligence can increase trust in cities
City leaders are always looking for new ways to build people's trust in local government. At the same time, cities are increasingly embracing prudent experimentation with generative artificial intelligence. Some may consider these conflicting efforts, especially given the privacy and ethical considerations that come with the new technology. But a growing number of cities are successfully experimenting with ways that they might be able to complement each other—and exploring how artificial intelligence more broadly could be a force for boosting government accountability and, in turn, bolstering residents' trust in their leaders.
