Pritzker forms ‘AI cabinet’ to assess risks of artificial intelligence

ILLINOIS (Rockford News First) - Governor JB Pritzker signs an executive order Tuesday to create a statewide artificial intelligence cabinet.

The cabinet, which will be made up of a group of individuals across several fields and industries, is designed to evaluate risks the technology could pose and advise state leaders on preparing for and responding to AI-related incidents.

Pritzker says the members of the cabinet will be announced in the coming weeks.

“Artificial Intelligence has enormous potential to transform our everyday lives, but when experts and industry leaders sound the alarm bell, urge us to slow down, and ask for guardrails, we should listen,” Pritzker said in a news release. “Illinois has already enacted nation-leading laws that hold Big Tech accountable and today I’m taking executive action to keep this a priority. Congress and the White House need to treat AI risks with urgency, but in the meantime, Illinois won’t wait because it is our foremost responsibility to prepare and protect Illinoisians.”

The executive order says the duties of the Illinois AI Cabinet will include: