Text: Draft Guidelines for Legislature and AILegislative Use of AI• The Legislature will collaborate with MNIT on matters related to AI. Legislative policies willrecognize the function of MNIT governance in developing legislative polices for legislators andlegislative workers.• MNIT is working with agencies and through the Transparent Artificial Governance Alliance(TAIGA) to promote a shared vision, standards, and processes around AI use in MinnesotaGovernment. MNIT and the legislature will collaborate on these shared goals.o Establish a common, and flexible, framework for development and use of AI tools.o Explore opportunities where AI can enhance legislative services.o Ensure AI tools are adopted efficiently, appropriately, and safely.Lay the Groundwork for AI in the Legislature• MNIT supports and educates legislators and legislative workers on opportunities, risks, andappropriate use, and potential of AI to improve their work, increase efficiency, and grow theirskills and careers.• The legislature will work with MNIT to enhance their data management processes and preparetheir data and digital content for use with AI applications:o Obtain verification that data/content is accurate, up-to-date, and well-protected withproper security and permissionso Review and assess data/contents readiness and reliability to support AI applications -and update, remediate, or retire data that is not up to par (or no longer needed)o Establish or enhance data management processes to promote - and sustain - theaccuracy, currency, and security of data/content.Explore and Begin to Use AI Tools• The LCC and appropriate entities within each body of the legislature will work with MNITthrough the Transparent Artificial Governance Alliance (TAIGA) to start testing AI tools in 2025to leverage legislators and legislative workers to do the following:o Create pilot or proof-of-concept programs that demonstrate AI's potential to increaselegislator and legislative worker productivity, administrative efficiency, enhanceemployee performance, and improve legislator and legislative worker familiarity in usingand evaluating or creating legislative proposals and testimony. .o Enable legislators and legislative workers to access AI assistants within personalproductivity tools, with proper guidance and security, to gain experience with availabletechnology and uses.o Develop or purchase custom AI applications that allow legislators and legislativeworkers to interact with existing data/content in a secure environment using naturallanguage tools - such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) or support chatbots.