Jason Howell talks with Matt Post, co-creator of LocalLens, an AI-powered platform revolutionizing access to local government information by summarizing and analyzing meeting data across municipalities.
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INTERVIEW: Matt Post, thelocallens.org
- Overview of LocalLens as an AI-powered database of local government meeting summaries
- Discussion of the importance of local government transparency and participation
- Explanation of how LocalLens collects and analyzes data from various local government meetings
- Challenges of scaling LocalLens to cover more municipalities across the United States
- How LocalLens has helped uncover noteworthy local government actions
- Addressing concerns about AI accuracy and potential errors in summaries
- LocalLens' approach to correcting inaccuracies and linking to original sources
- Potential future applications of AI in government transparency, including multimodal AI
- Plans for expanding LocalLens and seeking partnerships or funding (contact Matt Post!)
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