NVIDIA AI Podcast Mayor Matt Mahan on How AI Is Changing City Life in San Jose - Ep. 280
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Nov 12, 2025 AI Snips
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Real-Time Translation At Public Meetings
- San Jose now provides real-time translation at public meetings in dozens of languages so participants can communicate without hiring many interpreters.
- Speakers can use their native language and see live translated text so meetings become truly bilingual.
Why Government Innovation Is Harder
- Government is risk-averse because lives and essential services depend on stable delivery, which makes innovation harder than in startups.
- Carving out staff time, training, and permission to experiment is essential to adopt AI responsibly in cities.
Use Shared Playbooks And A Vendor Registry
- Use shared guidelines, vendor registries, and documented pilots so agencies can reuse policies and build with confidence.
- The Gov.AI Coalition provides off-the-shelf policy manuals and case studies to accelerate other cities' adoption.