“If elected, would you take a pay cut?”

A resident of Cheyenne, Wyo., at a mayoral campaign meet-and-greet, asking a question of “VIC,” an artificial-intelligence-powered chatbot that mayoral candidate Victor Miller vows he would use exclusively to run the city, making use of what he sees as the untapped potential of AI in government. AI experts say Miller’s pledge is a first for U.S. political campaigns. (Washington Post — Aug. 19, 2024)