City of Boston: The City of Boston used Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro large language model to automatically generate descriptive titles for more than 1,100 City Council roll call vote records spanning the past 16 years, making historical voting data easier for residents to browse. The city described this as its first public use of generative AI on Boston.gov, launched in May 2024. | AI Trace
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The City of Boston used Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro large language model to automatically generate descriptive titles for more than 1,100 City Council roll call vote records spanning the past 16 years, making historical voting data easier for residents to browse. The city described this as its first public use of generative AI on Boston.gov, launched in May 2024.
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The emerging technology and digital teams used Gemini 1.5 Pro to process structured docket information for each vote and produce a plain-language summary title. The page was described as experimental at launch, with the city noting it would continue to refine prompts and potentially test other models. The city also stated it was exploring using generative AI to tag content across thousands of Boston.gov pages to improve search functionality.
