Vancouver mayor clarifies ’11 AI agents’ used to do work is strictly personal - BERITAJA

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is clarifying his remarks that he uses “11 AI agents” to do a batch of his work, saying it’s successful a strictly individual capacity.

Sim had praised the ratio of AI devices astatine the Web Summit successful Vancouver connected Tuesday, saying he expects AI to beryllium 64 times amended successful 3 years.

He said he uses AI agents to do a batch of his activity “in the background,” but online critics including rival mayoral campaigner Kareem Allam questioned whether he was sharing authorities information aliases residents’ individual information.

Sim says successful a connection connected Wednesday that the AI agents aliases devices he utilized were connected a individual machine that has ne'er been brought to metropolis hallway aliases connected to its networks.

He says the devices were ne'er utilized to make metropolis decisions, entree confidential accusation aliases execute municipal tasks.

Sim says he utilized AI exertion for individual learning, scanning news, search world and financial events, pursuing “thought leaders,” and dietary planning.

“It’s clear that those spreading misinformation and speculation could discourage finance successful Vancouver’s increasing exertion sector,” sounds the statement, successful which Sim encourages group to “keep learning caller skills.”