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Idaho preps to roll out artificial intelligence in state government

July 11, 2025/

State of Idaho

Visitors to the Idaho Division of Human Resources’s website can get quick answers from a new chatbot — powered by artificial intelligence, or AI — that combs through state government websites.

So, we asked it: “How many state employees does Idaho have?”

The chatbot’s answer didn’t make sense. The tool falsely claimed nearly a third of Idaho’s over 2 million population works for the state.

“Idaho has approximately 713,015 state employees as indicated by the most recent data available,” the chatbot replied.

The right answer, though, depends on how you ask the question.

 

By Kyle Pfannenstiel,
Idaho Capital Sun


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