Governor Maura Healey Appoints President Grace Wang to State Artificial Intelligence Strategic Task Force

President Grace Wang has been named to a newly created task force to study AI and its impact on the state’s residents, businesses, colleges, and universities. Wang and 24 other task force members representing corporations, education, and government will begin working this month and will make recommendations in a report to Gov. Maura Healey later this year. 

The governor created the task force by executive order to develop recommendations to leverage AI in large economic sectors in Massachusetts, including education, healthcare, life sciences, robotics, and financial services. Massachusetts Secretary of Economic Development Yvonne Hao said the task force will support the administration’s goal “not only to propel the growth of AI, but to employ it to stimulate job creation, elevate our state’s economy, and lengthen our lead in key sectors.”

Read more about the formation of the task force in this announcement from the state, and in articles in The Boston Globe and Axios.