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This bill, titled the "Artificial Intelligence Government Use Act," mandates that public bodies in New Mexico, which include state agencies and local governments, must establish clear policies for how their employees can use artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision tools, which are systems that use AI to help make decisions or generate recommendations. These policies must address how to protect nonpublic data, define authorized uses of AI and related technology resources, and crucially, require that a human employee always makes the final decision on consequential matters, meaning decisions that significantly impact a person's access to education, employment, housing, healthcare, insurance, or legal services, regardless of what the AI recommends. Furthermore, public bodies must train their employees on these policies, including cybersecurity and the appropriate use of AI and automated decision tools. The bill also defines key terms like "artificial intelligence" as a machine-based system that can infer and generate outputs to influence environments, and "technology resource" as any hardware, software, or personnel used for automation or information processing.

https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legtype=B&legno=68&year=26