Mayor Wilson pumps the brakes on Seattle AI chatbot adoption

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is straying from her predecessor’s artificial intelligence ambitions, pausing the rollout of Microsoft’s AI Copilot chatbot for city employees.

By: Nate Sanford

Outlets: KNKX

Published: March 19, 2026

Words: 747

Last Updated: 21 hours, 59 minutes ago

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Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is straying from her predecessor’s artificial intelligence ambitions and pausing the citywide rollout of Microsoft’s AI Copilot chatbot for city employees.

Former Mayor Bruce Harrell was bullish on AI. Last year, he announced an ambitious new AI plan to implement the technology in a variety of city services and spoke of making Seattle a “national leader in responsible artificial intelligence implementation.”

Part of the plan involved testing Microsoft’s Copilot chatbot …

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