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City of Santa Cruz

Municipal government of Santa Cruz, California.

Do not use AI to make consequential decisions regarding hiring, benefits, discipline, or other sensitive matters in which bias could play a role, without additional verification and human oversight.

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City of Santa Cruz Artificial Intelligence Appropriate Use Policy, 2026.

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Ban fully automated hiring decisions without human review

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AI Verified The Santa Cruz policy says not to use AI for consequential employment decisions without human oversight, directly matching the statement about banning fully automated hiring decisions. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The Santa Cruz policy explicitly restricts AI in consequential employment decisions without human oversight, so the recorded answer for is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Verbatim policy excerpt in the City of Santa Cruz AI policy PDF; the source includes the exact employment-decisions restriction with human oversight. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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Require human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI systems acting in high-stakes domains

Any approved use of AI is designed to support, not replace, human oversight and decision making. The City does not use AI to make final decisions that affect individual rights or access to services without appropriate human review.

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