AI Model Customization: Why it Matters for Policy Makers
Meta's Muse Glimmer, Moonshot AI's Kimi K3, and Thinking Machines Lab's Inkling mark major open-weight AI releases, reshaping competition with closed providers and raising policy questions around foreign models, security, and accountability.
AI Sandboxes, AI Staff, and the Global Pacing Problem: POPVOX Foundation at NCSL 2026
POPVOX Foundation brought AI sandboxes, casework research, and global parliamentary partnerships to the 2026 NCSL Legislative Summit in Chicago, unveiling State Legislative Capacity in the AI Era, demonstrating hands-on AI tools for legislative staff, and convening state and international leaders on constituent services, casework innovation, and the Digital Parliaments Project.
Conferences, Convenings, and Capacity
State legislatures across 22 states are adopting AI for bill research, constituent communication, and back-office operations, from Arizona's Skywolf to custom GPTs built by lawmakers. Our new report examines governance gaps, capacity-building strategies, and practical recommendations for responsible, institution-wide AI adoption in America's statehouses.
New Report: State Legislative Capacity in the AI Era
State legislatures face a widening “pacing problem” as generative AI reshapes lawmaking faster than institutions can adapt. Drawing on interviews across twenty-two states, State Legislative Capacity in the AI Era examines staffing, institutional knowledge, network relationships, and technology adoption, revealing where legislative capacity lags and where states are quietly outpacing Congress.
POPVOX Foundation Brings Its Work to State Legislatures
POPVOX Foundation is expanding its legislative modernization work to state legislatures across America, offering a new newsletter, a growing resource bank, hands-on AI training, and original research on legislative capacity — all tailored to the unique needs of full-time and citizen legislatures alike.
A State of the Art Welcome
State of the Art launches as a new monthly newsletter spotlighting AI adoption and institutional capacity in state legislatures. The debut issue features Idaho's staff AI guidance model, NCSL survey data showing usage nearly doubling, and an Adoption Tracker following pilots across five states.