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To use AI tools effectively, local leaders must optimize documents and information for AI, implement guardrails, and rely on human expertise to evaluate risks and benefits.
A new funding approach could bring clean water to the world’s poorest households Achieving universal access to safe drinking water by 2030 could cost as much as $166 billion per year for capital expenditures alone.More than 19 million millennials in 31 US cities are ready to become homeowners Expensive coastal cities have the highest shares of mortgage-ready millennials.How do prosecutors collect and use data in decisionmaking? Prosecutors may be missing information that could help them identify trends and set safety and justice goals.What areas could benefit most from Jeff Bezos’s preschool initiative? One can take varying approaches to identify areas most in need of new preschools.How creative placemaking can break down barriers to improve community safety Creative placemaking can promote entrepreneurship while increasing interactions that help build safe communities.Making a difference for 50 years In honor of Urban Institute's 50th anniversary, a forward-looking initiative will ask and answer critical questions facing our nation.