Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving into public sector agencies — at both the state and federal levels — for use in such general applications as compliance, records management, community development, and finance, among others. Governments are also applying, or researching the use of, AI for other applications, including optimizing access to services and analyzing and predicting the likelihood of environmental disasters. This Advisor provides some examples of some of the many government research efforts underway that are intended to advance AI’s capabilities beyond its current limitations.