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id: "news:uts-journey-from-ai-pilot-to-implementation"
type: "InnovateUS news post"
title: "Episode 5: Lessons from Utah's Journey from AI Pilot to Implementation with Christian Napier"
url: "https://innovate-us.org/comms/uts-journey-from-ai-pilot-to-implementation"
date: "2025-09-02"
authors: ["Jessica Silverman"]
source: "InnovateUS (innovate-us.org)"
licence: "CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), as stated on innovate-us.org"
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# Episode 5: Lessons from Utah's Journey from AI Pilot to Implementation with Christian Napier

By Jessica Silverman · 2 September 2025

On this episode of the InnovateUS podcast, we discuss Utah's use of Artificial Intelligence in government with the state's Director of AI, Christian Napier. Listeners will learn about Utah's Google Gemini pilot and how they scaled the usage of AI to the state's workforce. 

Watch Christian's full InnovateUS workshop [⁠here⁠](https://innovate-us.org/scaling-ai-adoption-in-the-public-sector-lessons-from-utah-s-journey-from-pilot-to-implementation).

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Original page: https://innovate-us.org/comms/uts-journey-from-ai-pilot-to-implementation · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), as stated on innovate-us.org