Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim Walks Back 11 AI Agents Claim After Backlash

3 articles · Updated · Futurism · May 17

Ken Sim issued a public statement saying any AI agents or tools he used were strictly personal and were never used for city decisions, confidential information or municipal business.
The clarification followed Sim’s earlier remark at a press conference that he had “11 AI agents running” and that they were doing “a lot” of his work in the background.
That comment drew immediate criticism, including from local politicians, because it suggested the mayor may have been delegating official duties to AI.
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