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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="1-3A-01" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3A">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Artificial intelligence” has the meaning stated in § 3.5–801 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Board” means the Maryland 3–1–1 Oversight Board established under § 1–3A–02 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Chatbot” means a computer program available through a phone number, a website, or an application that simulates human conversation through text or voice, using artificial intelligence to respond to typed questions using information from curated, agency–approved sources such as government websites, service catalogs, ordinances, forms, and geographic information system layers.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Program” means the 3–1–1 Program established under § 1–3A–04 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“3–1–1 system” means a telephone service or other technology used to access a local government service line, designed for reporting and resolving community infrastructure and service issues on a nonemergency basis.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Voicebot” means a computer program available through a phone number that simulates human conversation using artificial intelligence technology that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>responds to vocal questions over the phone using information from curated, agency–approved sources such as government websites, service catalogs, ordinances, forms, and geographic information system layers; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>routes calls to appropriate destinations.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
