DPI, which is part of the Illinois Innovation Network (IIN) and funded through a combination of private and public funds, would be a one-stop solution to cultivate and retain new-economy talent at scale, expand the diversity of Chicago’s tech workforce and boost research and development activity to drive the local economy. Construction should break ground on the DPI in the next 12 months.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.